Cheap Things To Do in Leon, Virginia

Inscription. On 10 October 1863 Confederate cavalry cormmanded by Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart engaged Union cavalry and infantry under Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick and Maj. Gen. William H. French at James City (present-day Leon). ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On October 10, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, anticipating an offensive that became known as the Bristoe Station Campaign, sent a division of Confederate horsemen led by Gen. J. E. B. Stuart north from Madison ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Madison County. In the hills of the Piedmont, against the Blue Ridge Mountains, Madison County was formed from Culpeper County in 1792. The county is named for James Madison, the “father of the American Constitution” ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Joe Thoms, Sr. a slave harness-maker, founded Oak Grove Baptist Church during the Civil War at his nearby log cabin, which burned in 1869. The congregation then met here, on land owned... More on HMDB

Sunday Early Worship Service is at 8:30 a.m., Sunday School is at 9:45 ... More on Yahoo! Travel

Inscription. George Washington Carver Regional High School was founded in 1948 to serve the educational needs of black students in Culpeper, Madison, Orange, and Rappahannock counties. Secondary schools for blacks in those counties ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (North Facing Side): Madison County: Area 324 Square Miles, Formed in 1792 from Culpeper, and named for James Madison, "Father of the American Constitution" and President of the United States. Governor Spotswood's exploring ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (South facing side): Culpeper County, Area 384 Square Miles, Formed in 1748 from Orange, and named for Lord Culpeper, Governor of Virginia, 1680-1683. The Battle of Cedar Mountain, 1862, was fought in this county. (North ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This Gothic Revival church, built in 1879, contains an elaborate example of trompe-loeil fresco painting done in 1888. Joseph Dominick Phillip Oddenino, an Italian immigrant artist, painted to deceive the eye into believing ... More on HMDB

Home of James Lawson Kemper, speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1861, General in the Civil War and Virginia's first ... More on Virginia.org

Inscription. This Greek Revival-style house was built about 1852 for state senator Thomas N. Welch. In 1868 James Lawson Kemper (1823–1895) purchased it from his mother in law, Mrs. Belfield ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Home of Judge John Williams Green. Judge Green entertained Lafayette here on August 22, 1825. , Erected 1929 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number F-3: ), , Location. 38° 27.283′ N, 78° ... More on HMDB