Berkeley - Charles City VA
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Don.Morfe
N 37° 19.026 W 077° 10.830
18S E 306783 N 4132279
Berkeley Plantation, one of the first plantations in America, comprises about 1,000 acres (400 ha) on the banks of the James River on State Route 5 in Charles City County, Virginia.
Waymark Code: WM1637Q
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 04/24/2022
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From Wikipedia
"Berkeley Plantation, one of the first plantations in America, comprises about 1,000 acres (400 ha) on the banks of the James River on State Route 5 in Charles City County, Virginia. Berkeley Plantation was originally called Berkeley Hundred, named after the Berkeley Company of England. In 1726, it became the ancestral home of the Harrison family, after Benjamin Harrison IV located there and built one of the first three-story brick mansions in Virginia. It is the home to two presidents of the United States: William Henry Harrison, and his grandson Benjamin Harrison. It is now a museum property, open to the public.
Among the many American "firsts" that occurred at Berkeley Plantation are:
In 1619 settlers celebrated the first annual Thanksgiving celebration after landing at Berkeley Hundred.
In 1862 the Army bugle call "Taps" was first played, by bugler Oliver W. Norton; the melody was written at Harrison's Landing, the plantation's old wharf, by Norton and General Daniel Butterfield."
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