VIRGINIA HISTORY TRAILS: CULTURE TRAIL

Whether it’s literature, art, music, cuisine, or sports, the Old Dominion is an evolving swirl of many cultures. Below is a list of sites and stories on the Culture themed trail on Virginia History Trails.

Central Virginia

• Adele Goodman Clark, Richmond, VA • , Lynchburg, VA • Arthur Ashe, Richmond, VA • Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Richmond, VA • Carter G. Woodson, Bremo Bluff, VA • Edna Lewis, Unionville, VA • , Richmond, VA • Highway Marker Program, Richmond, VA • Jackson Ward Historic District, Richmond, VA • Joel Sweeney, Appomattox, VA • John A. Lomax & Harold Spivacke, Maidens, VA • John Mitchell Jr./ Richmond Planet, Richmond, VA • Miles B. Carpenter Museum, Waverly, VA • Monument Avenue Historic District, Richmond, VA • Pierre Daura, Lynchburg, VA • Poe Museum, Richmond, VA • Richmond Liberty Trail, Richmond, VA • The Valentine, Richmond, VA • Virginia Anti-Saloon League, Richmond, VA • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

Chesapeake Bay

• Robert Russa Moton, Gloucester, VA

Coastal

• Alexander Purdie, Williamsburg, VA • Attucks Theater, Norfolk, VA • , Williamsburg, VA • , Williamsburg, VA • Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, Williamsburg, VA

• Hampton History Museum, Hampton, VA • Legends of Music Walk of Fame, Norfolk, VA • , Williamsburg, VA • Philippine Cultural Center, Virginia Beach, VA • Poquoson Museum, Poquoson, VA • Portsmouth Colored Library, Portsmouth, VA • Public Assemblages Act (1926), Hampton, VA • William Parks, Williamsburg, VA

• Eastern Shore o Tangier Island, Tangier, VA o Virginia’s Barrier Islands, Machipongo, VA Northern Virginia

• Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA • Eden Center, Falls Church, VA • Gadsby’s Tavern, Alexandria, VA • Gari Melchers House & Studio, Fredericksburg, VA • Graffiti House, Brandy Station, VA • Journey Through Hallowed Ground, Waterford, VA • / Virginia House-Wife, Bermuda, VA • NASM’s Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center, Chantilly, VA • Secretariat, Doswell, VA • Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA • Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House, Alexandria, VA

Shenandoah Valley

• American Shakespeare Center, Staunton, VA • Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA • Nelson 151 Trail, Lovingston, VA • Historic House, Winchester, VA • Solomon & Ambrose Henkel, New Market, VA • Virginia Wine Trails, Washington, VA

Southern Virginia

• Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, Danville, VA • MacCallum More Museums & Gardens, Chase City, VA • Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA • Prestwould Plantation, Clarksville, VA • Ralph Stanley Museum, Clintwood, VA • Wendell Scott, Danville, VA

Southwest Virginia

• Appalachian African-American Center, Pennington Gap, VA • Barter Theater, Abingdon, VA • Birthplace of Country Music Museum, Bristol, VA • Carter Family Music Center, Hiltons, VA • Crooked Road, Abingdon, VA • Floyd Historic District, Floyd, VA • Old Fiddler’s Convention, Galax, VA • Virginia’s Coal Heritage Trail, Appalachia, VA

Virginia Mountains

• Blue Ridge Institute & Museum, Ferrum, VA • Booker T. Washington, Hardy, VA • Highland Historical Society, McDowell, VA • O. Winston Link Museum, Roanoke, VA • The Homestead, Hot Springs, VA