The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
We often think of the Declaration of Independence as that parchment document that was signed by the founding fathers on July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia, Penn., just as it was portrayed in John Trumbull’s painting …
The Patsy Cline Historic House in Winchester, Va., was the home of the country music legend for five years, 1948-1953, when she was 16 until her first marriage at age 21. Born Virginia Patterson Hensley …
Neither of us are big country music fans in particular, but since we’re open to all kinds of experiences, we thought we ought to stop at a place labeled the “birthplace” of country music. I …
Most people have heard of Thomas Jefferson’s main home Monticello, but how about his “retreat home,” Poplar Forest, in Lynchburg, Va.? We had previously visited Monticello, which is about 80 miles away, and is fabulous. …
The Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Va., is a small art museum with just a couple of exhibition rooms, yet it contains some mighty names: Winslow Homer, Gilbert Stuart, Edward Hopper, …
I’m not gonna lie, I’d never heard of Maggie Lena Walker, but the National Park Service made a historic site of her home, and we were in Richmond, Va., so off we trundled for a …
We had to go to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Va., so Doug could pay his respects at the graves of two more U.S. Presidents, James Monroe (our fifth) and John Tyler (our tenth). Monroe’s over-the-top …
John Marshall (1755-1835) was described by President John Adams as the most important founding father never to become president. He was a lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, and the longest-serving Chief Justice of the United States, …
We did a straight shot down I-95 through Virginia on our way south, primarily stopping in Fredericksburg and Richmond. Here are some items we thought were interesting along the way. The Markel Building was supposedly …
I had a little bit of hesitation about touring the White House of the Confederacy (WHC), worried it would celebrate the Lost Cause mythology/“if only the South had won the war” trope. I was pleasantly …
