Grandma Lynn: Church in the United States, Virginia history lesson added something

Lynn grandmother, from January 3, 2010 began her journey, her companion is a cute little dog Ike, it is much laughter along the way to bring Grandma Lynn.

fromMarion, I trek 400 miles to reach Virginia, Gloucester.I arrived early the week here.A few days ago, I read satisfied the" Chesapeake" and then, on the Chesapeake Bay in particular want to see.In addition, we still have to look at Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown.I was thinking?Too many want to see and do a.

I for the American War of Independence is not well understood, civil war is, that's limited, I spent a week in hereThe time to tutoring knowledge.Landscape is also some scenes.I am running the same time, I really tall next to pass through the famous Chesapeake Bay Bridge, this not.

Thisblock colonial triangle there are two different entities.National Park's management clearly focused on the history of architecture.They show the history of Yorktown and other famous name signs.Virginia has three historical display, a real-life experience shows that historical representation Williamsburg and Jamestown, and Yorktown, a museum show playing the famous Battle of Yorktown piece of information, some information on civil conflictfilm.I took Ike to Yorktown and Williamsburg, but does not allow us access to Jamestown, where the archaeological excavations in progress.

I left GeorgiaLoest, drove all the way west, arriving in Greenville, Virginia.Greenville is in the southern end of Shenandoah National Park.The trip there, I stopped at the Mengdisailuo, there is Thomas Jefferson (third president) of the home.In his former home is not allowed to take pictures, but in which tourism is still very interesting.Jefferson has been renovated after the retirement of his house, which he met the French and Italian in the house style, built after 1769 formed.Mengdisailuo in Italian means hill in.He is a man of wisdom, who drafted the U.S. Declaration of Independence, he wrote in his lifetime had 19,000 letters, he can read text in 7 countries, he also interested in inventions, including his invention of the polygraph -- estimated that he believed that much benefit from this.He leaned on the machine, put in the hands of the pen and connected to the other side of the machine, so that writing was quickly written.

on Monday morning, the weather was fine, we went to the Shenandoah Valley.I opened up along the horizon about 55 miles, stopped at every point of view is the car, but still no way to capture his beauty.I met a local said, here's the spring coming in only after six weeks.

weeks2, the sky suddenly rain, I decided to go to the Woodrow Wilson (28th U.S. president) look at the birthplace and presidential library.Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia, a priestly family.Today, his grandfather had lived in the white paint the house has become a local tourist attraction in Northern Ireland.Wilson family is still living in the vicinity of future generations.Here, let me think a lot of priests in England houses, cold, well-ventilated, not very grand.