Tag: Virginia
A former warehouse in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia (right next to a sake brewery where you can submit a haiku to be featured on their website) is now an immersive …
Shenandoah. You may know the song. What do you know of the US national park that shares its name, though? Shenandoah National Park is in Virginia, in the northwest …
Alexandria, Virginia: You might think of the Revolutionary War, historic architecture, the Civil War, a lively arts scene, a reputation for great food and great shopping. All those things …
She was born a slave in northern Virginia’s Prince William County, but by the late 1880’s she finagled enough money from people like tycoon Andrew Carnegie to build an …
The U.S. Presidential elections will go one way or the other on November 6 (Election Day) but in the meantime, let’s drop all those red/blue, left/right arguments and take …
A high school string ensemble, an award winning actress, a group of second graders, a man who’s written hits for Elvis Costello and Reba McEntire, two fourth grade classes, …
A young George Washington spent time in Winchester, Virginia as a surveyor for the building of Fort Loudoun, and you can visit the modest log cabin where he lived …
This is US President Woodrow Wilson’s original AAA (American Automobile Association) membership card. You can see it at his Presidential Library and Museum in Staunton, Virginia, in the same …
“Stonewall Jackson ate pancakes on this griddle.” This was a fitting end to a museum tour that for me was getting a bit too syrupy about the Confederacy; a …
“Who ever ended up washing that pan?” We’d been driving along through Virginia horse country, watching blonde hills rising and falling beyond black wood fences. Phil looked at me, …
It stands to reason that when Robin and Linda Williams got around to the idea of making a retrospective album, they’d find an unusual way to tackle it. The …
In the US today it is the Thanksgiving national holiday, where we reflect on our lives, our friends and our family and are thankful for the good things in …