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Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest

1542 Bateman Bridge Road, Forest, Virginia 24551

Featured Review : Here is an out of October mid-level wine festival near Lynchburg that you will want to mark on your calendar. One of the last Fall wine festivals, The 2d Annual Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival, will be on the Saturday be...See Full Review

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Mr Jefferson's Wine Festival

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Eric from Aiea from Norfolk, Virginia
  • October 19, 2010
Quote: Here is an out of October mid-level wine festival near Lynchburg that you will want to mark on your calendar. One of the last Fall wine festivals, The 2d Annual Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival, will be on the Saturday before Thanksgiving at Poplar... Read the full Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest review

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A Miniature Monticello Alongside the Blue Ridge Mountains

  • 5 out of 5 stars by eamar1 from St. Louis, Missouri
  • March 4, 2009
A Miniature Monticello Alongside the Blue Ridge Mountains
Quote: This property is still under reconstruction and it is very interesting to see the building in various stages, so you can see how it was constructed. The tours are very informative. Incredibly beautiful.
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Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest

  • 4 out of 5 stars by zabelle from Portland, Connecticut
  • September 20, 2007
Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
Quote: This was Thomas Jefferson’s vacation home, where he came to escape from the hordes who felt that they could visit him at Monticello, where he could rest and have family time with his grandchildren, where he could truly be a private... Read the full Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest review

From journal On the Road to Lynchburg

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Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest

  • 3 out of 5 stars by heather_michon from Albemarle, Virginia
  • July 28, 2003
Quote: In 1773, Thomas Jefferson and his wife, Martha, inherited nearly 5,000 acres of land in Bedford County, Virginia, upon the death of Martha’s father, John Wayles. While he visited the property many times over the years, and it would serve as a... Read the full Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest review

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Poplar Forest

  • 2 out of 5 stars by nilgun from , Virginia, Turkey
  • December 8, 2002
Poplar Forest
Quote: Thomas Jefferson and his wife, Martha, inherited the land where the Poplar Forest now stands from Martha Jefferson''s father. This is the place Jefferson escaped to when British invaded Charlottesville in June, 4th 1781. Poplar Forest is a National... Read the full Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest review

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