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2005
Annual Fall Tour of Historic Sites in Virginia
On Saturday, 24 September 2005, we enjoyed our annual autumn bus
trip into the Virginia countryside. This year our objective was Hanover County
and Goochland County. The trip started with a visit to Scotchtown, the first
home bought by Patrick Henry after becoming a successful lawyer.
Below: Scotchtown
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Hanover Tavern
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From there we went to Hanover Courthouse, where in the course of one
hour's speaking in the sentencing phase of a trial since referred to as
the "Parson's Cause", he launched his career in the public eye as the
champion of the common man.
Lunch was enjoyed across the street from the
Courthouse at the Hanover Tavern, a 1791 replacement for the earlier
tavern where for a while young Patrick Henry had tended bar until ambition
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we visited Tuckahoe, a home of the Randolph family where Thomas Jefferson
spent seven years in his youth and was tutored in the one room schoolhouse
still there.
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At Tuckahoe
Photo by Charlie Okal |
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Tuckahoe
Photo by Charlie Okal |
Tuckahoe has been used in
many movies about Colonial days, such as the movie shown at the Williamsburg
Visitors' Center. |
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Our final destination was
Janeway, another fascinating home in Hanover County, built in 1868 by
descendants of the Winston family, the family of Patrick Henry's mother.
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Janeway
Photo by Charlie Okal |
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Janeway
-- Patio in the back
Photo by Charlie Okal |
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