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25 Oct

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Aspenvale Cemetery was the first cemetery to be declared a Virginia Historic Landmark. Not only is the Revolutionary hero, Gen. William Campbell, famous for the Battle of King's Mountain, buried here, but also his wife, Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell, known as "Madam Russell" and sister to Patrick Henry. After Gen. Campbell's death Elizabeth married another important Revolutionar general, William Russell. She was a leader in the Methodist movement in the late 1700's and often had...

25 Oct

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First incorporated Washington in US; the entire town on the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register of Historic Places; historic court house, monuments, churches, and homes. Also, B&B's, art galleries & studios, theater, vineyards, history museum at Historical Society, home of world-renowned 5 star Inn at Little Washington. Minutes from or to Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive....