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Past West Virginia Days

Past West Virginia Days

The WVRHC began celebrating West Virginia Day in 1987. Celebrations over the years have included speaker panels, exhibits, cake, and commemorative posters. In 2011, we began creating slide presentations so those who couldn't travel to the exhibits could still enjoy them. Click the images below to see the commemorative poster and exhibit description for that year, as well as links to the digital version of the exhibit, where available.

Text "John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry Sesquicentennial" over a scenic image of Harpers Ferry, with a portrait of John Brown and handwritten pages superimposed on top.

2009

John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

Text "A Rich and Bountiful Country" and "The Quest for Land on the Trans-Allegheny Frontier" over an image of rolling hills, a map, old land documents, and old surveying equipment

2010

Rich & Bountiful Country

Test "The Issue is Uppon Us!" over an image of flowers, a map of East and West Virginia, an old gun, and a military cap

2011-2012

"The Issue Is Upon Us!"

Poster with 35 star American flag and WV state map superimposed over it, with state seal and the text "West Virginia Sesquicentennial"

2013

West Virginia Sesquicentennial

Text "Morgantown West Virginia Celebrating Two Hundred Years of Education 1814-2014" on a colorized photograph of old Morgantown, showing a bridge and various buildings

2014

Morgantown, WV:  200 Years of Education

The Text "Storer" and "An American Phoenix" on top of a photo of Storer College yellow and blue beanies and pennants, with a Storer College postcard on top

2015

Storer College:  An American Phoenix, 1865-1955

Image of Jerry West duking a basketball, on top of an image showing trees and an outline of the state, along with his signature

2016

Jerry West:  An American Icon

Text "Flowing Outward and Beyond" and "West Virginia University" over a scenic painting of WVU campus buildings and rolling hills and sky

2017

Flowing Outward and Beyond:  West Virginia University

Light blue poster with text "Justice for All: Law and Lawyers in West Virginia" and picture of mural of buildings

2018

Justice for All: Law and Lawyers in West Virginia

Brown poster with text "Picturing West Virginia: Early Photography in the Mountain State." Photo at center depicts a group of people with musical instruments.

2019

Picturing West Virginia: Early Photography in the Mountain State

Poster showing the text 2020 and 1920, with the images of women superimposed beside each other

2020

Women's Suffrage in West Virginia

Poster advertising the WV Mine Wars 2021 exhibit. The background is red with miners walking in the shadows. In the foreground, a miner stands, cream-colored. Cream colored text at the top reads "The Road to Blair Mountain"

2021

The Road to Blair Mountain: Commemorating the West Virginia Mine Wars

Poetic Heart Poster

2022

West Virginia's Poetic Heart

WV is a fixed fact poster

2023

West Virginia Is a Fixed Fact: The Making of the 35th State