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  • Опубликовано: 18 янв 2024
  • Historic home along the James River in Charles City County. Home to Signer of the Declaration of Independance Benjamin Harrison V and his son President William Henry Harrison.
    It is also the site of our nations 1st Thanksgiving. The song Taps was written here.
    During the Civil War it was a Headquarter to Gen McClellan and his Union Army. House was also looted and burned by British Gen. Benedict Arnold during the American Revolution.
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  • @annmcgehee1728
    @annmcgehee1728 6 месяцев назад +24

    Thanks! The best video of one of the most historic homes in Virginia, if not the entire country. Tammy is the best docent- thumbs up to this video all around!!

    • @billelrod1779
      @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад +5

      I’ll make sure to read your kind words to Tammy! She and Chris really hit this one out of the park..

    • @annmcgehee1728
      @annmcgehee1728 6 месяцев назад +3

      Please do- her knowledge and enthusiasm are great, every docent could learn from her!!

    • @VATravels
      @VATravels  6 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you Ann!!

    • @MD11339
      @MD11339 6 месяцев назад +2

      This video was fabulous. I learned so much………Thankyou❤

  • @annaleefinch7266
    @annaleefinch7266 6 месяцев назад +17

    Thoroughly enjoyed the tour of Berkeley Plantation. About 60 years ago I visited Shirley Plantation with my family.

  • @jefflawrentz1624
    @jefflawrentz1624 6 месяцев назад +12

    Chris, this is one of my favorite episodes of your travels. I’ve toured homes on James River several times but never got around to seeing Berkeley. This was fascinating. Thank you!

    • @VATravels
      @VATravels  6 месяцев назад

      Thanks! You definitely need to make it out

    • @jefflawrentz1624
      @jefflawrentz1624 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@VATravels I would like to see Mrs Walter Majors ‘Bel Aire’ on the James. I’m not sure if it’s open for tours anymore.

    • @billelrod1779
      @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@jefflawrentz1624 I don’t think it’s open, except for sometimes being on the “Autumn Pilgrimage” and Garden Week tours…beautiful house!

  • @jeffstoffa4644
    @jeffstoffa4644 2 месяца назад +3

    That woman was excellent in her presentation . You were smart too let her talk . Too many RUclipsrs don’t know when to shut up

  • @user-xn3xn8hq6f
    @user-xn3xn8hq6f 6 месяцев назад +3

    Tammy did a fantastic job! Her knowledge and straight forward telling the story is so watchable! I've added some knowledge to my American History! Tammy, Bill and Chris!

    • @billelrod1779
      @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much for the encouragement. Tammy loves doing what she does-I’m so proud of her! We had a great time meeting Chris. Love his passion for history..

  • @brenttravis4665
    @brenttravis4665 6 месяцев назад +12

    Chris, this definitely ranks as one of your most fascinating videos! A real treat for a history, architecture and garden enthusiast. Tammy is definitely a font of knowledge and a wonderful guide! I loved seeing the huge and ancient Boxwood hedges on the grounds. I know a lot of boxwoods have succumbed to disease and freezing temperatures over the last couple of decades, so it's amazing to see those looking so robust.

  • @katehughes1860
    @katehughes1860 6 месяцев назад +5

    This home was eventually sold to the Jameison family. My grandfather was an honorary pallbearer when Mr Jameison passed away

  • @susanlee1418
    @susanlee1418 6 месяцев назад +12

    One of your best videos. Great job. Tammy as a docent did a fantastic job. Knows everything and really cares about the mansion. We need to do this to more historic homes. Too many are torn down. Glad this one survived two wars.

    • @VATravels
      @VATravels  6 месяцев назад +3

      She was great.

  • @robinrhea6125
    @robinrhea6125 6 месяцев назад +6

    This has been an awesome tour! So glad she let you in!! She was great! Thank her from your followers! And thank you for what you do !!

  • @sabrinacopas1636
    @sabrinacopas1636 6 месяцев назад +3

    Tammy is fantastic, this was wonderful! ❤ I hope she is there when we visit, can we request her?

    • @tammyshorttelrod4134
      @tammyshorttelrod4134 6 месяцев назад +1

      The plantation reopens on Saturday, March 16. If I’m working when you visit, I’ll be happy to do your tour. But I will say, all of the docents are knowledgeable and share my passion for history and Berkeley.

