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Tourism in Virginia
Virginia is a magnificent holiday destination! The links below will give you an introduction to a huge range of things to do:
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Virginia's "Historic Triangle"
Located between Richmond and Virginia Beach, the Historic Triangle is one of America’s most popular tourist destinations.
From 1699 – 1780, Williamsburg was the political and cultural centre of Britain’s colony in the New World, and is named after King William III. It is America’s largest living history museum, spread over 300 acres. Even today the streets echo to the familiar sound of marching fife and drum bands, dressed in 1600s costume! Jamestown, 400 years old this year, is the site of the first English settlement in America, and founded exactly one year after the Hamilton and Montgomery Settlement of east Ulster. Yorktown was one of the main centres of the American War of Independence, and like Williamsburg, fife and drum bands are a regular sound.
Click here for Colonial Williamsburg
Click here for Visit Williamsburg
Click here for America's Historic Triangle - Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown |
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Museum of Frontier Culture
The Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia in Staunton, Virginia is a living history museum. The Museum features five historic, reconstructed working farms from Germany (1710), Northern Ireland (1730), England (1690), Botetourt County, Virginia (1850), and Rockingham County, Virginia (1773).
The farms represent the daily lives and agriculture heritage of the peoples who immigrated to the new world and formed a unique American culture. The Museum is an educational agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Settlers of Southwest Virginia
This rural museum, on part of the famous Appalachian Trail, is a converted farmstead, and tells the story of the Scotch-Irish and German settlers of the region.
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Woodrow Wilsons Presidential Library Visitor Centre, Staunton
Come and explore the life and legacy of President Woodrow Wilson at his
birthplace, museum and research library. Enjoy a personal tour through
the Wilsons' home: a self-guided tour of the museum where our
treasures, such as Wilson’s restored Pierce Arrow limousine, tell the
tales of Wilsons' early years, presidency, suffrage, prohibition and
World War I; a stroll through the Victorian-style terraced gardens; a
trolley ride through 19th century downtown historic Staunton to enjoy
shops and restaurants or take in a play at the Blackfriars Playhouse.
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Shenandoah National Park
The Shenandoah Valley was the first region of Virginia to be settled by
Ulster-Scots pioneers. Today it is home to one of America’s most
beautiful national parks, with the breathtaking Skyline Drive motoring
route winding through the world famous Blue Ridge Mountains
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Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach was the initial landing point for the Jamestown ships in
May 1607 before they sailed further inland to Jamestown island,
establishing the first permanent English settlement in America.
Virginia Beach is twinned with North Down Borough Council – North Down
was of course the initial location of James Hamilton’s home in 1606 at
the beginning of the Hamilton and Montgomery Settlement, establishing
the first permanent Scottish settlement in Ireland. Another great
destination for family holidays.
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