Claude Moore Colonial Farm
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 57.438 W 077° 09.090
18S E 313576 N 4314239
The original Turkey Run Farm was designed and built as an educational opportunity to simulate how poor, 18th-century farmers lived and worked. However, it was a representation only, and there is no historical evidence that this area was a Colonial farm.
Waymark Code: WM11TQY
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 12/18/2019
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The Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run is a unit of the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
Creating the Park
On August 16, 1971, the Federal Highway Administration transferred 330 acres of Federal land near Turkey Run in Langley, Virginia, to the National Park Service (NPS) and the CIA. The NPS took over management of approximately 230 of these acres.
The original Turkey Run Farm was designed and built as an educational opportunity to simulate how poor, 18th-century farmers lived and worked. However, it was a representation only, and there is no historical evidence that this area was a Colonial farm.
The NPS operated the farm until 1981, until budget considerations caused the NPS to plan to close it. Supporters rallied and formed the Friends of Turkey Run, which raised money and offered programs under a 25-year cooperative agreement. Later renamed the Claude Moore Colonial Farm in honor of a local benefactor, the Friends of The Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run, Inc. operated a living history farm on the site through 2018.
State/States the Park is located...: Virginia
Park Designation: Parkway
Website From the National Parks Service Page of this Waymark...: [Web Link]
Are pictures included?: yes
Times the Visitors Center (or Park) is Open....: Not listed
Months the Visitors Center/Park is open...: Not listed
SECONDARY website.: Not listed
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