    • @sabrinacopas1636
      @sabrinacopas1636 6 месяцев назад +1

      You and I are kindred spirits, I believe, so hopefully you will be there whenever we do get to visit. ​@tammyshorttelrod4134

  • @whatsupdoc1075
    @whatsupdoc1075 6 месяцев назад +2

    Tim from “Moonshiners” is not from Culpeper. He’s from Danville. He was my dental patient years ago when I practiced there.

  • @lilihammond2570
    @lilihammond2570 6 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for this throughly informative and fascinating tour. There were so many wonderful tidbits of history that Tammy shared. I am a 4th cousin to William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) through Ann Armistead (1612-1660) and a 3rd cousin to John Tyler (1790-1862) through Hannah Shields (1660-1739).

  • @carolyn279
    @carolyn279 6 месяцев назад +7

    This is my favorite tour that you have shared! Your filming was well done, and the tour orator was so knowledgeable and fluent in her delivery. William Henry Harrison, the 31-day president, final resting place is near my home. So it was very interesting to see this tour of his ancestors and colleagues since I can identify many of the names mentioned to my area.

    • @billelrod1779
      @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад +1

      On behalf of my wife, Tammy..who did the tour, I want to thank you for the kind words! Tammy loves what she does, and it definitely shows. We came out there to see the grave and monument last year. It’s beautiful! We also toured Grouseland in Vincennes, and the Benjamin Harrison home in Indianapolis. It was a trip we’ll never forget.

  • @dancinrain8307
    @dancinrain8307 6 месяцев назад +5

    I’ve recently started my Ancestry journey and am related to Benjamin Harrison and it is quite an honor! Thank you for posting this great video!

  • @fayetaylor7949
    @fayetaylor7949 6 месяцев назад +5

    The hand crocheted bedspread at 36:41 was made by my great grandmother Amanda Jane who was raised at Berkeley Plantation by her two old Aunts. They did not give her the Harrison name (family dispute)❤

  • @billelrod1779
    @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад +8

    It always amazes me how much history you can recall from memory…wow!

  • @ABeautfulMess
    @ABeautfulMess 6 месяцев назад +2

    I grew up in Mount Vernon Va..there are so many beautiful homes..

  • @georgerobertson3862
    @georgerobertson3862 6 месяцев назад +7

    Great video, knowledge was great , can’t wait weather warms up so I go see these sites

    • @VATravels
      @VATravels  6 месяцев назад

      You will enjoy!

  • @vickirose87
    @vickirose87 6 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you for my second visit to Berkeley Plantation! Very interesting and informative!

  • @Lisa-sp5if
    @Lisa-sp5if Месяц назад +1

    This lady is one of the best docents I’ve heard! So well done! Thank you!

    • @tammyshorttelrod4134
      @tammyshorttelrod4134 Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for your kind words! I love history and sharing the historical background of Berkeley Plantation

  • @Kirk442
    @Kirk442 6 месяцев назад +6

    Thank you for sharing, will definitely make plans to visit.

  • @Rebelmediainc
    @Rebelmediainc 6 месяцев назад +2

    She is a treasure! Loved this tour!

  • @ficklens
    @ficklens 6 месяцев назад +5

    You are a great historian. Great job with this.

  • @bmorton50
    @bmorton50 6 месяцев назад +4

    Great job Chris!! One of your best. And Tammy was captivating with her personality and knowledge. Congrats!!

  • @smpeljas
    @smpeljas Месяц назад +1

    Many compliments to Ms Tammy and yourself! Tippycanoe and Tyler too!

  • @lisalemberis5195
    @lisalemberis5195 6 месяцев назад +4

    That was a wonderful tour! Very extensive too. THANK YOU to Tammy for allowing you to tour & film!

    • @VATravels
      @VATravels  6 месяцев назад

      Thanks! It was great of her

  • @rnews5750
    @rnews5750 6 месяцев назад +5

    Wonderful tour. Thank you for sharing. I will have to take my wife for a visit in the Spring.

    • @VATravels
      @VATravels  6 месяцев назад

      Great! You will enjoy.

  • @monicacall7532
    @monicacall7532 6 месяцев назад +2

    Wonderful video! A beautiful house which is well preserved. The furniture is to die for! Georgian architecture and furniture are my all time favorites. They exude such elegance. Your docent was extremely knowledgeable and passionate about the house and the grounds.

