Day Trips for History Lovers

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St. John’s Church

(Place where Patrick Henry said “Give me liberty, or give me death!”)
2401 E. Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23223
(804) 648-5015
HistoricStJohnsChurch.org
Approximately 50 miles

Colonial Williamsburg

101 Visitor Center Drive, Williamsburg, VA
(888) 965-7254
ColonialWilliamsburg.com
Approximately 95 miles

Jamestown

1368 Colonial Pkwy, Jamestown, VA
(757) 856-1250
HistoricJamestowne.org
Approximately 101 miles

Tour the Homes of the U.S. Presidents from Virginia

(Eight came from Virginia, the most of any state!)

Montpelier (home of James Madison, 4th U.S. President)

11350 Constitution Hwy, Orange, VA
(540) 672-2728
Montpelier.org
Approximately 31 miles

Montebello (birthplace of Zachery Taylor, 12th U.S President)

7350 Spotswood Trail, Barboursville, VA
Approximately 32 miles

Ash Lawn–Highland (home of James Monroe, 5th U.S. President)

2050 James Monroe Pkwy, Charlottesville, VA
(434) 293-8000
Highland.org
Approximately 46 miles

Monticello (home of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd U.S. President)

931 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy, Charlottesville, VA
(434) 984-9800
Monticello.org
Approximately 49 miles

Berkeley Plantation (home of William Harrison, 9th U.S. President)

12602 Harrison Landing Road, Charles City, VA
(804) 829-6018
BerkeleyPlantation.com
Approximately 75 miles

Mount Vernon (home of George Washington, 1st U.S. President)

3200 Mount Vernon Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA
(703) 780-2000
MountVernon.org
Approximately 75 miles

Sherwood Forest (home of John Tyler, 10th U.S. President)

14501 John Tyler Memorial Hwy, Charles City, VA
(804) 829-5377
SherwoodForest.org
Approximately 80 miles

Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and Presidential Library (28th U.S. President)

20 N Coalter Street, Staunton, VA
(540) 885-0897
WoodrowWilson.org
Approximately 84 miles


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