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Things to do...
Jun 20--Mimicking Monet program at Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Va.
Jun 20--Summer Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series at Carrier Arboretum in Harrisonburg, Va.
Jun 20--Peopling program at Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
Jun 20--Play performance at Wayside Theatre in Middletown, Va.
Jun 21--Annual Bike Virginia State Rally in Buena Vista, Va.
Jun 21--State Bike Virginia Rally in Buena Vista, Va.
Jun 21--Guided walking tours in downtown Lexington, Va.
Jun 21--Fridays in the Park concert in Buena Vista, Va.
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Tour 1
Northern Gateway to the Shenandoah Valley: Orchards, Civil War, and an Old Railroad Station
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Tour 2
Charles Town to Shepherdstown, via Harpers Ferry
John Brown’s body, Civil War destruction, a view “worth a voyage across the Atlantic,” and a very early steamboat
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Tour 3
Log, limestone, and brick--a microcosm of early Valley architecture
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Tour 4
White Post to Berryville via Millwood
Clarke County, “The most English county in the Valley”
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Tour 5
Strasburg to Front Royal, via Fort Valley
Over the river and through the woods...
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Tour 6
Up and over Great North Mountain (not for the faint of heart)
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Tour 7
Edinburg to Mount Jackson, via Singers Glen and New Market
Ancient roads, old mills, a musical village, and mountain vistas
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Tour 8
Harrisonburg to Port Republic
Heart of the Shenandoah Valley
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Tour 9
Fort Valley to Page Valley and Luray
A hidden valley, scenic drives, a rolling river, a dramatic cavern
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Tour 10
Staunton to Steeles Tavern
Historic homes, Shakespeare, a folk life museum, and an inventor’s farm
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Tour 11
Monterey to Goshen Pass, via Hot Springs
Maple syrup, sheep, mineral spring baths, and no stop lights
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Tour 12
Lexington and Natural Bridge
Jefferson’s stone bridge, an old canal, and two historic colleges
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Tour 12
Southern Gateway to the Shenandoah Valley: A preserved 1800s village, an abandoned canal, and two C&O railroad towns
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Belle Grove Plantation enlivens Valley history in a graceful, elegant way

Out of all the many historic attractions in the Shenandoah Valley there is nothing to experience quite like Belle Grove Plantation. Since 1797, the Federal-style, limestone manor house has held a commanding presence at the center of an open, rolling meadow that rolls before three distinct mountain ranges and forms the southern end of the Cedar Creek Civil War Battlefield. It's part of the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park.
The American legacy of Belle Grove begins with the couple that built it. Issac Hite, Jr. was an American Revolutionary War soldier and a grandson of one of the Valley's original European settlers, Jost Hite. His wife, Nelly, was James Madison's sister. A Madison family friend by the name of Thomas Jefferson helped design the manor house. Jefferson's touches are unmistakably recognizable.
Early 19th century plantation life there epitomized the “good life” of the time, even after Nelly Hite passed away in 1802. James Madison had honeymooned there. Issac Hite was an energetic renaissance man who held patents on a number of inventions and loved experimenting with progressive farming techniques. Hite's second wife, Ann Maury Hite, help him fulfill his dream of carving out a piece of what was then the American Frontier. As the Civil War literally swarmed up to Belle Grove's doorstep, the idyllic and industrious period of Antebellum prosperity abruptly ended. More...
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