  • @BillsWargameWorld
    @BillsWargameWorld 6 месяцев назад +6

    Awesome

  • @thomashughes3710
    @thomashughes3710 6 месяцев назад +4

    A crazy amount of history one of the best tours. I think i've ever seen than going there in person thank you so much

  • @SolaceForTheSoul123
    @SolaceForTheSoul123 6 месяцев назад +4

    What an awesome docent and interesting place! I think if I were you I'd get me some warmer winter gear & hothands products. You looked so uncomfortable. Thanks for toughing it out & for this well done video. New subscriber!

    • @billelrod1779
      @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for the kind words! You’re right-it was so cold and blowey that day! That high spot off the river gets that way, and we always seem to underestimate it..

  • @smpeljas
    @smpeljas Месяц назад

    Sir, I’m glad Ms Tammy oriented us to the River Entrance vs. the Carriage Entrance! Well Done! For thirty three (33) years, I taught … Front Door… water … Side. door, North “Clubhouse” door, West Door… and yesterday, 3 July 2024… Sales man very good but not oriented to Southern Living… God Bless “Dear Heart! Good News… Here’s where “Designer” with Current American Talent… comes right into my world! By next Saturday… in 8 days, I will have complete Design Specifications to begin the Build Part of this “ Museum” Tribute to my Family… World War I, Great Depression clear on through to Anthrax post 9/11/01… and yours truly went to the Middle East in 2005 and carries on… No Prisoners and No buddy left behind…God Bless Yiu! NJ Deale mD, 20751

  • @lmoore155
    @lmoore155 6 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you so much…this was filled with fascinating facts both inside and out!!!

  • @maryenright5793
    @maryenright5793 6 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for this wonderful video! So grateful that we have people like you and Tammy that devote so much of yourselves keeping history alive.

  • @karenwright8556
    @karenwright8556 6 месяцев назад +3

    Very interesting,great detailed history. You learn so much from going to a site like this and getting the facts straight. I love that. Back when I was going to school 1960s there were so many things either not talked about or with held,yeah prejudices cause misunderstanding,and that leads to cover up and lies. All of America's history is important in my opinion,we don't accomplish anything by ignoring the truth. Good tour. I especially found that basement intriguing.

  • @HamburgerJamesUSA
    @HamburgerJamesUSA 6 месяцев назад +2

    Wow! Fantastic video. Thanks for posting.

  • @rogercarroll2551
    @rogercarroll2551 6 месяцев назад +4

    A terrific piece of history in this video. Thanks so much.

  • @TheTimeDetective42
    @TheTimeDetective42 5 месяцев назад +1

    The Chippendale furniture style really caught my eye, nice!

  • @bryanspindle4455
    @bryanspindle4455 6 месяцев назад +3

    I live two miles from the mouth of the James River and every time l see it l think about the history that was made up and down it's banks. I have never visited Berkley Plantation but this video makes me want to see it in person.

  • @donnacoleman4624
    @donnacoleman4624 5 дней назад

    Wow!
    This is the best historical tour video I've ever seen. Theres so much to see and so much info to absorb. I'll be watching this many times over. Tammy is amazing and so are u, thanks for sharing😊

  • @chrisconklin873
    @chrisconklin873 6 месяцев назад +4

    Well Done Chris!

  • @sydneyworkman1809
    @sydneyworkman1809 6 месяцев назад +4

    Excellent video! Thank you!

    • @VATravels
      @VATravels  6 месяцев назад

      Appreciate it!

  • @lindakato8583
    @lindakato8583 2 месяца назад +1

    I visited here several years ago. It was great watching this because there was so much when I took the tour that I couldn’t take it all in. I was hoping to learn more about Bacon’s Rebellion. Having grown up on the West Coast I had no idea of the turbulence during the earliest years of the Virginia colony. 😮

  • @pattydenton8373
    @pattydenton8373 4 месяца назад +1

    I loved this so much.
    I am a direct decendant of Benjamin IV and Sarah Anne Carter through their son Captain Henry Harrison and his wife Elizabeth Avery.

  • @jamesparciak9765
    @jamesparciak9765 6 месяцев назад +3

    AWESOME !!! Thank you .

  • @woodymallory9058
    @woodymallory9058 6 месяцев назад +3

    Such a great video,Thanks for taking the time to tour it as it should be done...BTW I have been to many eagle releases there at the Taps site

    • @VATravels
      @VATravels  6 месяцев назад

      Oh neat. Thanks!

  • @mschannigan8831
    @mschannigan8831 4 месяца назад

    Excellent tour... I enjoyed this thoroughly. I Adore this colonial architecture... I have extreme house envy watching this.

  • @memorykeepersarchive3953
    @memorykeepersarchive3953 6 месяцев назад +2

    Super awesome tour, thank you..!!

