The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-10-05
Virginia's Second Annual Autumn
Pilgrimage To Be Oct. 2O-28

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Three separate areas will be
open to visitors on Virginia'S
Second Annual Autumn Pilgrim
age, October 2O-28. This event,
sponsored by II Colonial church
es will provide an intimate in
PRODUCTION to the Tidewater sec
ton Of Virginia, where today you
can see the early churches of the
colonist and the plantations that
supported them.
Three historic shrines, which
are open daily. year-round
are also participating in the
Pilgrimage. Kenmore, SO close
ly associated with the Washing
ton family, and the James Mon
roe Law Office and Memorial
Library, both in Fredericks-
burg, plus Stratford Hall, home
of the Lees, of Virginia, in
Westmoreland County.
Kenmore, built in l752, was the
home of Colonel Fielding Lewis
and his wife, Betty, sister of
George Washington. The great
room of this house, considered
one of the finest of its style in
the country, is the drawing
room. Here is the famous mantle
containing the bas-relief Of the
fable of the Fox, the Grow, and
the Cheese. said to have been
used at the suggestion Of Wash
ington as a moral to his nieces
and nephews. Kenmore's mag
nificient series of stucco-duro
ceilings are unparalleled by any
other American home and &C.
cur in all the lower floors ex
cept the office.
In a picturesque Colonial build
ing stretching along Charles
street, stands the James Monroe
Law Office, filled with Monroe
possessions. The fifth President
used this building as his law Of
flee. and his single was famil-
lar sight to towns people and
clients alike, from 1886 to 1871.
Now a museum. it is a store
house of belongings Of both Mon
roe and his family. Furniture
used in the White House. silver,
china, portraits, and the price
less Louis XVI desk on which
the Monroe Doctrine was signed
are displayed here.
Recently added is the James
Monroe Memorial Library Wing.
Housed in this modern building
are more than 10000 volumes on
Monroe and the Monroe Doc
trine. OF special interest here
will be an exhibit of rare St.
Memin's. and SilhouetteS by
Charles Wilson Peale and Mas
ter Hanks. plus examples OF
early photography. This is
considered the most extensive
collection of this type in Vir-
ginia, and includes works by st.
Memin of many famous Virgin
ians. This exhibit is being ar
ranged especially for the dura
ton Of the Pilgrimag e by
Laurence Hoes, President Of
the James Monroe Memorial
Foundation.
An hours drive from Fred
ericksburg brings the visitor to
Stratford Hall. an 1l65 acre re-
stored working colonial planta-
ton. This mansion built by
Thomas Lee in 1859. stands
today much as it was over
two hundred years ago. A GeOrg-
ian building showing a strong
Jacobean influence, it is shaped
like an II in contrast to many
18th century Virginia homes. In
the center. forming the crossbar
q the H" is the Great Hall,
thirty feet square. -Four massive
chimneyS on the east and west
wings form tower platforms. a
rare architectural feature. Four
dependencies including kitchen.
wash house. plantation office and
law chambers of Thomas Lee
are nearby. Two signers of the
Declaration 0f Independence
were born here. as well as Gen
eral Robert E. Lee.
Another Lee house, Cobb's
Hall, in Lancaster County, stand
ing on the only grant of land to
the Lees in America, still in
the hands of the Lee family. will
open for the Pilgrimage October
2S-25. only. Here is located an