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Monticello, The Home of Thomas Jefferson

Landmarks – Charlottesville, Virginia

topics: presidential, American, history. More on MuseumStuff.com

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  • Guided tours of the Monticello house are conducted continuously throughout each day. Tours cover the rooms on the main floor and last ... More on Monticello.org

Rich Hill

Landmarks – Bel Alton, Maryland

Inscription. Mid-18th century farm house (with alterations after 1800) was home of Col. Samuel Cox. This southern sympathizer fed and sheltered fugitives John Wilkes Booth and David E. Herold before dawn on Easter Sunday, April 16, ... More on HMDB

Burying the Dead The Battle of the Wilderness

Landmarks – Spotsylvania, Virginia

Inscription. At battles end, more than 2,000 Union dead lay scattered through the Wilderness. The first major effort to bury the dead came more than a year later, when a Union regiment received orders to proceed to the Wilderness ... More on HMDB

Jane B. Beale & Friends

Tours – Fredericksburg, Virginia

Step-on guide service using first person dialogue from Fredericksburg's Colonial or Civil War eras. "Feel the Fury," a walking/driving living history tour, allows the visitor or group to experienc... More on Visitfred.com

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  • Step-on guide service using first person dialogue from Fredericksburg's Colonial or Civil War eras. "Feel the Fury," a walking/driving living history tour, allows the visitor or group to experience... More on Visitfred.com

War Fields

A stop along the Blue Ridge Parkway that offers ... More on TripAdvisor

Homes for Enslaved Familes c. 1820s

Landmarks – Montpelier Station, Virginia

Inscription. Slaves who worked in the Madison's household lived in this nearby area known as the "south yard." The yards of these homes, where most of the household activities took place, were in direct sight of the mansion. As a ... More on HMDB

Tuscarora (Clinton) Sand

Landmarks – Marlinton, West Virginia

Inscription. This miniature anticline or upfold (Huntersville Arch) in the Tuscarora Sandstone shows the features of the larger structures which produce oil and gas. The "Tuscarora Sand" produces some gas although it is largely unexplored ... More on HMDB

Ralph's Christmas trees

Things To Do – Spotsylvania, Virginia

Bow saws and twine provided. Free tree shaking, wrapping and loading assistance available. Christmas tree varieties: Virginia's Finest choose-and-cut Christmas trees, including blue and Norway spru... More on pickyourownchristmastree

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  • Saws and twine furnished. Vexar tree wrapping available. Christmas tree varieties: Virginia's Finest choose-and-cut fir Christmas trees – Fraser, Concolor and Douglas - 3-9 ft. wreaths, garland, an... More on pickyourownchristmastree

St. Clair Brooks Memorial Park

Parks – Fredericksburg, Virginia

St. Clair Brooks Park boasts 80 acres of wooded parkland. Amenities include picnic pavilions, grills, a skate park, basketball courts, a sand volleyball court, horseshoe pit, skate park, two baseb... More on Visitfred.com

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  • St. Clair Brooks Park boasts 80 acres of wooded parkland. Amenities include picnic pavilions, grills, a skate park, basketball courts, a sand volleyball court, horseshoe pit, skate park, two baseba... More on Visitfred.com

Confederate Memorial on Court Square

Things To Do – Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville and Albemarle County were among the last communities in Virginia to erect a monument honoring Confederate soldiers from their area. The bronze statue, whose sculptor ... More on Visitcharlottesville.org

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  • Charlottesville and Albemarle County were among the last communities in Virginia to erect a monument honoring Confederate soldiers from their area. The bronze statue, whose sculptor ... More on Visitcharlottesville.org

Village Playhouse

Things To Do – Charlottesville, Virginia

Village Playhouse is a nice place to take a young toddler on a rainy day (kids older than, say, two-and-a-half might find not enough to stay engaged). With tyke-sized wooden playgear and plenty of ... More on insiderpages.com

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  • Key to VABook! Program Sites in Downtown Charlottesville Albemarle County Office Building - 401 McIntire Road ARC of the Piedmont - 509 Park Street Charlottesville Ice Park - 230 W. Main Street Cit... More on Vabook.org

Rick's Barbeque

Restaurants – Waynesboro, Virginia

Sweetbones

Restaurants – Charlottesville, Virginia

China House

Restaurants – Staunton, Virginia