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Join our small-group journey to Virginia’s Northern Neck, where George Washington’s early world meets the landscapes that shaped the Revolution. This travel program extends our work at the Webb Deane Stevens Museum beyond Connecticut, connecting preserved sites, primary stories, and daily life in the 18th century.
We begin at Fredericksburg, on the stretch of river where Washington grew up, and follow the Rappahannock down to Westmoreland County, where he was born. Seven houses along the way, four of them private and opened for us by arrangement, welcome us in to linger among the details of fine objects and architecture. Mornings under extraordinary plaster ceilings, lunch in river towns, a night at Stratford Hall, and a closing roundtable on the families who built these houses and then came apart over independence.
Our group, kept intimate by design, is led throughout by TR Revella-Hamilton, our Director of Preservation & Collections, and Brenton Grom, Executive Director.
Truncated itinerary*
Thursday, November 5—Arrival and check-in in downtown Fredericksburg. Evening open.
Friday, November 6—A private Georgian house on the heights, held by one family since the 1730s. Kenmore, for the finest eighteenth-century plasterwork in the country. Lunch downtown. Belmont, the Gari Melchers home and studio. Dinner together in Fredericksburg.
Saturday, November 7—Three private houses down the river, among them the first neo-Palladian villa raised in the colonies, built of stone in a country that built in brick. Lunch in Tappahannock. Night at Stratford Hall.
Sunday, November 8—Menokin, the 1769 house of Declaration signer Francis Lightfoot Lee, being rebuilt in structural glass. Lunch and tour at Stratford Hall. Feuding Founders roundtable. Ends 4:00 PM.
Daytrips | Daytrip rates are available for those who wish to join us from the area. Contact TR Revella-Hamilton to discuss pricing and itinerary: trhamilton@wdsmuseum.org
*Limited to 17. Itinerary subject to change.
TICKETS
Early Bird Rates through September 18.
Member Early Bird | $2,800
Guest Early Bird | $2,950
After September 18
Member Standard | $2,950
Guest Standard | $3,100
Mail checks to: Webb Deane Stevens Museum, 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT 06109
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