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Montpelier (Orange, Virginia) / 38.21972°N 78.16944°W / 38.21972; -78.16944. James Madison's Montpelier, located in Orange County, Virginia, was the plantation house of the Madison family, including Founding Father and fourth president of the United States James Madison and his wife, Dolley. The 2,650-acre (1,070 ha) property is open ...
Orange County is a county located in the Central Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. At the 2020 census , the population was 36,254. [ 2 ] Its county seat is Orange . [ 3 ]
Scottish Americans or Scots Americans ( Scottish Gaelic: Ameireaganaich Albannach; Scots: Scots-American) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Scotland. Scottish Americans are closely related to Scotch-Irish Americans, descendants of Ulster Scots, and communities emphasize and celebrate a common heritage. [8]
Parts of Orange County, Caledonia County, and Chittenden County. Renamed from Jefferson County to Washington County on November 8, 1814: George Washington (1732–1799), first President of the United States (1789–1797). 60,142: 690 sq mi (1,787 km 2) Windham County: 025: Newfane: February 22, 1779 (as Cumberland County) (renamed 1781)
Pleasant Point, also known as Crouches Creek Plantation, is a historic home located near Scotland, Surry County, Virginia. It was built about 1724, and is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, double pile frame dwelling with brick ends. It has a gable roof and originally had a hall-parlor plan, later modified to a central-hall plan. The interior woodwork was ...
Celebrate Literacy and Arts in the Park (April 23rd in Orange, VA) The Daffodil Festival. Highland County Maple Festival. International Children's Festival at Wolf Trap. Nekocon. Neptune Festival. RavenCon. Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Tephra Fine Arts Festival.
The Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland, or Loyal Orange Institution of Scotland, Orange Order in Scotland, The Orange Order is the oldest and biggest Protestant fraternity in Scotland. The Loyal Orange Institution was an official participant in the 2014 independence referendum. Its headquarters are in Motherwell, having previously been in Bridgeton ...
The shires of Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachdan na h-Alba; Scots: Scots coonties ), [ a] or counties of Scotland, are historic subdivisions of Scotland established in the Middle Ages and used as administrative divisions until 1975. Originally established for judicial purposes (being the territory over which a sheriff had jurisdiction ...