Historic Shrines of America

Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia

3 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia

WHERE PATRICK HENRY SPENT HIS LAST YEARS Patrick Henry was only fifty-eight years old when he retired for rest and the enjoyment of family…

Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia: Henry

The house at Red Hill was a simple story and a half structure, to which the owner soon added a shed kitchen, solely because he "wished to…

Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia: Bible

During the closing years of his life he spent hours over the Bible. Every morning he would take his seat in the dining-room, with the big…

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