Jerry viewing the beautiful campus of the College of William and Mary,
oldest college in the US.
This is the Berkely Plantation - about a half-hour drive from Williamsburg.
The green trees fascinated me. I'd love to see this place in full bloom!
You are looking at the back of the house, which is facing the James River. The plantation
had over 100 slaves while it was active - eventually the Union Army moved in, ransacked the place,
and used it as a hospital for their wounded soldiers. It was restored in the late 1800's/early 1900's
and is still owned by descendants of the original family. According to the tour guide, Taps was written and first played by one of the soldiers at this plantation.
We thoroughly enjoyed all of Williamsburg. It was cold and windy, but that didn't stop us from browsing the streets and going in most of the buildings. I would highly recommend it as a vacation stop; you'd need at least two days. We thought we might go to Jamestown one day, but opted for the plantation instead.
Today, we arrived in Silver Spring MA which is where the "church-house" is located. If you ever want to experience a "thrill-of-a-lifetime" - take a drive on the 295 bypass around DC!! Just be sure to keep your eyes wide open and pray a lot!! There was one very tangled-web where they were building a bunch of new layers of interchanges, that was especially difficult. Jerry did a super job.
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Just to add a comment to Ada's post, what intrigued me the most is that 11 Presidents have lived/visited this home. The first nine Presidents all visited and/or lived here. It is still a "home" not a museum, although the family lives in Jamestown. And, as she noted, "Taps" was first written/played here!! Jerry
Just wrote a comment that didn't post. Why????
Anyway, Williamsburg is absolutely delightful. Rhoda and Andrew accompanied us there several years ago when Andrew was in sixth grade. He was so excited about everythng there and I can still see him sitting in Patrick Henry's pew at Bruton Parish Church. He also drilled with the militia on the Village Green, a really big deal! Then we headed for Monticello to see Thomas Jefferson's home. Jefferson was so brilliant but I always have an aura of sadness as I think about him: losing his wife at a young age and never remarrying, severe financial problems, possibly having a slave mistress about whom there has been a good deal of publicity and then most deplorable of all was his Deism.
Jerry, that is very interesting. It's good to know some of the lesser familiar sites that are worthy of seeing in an area.
We did go to Jamestown on the trip Mom talked about. I thoroughly enjoyed that as well.
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