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Downtown Winchester

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Downtown Winchester provides the ideal local for small shops and restaurants, and serves as the county seat of Frederick County. Winchester Medical Center is, in the top 100 hospitals in the country, and the Medical School is the oldest in the US. Winchester also had the first public school, and was the home town of legendary country/pop music icon Patsy Cline.

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Godfrey Miller Home

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This historic home was purchased by John Miller in 1812 and continued in the Miller family until 1938 when Margaretta Sperry Miller donated the home to Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church to be used as a residence for elderly ladies. In 1948 Godfrey Miller Home Incorporated as a non-profit 501( c )(3) organization and opened as a residence for elderly ladies. After twenty years, the GMH petitioned the court to operate the Home as a Fellowship Center. In 1976 the Godfrey Miller Fellowship Center opened.

28 South Loudoun St. Winchester, VA 22601
Phone: (540) 667-5869

http://www.godfreymillerhome.org/

Long Branch

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Located at the foot of the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains just sixty miles from Washington D.C., Historic Long Branch is one of the most historic elegant manor homes in Virginia hunt country. The grounds of Historic Long Branch are graced by beautiful gardens dedicated to Sheila Macqueen.

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Ivy Lodge

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The historic 1819 Ivy Lodge building houses the museum of the Warren Heritage Society. Permanent and temporary exhibit halls show local history. Information on museum and society programming is available at Ivy Lodge, and the gift shop and bookstore offer unique items available nowhere else.

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Mount Hebron Cemetery Gatehouse

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Mount Hebron Cemetery adjoins four burying grounds within a common enclosure. In 1844, a charter was granted “to establish a public cemetery” on the grounds of the Reformed and Lutheran Churches. Named after Hebron, a city of refuge and burial for the Biblical Abraham, Mount Hebron Cemetery has been expanded to enclose fifty-six acres.

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Downtown Harpers Ferry

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Harpers Ferry is at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, as well as the states of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Visiting this quaint, historic community is like stepping into the past. Robert Harper he opened a ferry across the Potomac in 1761. The town was a hotspot for the Civil War because of the US Armory and Arsenal.

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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

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Harpers Ferry is at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, as well as the states of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Visiting this quaint, historic community is like stepping into the past. Robert Harper opened a ferry across the Potomac in 1761. The town was a hotspot for the Civil War because of the US Armory and Arsenal, and was the site of John Brown’s Raid.

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Handley Regional Library

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The Handley Library Opened in 1913 and is probably the best example of Beaux-Arts architecture in Virginia. It features a three story rotunda, interior stained-glass dome, exterior copper dome, historic light fixtures, and glass stack floors. Located in the basement are the Stewart Bell Jr. Archives that house a comprehensive collection of materials pertaining to the Shenandoah Valleyfrom 1732 to present.

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Fort Loudoun Historic Site

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Fort Loudoun is the site of George Washington’s regimental headquarters during the French and Indian War. It was unmatched in size along the colonial Virginia frontier that stretched from the border of Maryland to North Carolina.

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Burwell-Morgan Mill

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The Burwell-Morgan Mill, established in 1785, is the oldest operable merchant mill in the Shenandoah Valley. The mill operated 24/7, processing more than 60,000 bushels of wheat per year. The community of Millwood grew around this commercial center as related businesses were established, and by way of the seaports at Alexandria and Baltimore, mill products were shipped abroad.

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