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Free Interviews at Historical Homes, Presidential Homes, Plantation Homes, and Museums
Historical homes, as silent witnesses to history, can teach us so much about our past. We have traveled to many historical houses in an effort to capture and preserve their fascinating stories. The homes vary in time periods and situations, from plantation life in the 1700's to the World War I era farm. Learn the history and experience the beautiful southern charm of these wonderful historical homes. Take a look at the very heart of those people who shaped our history by touring the places where they lived and died.
See the home of the famous American hero, Sergeant Alvin C. York. Sergeant York was a man from the mountains of Tennessee, who would become one of the most celebrated soldiers of World War I, and whose legendary feats of heroism won him the Medal of Honor. See the farm where this incredible man worked and lived during the first half of the 20th century. Take a glimpse of plantation life in early America by viewing the Shirley Plantation. Take a tour of the inside of this historical home, as well as the smoke house, guest house, store house, ice house, kitchen, slave quarters, and more, to learn about the daily life of the people who lived there. Hear the stories of other estates, such as the Berkeley Plantation and the Westover Plantation. Witness history as you see the homes of famous men who shaped the future of our nation. See Sherwood Forest, "home of President John Tyler," and learn more about this great man and the house he lived in. Visit the home of President Andrew Jackson, "The Hermitage," and walk the grounds of this famous war hero and statesman. Nowhere can true southern charm be felt more than in the beautiful antebellum homes that grace the land of Dixie. See historical homes like the "Conde Charlotte house" and the "Richards DAR house," beautiful structures both located in Mobile, Alabama. These homes can show us so much about the people who inhabited them and the times they lived in. It is like walking back to an era that can never be recaptured and experiencing their everyday lives, from the catastrophe of war, down to Christmas on the plantation. This is a department that will always be growing and expanding as we add new interviews and videos from various families and homes across the country. Please join Historical Truth 101 as we uncover this fascinating and often neglected view of history. Come along, as we travel through historical homes to unlock the secrets of the past in hopes of preserving them for the future.
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.The Richards DAR House Museum Mobile Alabama
Barbara Hill
Just blocks from the Mobile River, in the DeTonit Historical District of Mobile, sits the Richards DAR House. The townhouse, with its white wrought iron fence flanked by camellias and azaleas and matching façade depicting the four seasons seems to say, "come on in and sit a spell," a true southern greeting full of charm and grace from another era. None of that essence is lost now as guests are treated to the aroma of spice tea and freshly baked cookies served at the end of the tour. In addition to the Italianate style of architecture, the house is graced with Carrara marble fireplaces and a curved stairway that seems to float upward to the second floor. A Box Grand piano in the foyer and period furnishings throughout the house help to take visitors back to a time of grandeur, spaciousness, and southern charm. Bohemian Ruby glass windows surround the front entrance door, while the largest crystal chandelier in Mobile hangs in the dining room, its beauty reflected in the large French mirror that hangs over a marble fireplace. Knowledgeable guides tell the story of a riverboat captain from Maine, Charles G. Richards, and his bride, Caroline Steel of Mobile, and their dream home built in 1860. Come on in now, the tour is about to begin. . . .
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.The Berkeley Plantation
Barbara Hill
As guests arrive to tour the Berkeley Plantation, if they listen closely, they just might hear the distant sounds of the long drum roll of John Jamieson, a drummer boy for the Union Army general George McClellan, and his army, as they fought the Seven Day Battle of 1862 at Harrison Landing. Mr. Jamieson purchased the Berkeley Plantation and then brought his family to live there in the early 1900's and began what was to be a lifelong project of restoration to the three-story Georgian brick house and surrounding buildings . Today, the place that was home to two U.S. Presidents and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, all with the last name Harrison, is a working plantation of over 1,400 acres. Three hundred of those acres, which border the James River, a major water artery carrying goods inland, have been set aside in Historical Easement to prevent future development. Near the house, terraced rose gardens and a flower cutting garden provide a beautiful backdrop for weddings, receptions, and celebrations, private and corporate. In the distance, the James River can be seen as it meanders along the banks of the plantation, offering a place of quiet respite from a busy world. It's almost as if an invitation to "come on down and sit for a spell" has been issued. It's true southern charm at its best. . . .
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