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(via Washington and Lee University Replaces Slaveholder’s Name On Building With John Chavis', the 1st Black U.S. College Graduate)

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Archaeologists uncover pieces of the past at Washington & Lee

LEXINGTON — Alison Bell still feels the buzz the night before a dig.

And that’s true even though the archaeologist’s first such excavation occurred some 25 years ago.

“It is still the case that I’m so excited about going into the field to dig that I can’t sleep the night before,” Bell said Tuesday.

This time, the field was close at hand for Bell, an associate professor of archaeology at Washington and Lee University, where she is also chairwoman of the historic preservation committee.

Last week, Bell heard from the department of facilities management that renovation work was beginning at Robinson Hall, a building on the university’s front campus — better known as the Colonnade. She learned that workers had taken off a layer of sod behind Robinson Hall, which was built in 1840 and replaced Graham Hall. Read more.

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Summer scenes at Albion College in Michigan.

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Per Request: Brown University's Robinson Hall. Providence, Rhode Island, United States.