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Monticello, two miles southeast of Charlottesville in Virginia, is the home of Thomas Jefferson – third President of the United States of America and one of the nation’s founding fathers.

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Civil War; The Battle of Stanardsville

Virginia oozes history – every town has associations with the Revolution or the Civil War and no more so than Richmond, the once capital of the confederacy and now the capital of the state.

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South East USA: Destinations

Virginians are descendants of the settlers who came from as far away as England, Ireland, and Germany to the unexplored parts of the South East USA in search of land, opportunity, and a better life.

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The Museum of Frontier Culture

For us, space was the final frontier. In Southeast America in the 1700s, the final frontier was overcoming the mountains. By the 1730s the Valley of Virginia was home to many settlers from England, Ireland, and Germany

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Hiking the Appalachian Trail in Virginia

What better way to work off Virginia’s food and cultural excesses than on the Appalachian Trail – a 2,175-mile footpath along the ridge-crests and valleys of theAppalachian Mountains traversing 14 states from Maine to Georgia.