thomas jeffrey-son at thomas jefferson's home in virginia.
i didn't realize north carolina was really in "the south" before i moved here.
stupid me. because it really is.
being ignorant westerners, we are constantly impressed by how old things can be out here. and how much history there is out here. you can't blame me--i'm from irvine, for crying out loud, where the oldest thing is the building that was built before the '70s. tommy feels the same way. so when we were both finished with school this week, we went up to richmond to see some cool old stuff, and then on to monticello and appomattox. a mixed revolutionary war/civil war tour of virginia. we also ate some good food, listened to some sherlock holmes on cd, and stayed at a super 8--so fancy!
first we visited the museum of the confederacy and the white house of the confederacy in richmond--these two old buildings are literally surrounded by the VCU hospital campus. weird, but it was a good tour. they consider jefferson davis a real president 'round these parts.
then we walked around richmond, and saw the state capitol and a few other civil war sites within walking distance. did you know that richmond was burned down during the war? 
and then we went and saw st. john's church on the other side of richmond--the church where patrick henry gave his "give me liberty or give me death!" speech. they do weekly reenactments during the summer . . . we're trying to figure out how we could make it someday because really, who wants to miss a reenactment of revolutionary war events? could not get any better.
then we visited monticello, thomas jefferson's awesome house in charlottesville, virginia. tommy really felt proud about it, considering that his name is thomas jeffrey, so he's basically thomas jefferson's protege. hey, pal.
and we went to appomattox court house. we didn't take any great pictures--but this is where the surrender happened. hooray!
how awesome is it that we live so close to all these rad places? even though appomattox isn't really that cool to visit (let's be honest, it's two hours from anywhere and it's just a building), i would be bummed if we lived so close and didn't see it. i'm glad we did. america!
2 comments:
that's way cool you got to do all that! Dave served his mission out there so I will be out there one day. He hopes we'll move there
You know how I love Monticello...that view overlooking the gardens...so beautiful! And I would love to see Appomatox some day. I have seen so many renderings, it is cool to see a picture of the actual building. Glad to see you exploring.
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