Cheap Things To Do in Locust Dale, Virginia

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

Crooked Run Baptist Church is affliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, the Baptist General Association of Virginia, ... More on Crookedrunbaptistchurch.org

Inscription. Crooked Run Baptist Church was organized in 1772 and is named for the stream that flows nearby. James Garnett Sr. one of the early pastors, served the congregation from 1774 until clos... More on HMDB

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. 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. (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

Ambrose Madison, grandfather of the president first settled Montpelier in 1723. James Madison spent the first ... More on PlanetWare

Inscription. Lee vs. Grant The 1864 Campaign: After Gettysburg and some minor operations during the summer and fall of 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee and his Confederate army settled into winter quarters on the hills around the town of ... More on HMDB

Inscription. A valiant soldier, General Zachary Taylor, 1784-1850: Twelfth President, of the United States, Born in Orange County Virginia, Erected by Orange County Post No. 156, The American Legion, 1934, , Erected 1934 by Orange ... More on HMDB

Inscription. With emancipation, African-Americans found themselves in a complex situation. By law, slavery was abolished, promising freedom and citizenship, but few owned land or had resources to support themselves, and prejudice ... More on HMDB