The James River Plantations and Their Culture
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- Learn about the history and architecture of colonial Virginia, including the settlement that came after Jamestown, Henricus and the crown’s system that assigned scions land for importing residents
- Visit venerable 18th-century homes that show the panorama of life for the elite and for the rest: Tuckahoe, the boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson, Berkeley and Shirley plantations and Wilton House
- Explore Virginia's exquisite Jefferson-designed Capitol and the expanded and stylish Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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