Corsair Cockpit Tour and Wing Walker: Manassas Air Show
Enthusiastically my son regaled the pilot with corsair fascination, which caused the pilot to take my camera from my son to take video of the cockpit for him!
Historical Sewing and Time Travels
Category: Time Travel – Virginia
I didn’t do it, Mom: 5.8 Magnitude Earthquake in Virginia
When my son shut the door of the dishwasher, the house shook! Quickly he turned off the dishwasher and the shaking stopped. I didn’t do it, Mom!
Blue Ridge views of Carter Dynasty, Monticello, and Peaches
The entrance road is right before Michie Tavern and goes up, up, up, winding, twisting, curving, switchback roads through a dense, lush forest.
Drinking history with old-fashioned Virginia maple syrup
My first choice of a sugar camp tour was Duff’s Sugar House at Fair Lawn Farm, since he sugars off in strictly the old-fashioned way!
Lafayette and Theodore Roosevelt Sightings in Warrenton
Discovering the 1825 Lafayette stepping stone and President Theodore Roosevelt’s 1909 horseback ride in Warrenton near our home.
Walking in the footsteps of the British surrender: Yorktown
Fighting back angry tears of humiliation, the British army marched between two lines of soldiers, the Americans on one side and the French on the other.
Yorktown celebrates the French-American Alliance Victory
Standing near reserved seating for special guests, we saw many French-American alliance pins, Lafayette scarves, and French- American alliance sashes.
Patrick Henry’s Home 1771-1778: Scotchtown
Patrick Henry, who says he’s from the backwoods, has a simpler plantation home than the grandness of Mount Vernon, Monticello, or Montpelier.
Christmas Pye, Camel, and Snow: Mount Vernon
We saw a bit of snow at Mount Vernon, with the drizzly foggy day set against the distant Potomac.
On this house tour we saw the third-floor of the mansion!
Artillery and Redoubts: Yorktown Battlefield Tour
Whereas we found the Napoleon cannons at Civil War battlefields in Virginia, today at the Yorktown Battlefield we found the Lafayette cannon.
