Sites with Revolutionary War interest: - Ash Lawn-Highland
Home of President James Monroe
Open to the public. Located in Albemarle, VA
James Monroe's 550 acre estate recreates the atmosphere of a working farm, with strutting peacocks, spinning and weaving demonstrations, open hearth cooking demonstrations and tours of the house and gardens.
Interests: Presidential, Revolutionary War
- Boswell’s Tavern
A celebrated Colonial tavern
Closed to the public. Located in Louisa, VA
A landmark for travelers since Nicholas Johnson built its earliest section c.1735, this weatherboarded structure on the edge of the Green Springs Historic District is one of the state's time-honored rural taverns.
Interests: Revolutionary War
- Hessian Barracks
A Revolutionary war prison and Civil War hospital
Contact site before visiting. Located in Frederick, MD
A two-story stone structure built during the French and Indian War which has been used as a Revolutionary War prison, staging point for Lewis and Clarke expedition, State Armory in 1812, and a Civil War general hospital.
Interests: Civil War, Revolutionary War
- Loudoun Museum
Loudoun County's history museum
Open to the public. Located in Loudoun, VA
The museum interprets Loudoun history through exhibits of permanent and changing collections, to educate the public about Loudoun history through programs, resource materials, and events, and to foster heritage tourism.
Interests: African American Heritage, Civil War, Revolutionary War
- Middleburg Historic District
Open to the public. Located in Loudoun, VA
The heart of Virginia's hunt country. With its tree-lined streets, brick sidewalks, and harmonious scale, the town has a diverse collection of late-18th- to early-20th-century architectural styles highlighted by early stone and brick structures.
Interests: African American Heritage, Civil War, Presidential, Revolutionary War
- Monticello
Home of Thomas Jefferson
Open to the public. Located in Albemarle, VA
Monticello is the autobiographical masterpiece of Thomas Jefferson, designed and redesigned and built and rebuilt for more than forty years. The gardens at Monticello were a botanic showpiece, a source of food, and an experimental laboratory of ornamental and useful plants from around the world.
Interests: Presidential, Revolutionary War
- Oak Hill
Home of President James Monroe
Closed to the public. Located in Loudoun, VA
Home of James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States. Oak Hill was visted by Lafayette during his tour of America, and it was here that Monroe penned the Monroe Doctrine.
Interests: Presidential, Revolutionary War
- Point of Fork Arsenal Marker
An important supply arsenal during the Revolutionary War
Open to the public. Located in Fluvanna, VA
The historic marker commemorates the location of an important supply arsenal during the Revolutionary War.
Interests: Revolutionary War
- Red Fox Inn
1728 tavern
Open to the public. Located in Loudoun, VA
This 1728 tavern has been visited by George Washington, General Jeb Stuart, Colonel John Mosby and his famous Mounted Rangers, and, in more recent times, President Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Ambassador Pamela Harriman and Elizabeth Taylor.
Interests: Revolutionary War
- Willow Grove
18th century home of Joseph Clark
Closed to the public. Located in Orange, VA
Built in the late 18th century for Joseph Clark, this home is an example of the influence of Thomas Jefferson's Classical Revival.
Interests: Civil War, Revolutionary War
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