Daughters of the American Revolution Van Bunschooten Museum
This museum, located in a period colonial home, boasts an enormous collection of original period artifacts and exhibits. The home itself is still for...
Fisk Jubilee Singers
The original Fisk Jubilee Singers® preserved the spirituals as an African American art form, helped save Fisk University, demonstrated Black...
Rippavilla: Slave Fields to Battlegrounds
Rippavilla, a plantation built on enslaved labor, witnessed the chaos of the Civil War and the dawn of freedom for its enslaved inhabitants. Before...
St. John's Church
St. John's Church is where Virginia delegates met to discuss their actions with the growing state of war that was occurring with Britain. It was here...
Middleton Place
Former home to Arthur Middleton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. It is also currently the location of America's oldest landscape gardens.
Peter Jacob Carter
Born enslaved on 29 May 1845 near Eastville, Northampton County, Peter Jacob Carter served in the 10th United States Colored Troops during the Civil...