FREE Admission & Shuttle to 9 Historic Sites • Carriage Rides • Music • Children's Activities • Living History • Gift Shops
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FREE Admission & Shuttle to 9 Historic Sites • Carriage Rides • Music • Children's Activities • Living History • Gift Shops |
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2008 participating sites: ( open 12-5pm unless otherwise noted.) Valentine Richmond History Center and Wickham House 1015 E. Clay Street • Fire trucks (1-3pm) • Live Music • Snow Bear (12:30-3:30pm) • Christmas Mother • Carriage Rides (1-4pm) • Puppet Show • Wickham House Tours • Peggy the Clown • Harpists • Children's Crafts The John Marshall House 818 E. Marshall Street • Living History • Gift Shop • Christmas Garden • Godwin High School Madrigal Choir (2pm) • Refreshments Museum and White House of the Confederacy 1201 E. Clay Street • Refreshments • Live Music by Evergreen Shade • Santa Claus (12-4pm) • White House Tour with Stationed Guides (12:30-4:30pm) • Gift Shop • Children's Crafts • Cummings Battery and the 15th Virginia Infantry St. John's Church 2401 E. Broad Street (12:30-5pm) • Second Virginia Convention Reenactment (2pm ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY) • Gift Shop (12:30-5pm) • Open House w/ Costumed Interpreters (12:30-1pm) • Harry Kollatz, Jr. Storytelling and Book Signing (1pm & 3pm) • Richmond Boys Choir (4pm) • Church Hill House Tour tickets |
New in 2008! Vintage and contemporary fire trucks, in honor of the History Center's current exhibit Stop, Drop and Roll: Firefighting in 20th Century Richmond |
Snow Bear and the Christmas Mother return in 2008! Have your picture taken with Snow Bear, 12:30 - 3:30pm, at the History Center. |
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The Church Hill Holiday House Tour occurs the same afternoon, 12-6pm. Buy $20 tickets at St. John's Church or at the History Center prior to the event. |
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Parking...FREE on-street parking is near each site (as available) or in the MCV visitor's parking deck at 12th & Leigh Streets (free). Park for free and ride the shuttle for free all afternoon!
Shuttle...Complimentary transportation to all locations; arrives at each stop every 15 minutes. Shuttle begins at 11th and Clay Streets at 12:00pm. Last pick-up from St. John's is at 4:45pm. Download a printable map of the 2008 sites and shuttle route.
Historic Richmond Foundation's Monumental Church (12-4pm) Broad and 12th Streets
• Live Music by The Christmas Strings: Students and Friends of Loretta Carreras McCray (1:30pm) • The Neighborhood Singers conducted by Karen Harris (3:30pm) • Living History• Refreshments • HRF books and wreaths by Karen Kelly for sale
Hunton Student Center (2-5pm) 1301 E. Marshall Street
• Stationed Guides • Restrooms
The Beers House (2-5pm) 1228 E. Broad Street
• Refreshments • Stationed Guides • Restrooms
The Egyptian Building (2-5pm) 1301 E. Marshall Street
• Stationed Guides
Bank Street at 9th Street
• West Entrance near Washington Statue open to the public • Stationed Guides • Capitol Shop (12-5pm)
Copyright 2008 Valentine Richmond History Center
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