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.
John Hite HouseThe Springdale property, in the vicinity of Bartonsville in Frederick County, was originally the home of Jost Hite, the earliest European settler in the lower Shenandoah Valley. The ruins of what was probably Hite's home and tavern, built in the 1730... Read More
Old Forge Farm/Zane's FurnaceOld Forge Farm is the site of Isaac Zane's late-18th-century ironworks, the largest industrial operation in the Shenandoah Valley, which employed more than 100 persons to cast and forge pots, stoves, firebacks, and bar iron. During the American Revol... Read More
Tribute to America’s SemiquincentennialThis ongoing exhibit consists of objects from General Daniel Morgan and his Dutch Mess, civilian items of the era, and an interesting collection of items from the 1876 Centennial Celebration as well as the 1976 Bicentennial.... Read More
Willa Cather BirthplaceWilla Cather is one of the most important American novelists of the first half of the twentieth century. Seen as a regional writer for decades after her passing in 1947, critics have increasingly identified Cather as a canonical American writer, the ... Read More