. Civil War officers. Confederate . chimneys toppedtwin wings, of a four-room formation, joined by a hugehall to form the bar of an H. No additions were evermade to the structure; it was conceived and built asa unit. A lypical (colonial plantation As Williamsburg typifies colonial town life, soStratford typifies colonial country life. And the samepeople moved through both scenes. Each master ofStratford sat at the council table at Williamsburg andtook his family there for the season. At home, hekept open house for fellow Virginians. Many were the occupations involved in the countrylife of the
. Civil War officers. Confederate . chimneys toppedtwin wings, of a four-room formation, joined by a hugehall to form the bar of an H. No additions were evermade to the structure; it was conceived and built asa unit. A lypical (colonial plantation As Williamsburg typifies colonial town life, soStratford typifies colonial country life. And the samepeople moved through both scenes. Each master ofStratford sat at the council table at Williamsburg andtook his family there for the season. At home, hekept open house for fellow Virginians. Many were the occupations involved in the countrylife of the Virginia planter. He had tannery, bondedwarehouse, grist mill, and wharves on the water frontwhere rich cargoes came from England; fields whereagricultural experiments were carried on and stablesfor thoroughbred horses. reserve J W tl y the ROBERT E. LEE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, INC Organized in 1929 to acquire and save Stratford Hall and to revive colonial plantation life for the enjoyment and education of the people of this A Well-CWen H ome >ite Thomas Lee, who had explored widely in colonialAmerica, chose a tract of land called The Clifts asthe site for his home because of its rare situation—acresimpregnable from, yet accessible to, the sea. He renamedit Stratford. Rising from the tidewater Potomac, steep cliffs cut bywild ravines formed a fastness for the home he finishedabout 1730. It was built on a plateau a mile inland. To the best river landing for miles around ran the singlenatural roadbed, connecting link between river and KingsHighway—a road so narrow it could be defended by a fewmen against a large attacking party. It was so defendedagainst three British men-of-war in 1781. A Britishcannon ball on Stratford lawn is souvenir of that attack. Horydczak The chimney platform of Strat-ford commands the whole that high lantagc, years ago,the beautiful Matilda saw LightHorse Harry coming back fromwar to marry her. From there, onelooks across the g
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