June 20th, Saturday, Bus
Tour - "Jefferson's Flight from Monticello"
On June 20, a bus tour sponsored by the
Nelson County Historical Society will retrace Jefferson's flight from
Monticello. History and Thomas Jefferson’s character can be brought alive by
following his known travel routes. Nowhere is his character better appreciated
or understood than during this historic flight from Monticello which began on
the 4th of June 1781 as Tarleton’s troops entered Charlottesville intent on
capturing the Virginia Governor and author of the Declaration of Independence.
Join Nelson County Historical Society members Dick
Whitehead and Doug Coleman as they retrace Jefferson’s historic flight from
Monticello through the now-neglected back roads of Albemarle, Nelson and
Amherst Counties, ending at Geddes, the home of Hugh Rose where Jefferson and
his family took refuge for several nights en route to Poplar Forest. Points
of interest: several historic ordinary sites; Fairmount Baptist Church - lunch
break; Cabellsville - site of the Colonial Era Amherst County Courthouse.
- archaeologist on site to relate recent findings.
To make
reservations and purchase tickets email nchsva@gmail.com or call
434-263-8400. Tour cost - $30 per person and Society members $20
per person - bring your own lunch. Parking at The Nelson Memorial
Library, Lovingston, VA 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
More
information at www.nelsonhistorical.org.
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