Evening star., 1938-06-26
vULY FOURTH comes to the r,

vULY FOURTH comes to the res
cue Of vacation-se seeking thou
sands this year by falling on
~ Monday. This allows two
and-one- or three-day week end
to most Of us. II, in planning your
outing for that holiday, your thoughts
turn to a nice beach, remember that
Virginia Beach is within a six or seven
hours drive of Washington. You can
drive down Saturday afternoon, have
all day Sunday at the beach and re-
turn on Monday at your leisure
through historic Tidewater Virginia.
If this trip takes you little farther
afield than your usual beach trip,
remember that it is a real ocean
beach you are going to. one that stands
high in the list Of Atlantic beaches.
The first thing you will notice as
you swing around Cape Henry and
drive down the main street of Virginia
is clean, the sand is clean, the board
walk (Which is cement) is spotless,
and the beach is spotted only by the
bright umbrellas and suits of the bath
ers. The boardwalk is not disfigured
by hot-dog stands and fortune-telling
stalls.
Let's clear up the hotel situation
right away. Accommodati tions run from
81 so day at innumerable small guest
houses of the boardwalk, to $40 day
at the Cavalier. In between you can
find 10 or Is boardwalk hotels at
about S5 to $40 a day Cavalier and
beach hotels American plan) No one
should fear not finding a room, as
there are ample accommodations.
And now, let's forget the beach and
the wonderful time we are going to
have there long enough to find out
how to get there and what to see in
passing.
VOUR road to Fredericksburg Is so
alive with modern traffic that you
are likely to forget the many historic
landmarks along it. Two churches
compel special interest-Pohick and
Acquia. The former was attended by
George Washington. Acquia Church.
half way between Triangle and Staf-
ford. was built in 1857. The CON-
munion silver was buried during three
successive wars-l776, 1912 and 1860
and is thus preserved.
At Triangle a road to the right
leads to the Chopawamsic recreational
area, which is being developed by the
c. c. C. and will provide cabins and
camping facilities in the deep pine
woods of Virginia when finished.
Along the road are several signs in
dicating how many persons have been
killed in the last 18 months. These
are crude but effective reminders to
the man behind the wheel that he is
a holder Of great responsibility, not
only to himself and his passengers
and property, but to the other users
Of the road
There is SO much to see in Fred
ericksburg that if you stopped to take
in everything you would never get to
Virginia Beach. Go straight ahead
under the railroad tracks and follow
U. S. II, the Tidewater Trail, out of
town.
Two miles south OF Port Royal Is
where John Wilkes Booth was caught
by Union soldiers after his murder of
Lincoln. James Madison was born
across the river in Port Conway. Co.
ing down the Rappahannock Valley
you occasionally get glimpses of the
broad river to the left. Tappahannock
was tobacco port of some conse-
quence in former days; now it is
small port and resort.
Your road improves as you 60 along.
At the pleasant little town of Saluda.
you turn right and cross to the York
Valley. Gloucester County is sec
ton of very old settlement. Glouces-