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We got there the week before the 4th of July, 2005 . Other Virtual Tourists have highlighted the English/Irish portions so I will fill-in info about the German-American section.
The large parking lot with Native American monuments and the gift shop on one side and the Museum entrance on the other. Pay your money get your ticket and walk through the barn archway and enter an 18th-19th century world of farm living.
Farm plots are just as they would be in the 18th century: home, barn, wood shed, corral, pasture, small farm fields, ponds, (paved paths are for safety and handicap-access). Each home has a summer-family who don't just play the part of a farm family but actually convince you they ARE the farm family that built the place. If you don't ask them questions, they go about their daily chores. But if you do request information, they will gladly stop and tell you everything you ever wanted to know about their culture and times. You are welcome to wander anywhere on each of the farms but there are warnings posted about going into the corral areas where the cows, horses and sheep are kept. We were lucky enough to be there a week after a calfing.
The German-American section was flaxing the day we were there. Family members were in the fields harvesting the flax stems in bindles. Some were threshing out the chaff. The old woman was soaking stems and crushing them to make fibers which she would later dry and dredle into long strands. Finally she would spin them into wafts on her spinning wheel. The flax could be bleached and metal/herbal dyes added for color before being used as thread to make fabric and clothes.
The children tended to the cows and sheep and fed the chickens. The fields had to be weeded and fire wood chopped. And the younger woman in the home did the cooking which took much of her day to prepare and serve.
And this was only one of the four culture areas featured in the museum. It took us well into 4 hours to see and smell and hear it all and of course buy some souveniers. Address: 1290 Richmond Road, Staunton, VADirections: Jefferson Highway/Richmond Road (US250) just west of the I-81 exit 222 for Staunton. You cannot see much from the main highway, so be alert for the sign advertising the Museum.Website: www.frontiermuseum.org
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We went to Luray on Sunday, July 6th. It was GREAT. They really had their process down, and it worked well. There wasn't much of a line to get in when we got there around 11 AM, and we went right down in. They had friendly, talkative guides posted at various points throughout the cavern to tell guests about it, answer questions, take photos, and point them in the right direction down the path. We moved at our own pace through a nicely lit and well maintained trail. The trail itself is actually paved and bricked throughout which was nice for the average tourist just walking through. Conservationists and hardcore spelunkers would cringe at the damage they caused in doing that, but it was done many years ago when those things might have seemed less important.
It is a steady 54 degrees F in the cavern all year long, so some people might want to take along a light jacket, though we didn't need them. There were many families with strollers who seemed to manage the trails just fine. The only steps are the ones entering and exiting the caverns.
We both gave Luray Caverns two thumbs up! Leave a Comment Address: 970 U.S. Hwy. 211 West, Luray, VA 22835Phone: (540) 743-6551Directions: I-66 to Gainesville; US 29 South to Warrenton; US 211 West to Luray Caverns (45 minutes from Warrenton, 90 minutes from Capital Beltway).Website: http://www.luraycaverns.com
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The visit to Wilson's birthplace consists of guided tour through the Staunton Presbyterian Manse and self-guided tour through galleries of Woodrow Wilson Museum placed in seperate chateau style building. There is one of Wilson's cars on display there. Apart from that I saw well maintained gardens around the houses. There is also a small museum shop. The admission cost $8 and to my surprise half of it for locals.
The tour is quite interesting for someone interesting in history and I've got to know much more about Wilson.
Leave a Comment Address: 18-24 North Coalter St., Staunton, VA 24402-0024Phone: +1 (540) 885-0897Directions: Driving US-250 (Augusta Street) through downtown Staunton turn eastwards onto East Frederick street. Drive uphill some 350 yards till you see the museum parking sign on the right.Website: http://www.woodrowwilson.org Other Contact: info@woodrowwilson.org
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 Ulster Farm by 807WheatonLeave a Comment Address: Staunton, VAPhone: 540-332-7850Website: www.frontiermuseum.org Other Contact: E-mail: info@frontiermuseum.sts
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The district bounded by E. Beverly, N. Market, E. Frederick and Kalorama Sts is called Gospel Hill Historic District and has been registered as a Virginia Historic Landmark.
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 Homes in Early Virginia by 807Wheaton
This place offers more than 50 programs that give a taste of life as it was in time gone by. Leave a Comment
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 English Farm by 807WheatonLeave a Comment Phone: 540-332-7850Directions: The museum has a visitor center at the entrance with a museum shop and public restrooms. There is plenty of parking.Website: www.frontiermuseum.org
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