The history of the Revolution can be felt everywhere in Virginia, from the mountains to the beaches. Learn about the American Revolution and Independence and how Virginia helped shape our nation at these attractions and museums.
Abram's Delight MuseumAs an early settler, Abraham Hollingsworth traveled the Wilderness Trail when it was still an Indian path. He built one of the first grist mills in the Valley and the Hollingsworth home served as the area's first Quaker meeting house. Constructed of ... Read More
From Surveyor to Patriot: The Story of George Washington & Fort LoudounThis new online exhibit takes you on a journey as George Washington gains experience on Virginia's western frontier as a young surveyor in the Shenandoah Valley, goes on to build Fort Loudoun during the French & Indian War, and then ultimately become... Read More
George Washington's OfficeGeorge Washington used a little log building, now the middle room of George Washington Office Museum, as a military office from September 1755 to December of 1756 while Fort Loudoun was being constructed at the north end of town. Winchester played... Read More
Handley Regional Library and Stewart Bell Jr. ArchivesThe stately Handley Library, often described as the best example of Beaux-Arts architecture in Virginia, features a copper dome, a three story rotunda, topped by an interior stained-glass dome, historic light fixtures and glass stack floors. A pictur... Read More
Mount Hebron CemeteryA park-like setting with magnificent trees and shrubs, Mt. Hebron's 55 acres provide a final resting place for Winchester's citizenry. Gravestones date to 1769. After driving through the gatehouse, take an immediate left. Burial grounds of the Luther... Read More
Old Stone Presbyterian Church and Daniel Morgan StatueScotch-Irish settlers built this stone meeting house for worship in 1788, when Winchester was a thriving frontier village. It was in this church that the first Sunday School South of the Mason-Dixon line was organized in 1815. General Daniel Morgan o... Read More
Opequon Presbyterian Church and CemeteryOpequon is the oldest Presbyterian congregation West of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Organized in 1732, it has had continuous worship services since its founding and is commonly referred to as the "Mother Church of the Valley." In the church yard is the... Read More
Site of Historic Fort LoudounThis fort was George Washington's regimental headquarters from 1756-1758 and would serve as the command center for the chain of forts extending along the entire Virginia frontier. The only portions of the fort remaining today are the well and remn... Read More