Farm Family Freedom

Join a National Park Service ranger to visit an 1800s farm. See the Shenandoah Valley from its early settlements through the Civil War and Reconstruction through the eyes of families who lived there, both enslaved and free. Hear the newly rediscovered story of James Foster, an enslaved man, and his free wife, Mary Petty. The tour includes a short walk around the Bowman-Hite Farm buildings.