  • @smpeljas
    @smpeljas Месяц назад

    Howdy or Ahoy! Great research! Thank you! My “Education” of Southern” was begun 1974… Biloxi , Mississippi…next 1976 Charleston SC, then Beaufort SC, Savannah GA and Hilton Head 1976-1992… sufficientky prepared to copy Federal Style on the Chesapeake, Western Shore! Target on my back since 1991… still alive…… keep up your studies, your videos…I thank you so very much! Nurse Jane, Deale, MD 20751 God Bless You!

  • @billelrod1779
    @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад +3

    Couldn’t sleep till I watched it! 😊

    • @VATravels
      @VATravels  6 месяцев назад +1

      Just bummed George couldn’t make an appearance. 😂

    • @billelrod1779
      @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@VATravels 😆…yes, he’s the one missing piece

  • @charlmaynehawthorne9372
    @charlmaynehawthorne9372 5 месяцев назад +1

    VERY INFORMATIVE, VERY , INTERESTING, MUST SER DURING NICE WEATHER.

  • @davidkimmel4216
    @davidkimmel4216 6 месяцев назад +2

    Fantastic. Really enjoyed

  • @Steve-Duh-Rino
    @Steve-Duh-Rino 6 месяцев назад +2

    I’ve heard of this one. Might have been there as a child. My parents dragged us around most of the historical places in the southern half of VA when we were young.

    • @VATravels
      @VATravels  6 месяцев назад +1

      Ahh that’s where the interest in history came from.

    • @Steve-Duh-Rino
      @Steve-Duh-Rino 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@VATravelsPartly. It also comes from being a Virginian.

  • @smpeljas
    @smpeljas Месяц назад

    Sir, I love that word Ms Tammy used, “ Un cough” in NYC, my playground… No one ever mentioned Money…I saw…and I imagined… and I saw and I knew… Still, we never said the word “Money” NJ

  • @cf-kw5qo
    @cf-kw5qo 6 месяцев назад +3

    Excellent

  • @user-dh9ju3wq7y
    @user-dh9ju3wq7y 6 месяцев назад +3

    Have you been to William Leake's plantation in Gouchland Co Virginia, founded in the 1680s?

    • @billelrod1779
      @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад

      I looked this up, but I’m having trouble finding it. Are you referring to Rocky Spring? I’m seeing a family cemetery, but the house may not be there. I found a Leake property known as Woodlawn-very beautiful! Private residence…

  • @PsychedelicRodeo
    @PsychedelicRodeo 6 месяцев назад +2

    Great tour

    • @VATravels
      @VATravels  6 месяцев назад

      Thank you sir!

  • @patrickmulligan7994
    @patrickmulligan7994 4 месяца назад

    Thanks so very much for this great video.
    Been a long time.
    I want to go again 😊😊😊

  • @FabriceLEQUEUX
    @FabriceLEQUEUX 2 месяца назад +2

    NICE HOME

  • @Janz32
    @Janz32 6 месяцев назад +3

    Nice, proper brick house! In the Uk, its pronounced Barkleley.

    • @billelrod1779
      @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад +1

      You’re so right! My wife, Tammy has talked with Thorpe descendants from England, and they always pronounce it that way.

    • @VATravels
      @VATravels  6 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching from over there!

  • @bettymunguia2136
    @bettymunguia2136 6 месяцев назад +3

    My mom is from Pungeteaue VA

  • @franciscoleal6339
    @franciscoleal6339 6 месяцев назад +2

    omg the ghost that appeared at 34:28-34:30! jk lol. awesome tour/video

    • @billelrod1779
      @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад +1

      😂..I was doing my best Michael Myers impression

    • @billelrod1779
      @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад

      @@SolaceForTheSoul123 😁

  • @smpeljas
    @smpeljas Месяц назад

    Sir, I had a young friend, his name,e was Tyler…sadly, no way out…as in John Paul Sartra’s “No Exit” Tyler said to members “ No thank you, Nurse Jane…” Then Tyler was “Dead”! Oh… I was livid! And …Tyler’s Grandma was in Heaven so… I imagined both were happy as larks… leaving the man who put her blood out the Livimg Room wall, to get soaked into his booze… he still lives! Miss Tootsie, said to me years ago… How, she did not know! Tyler cut a CD of. Dean Martin so Ms Tootsie and I could do our sing along … well, Southern Girls, knew how to have fun! NJ of Deale, Merry Land 20751

  • @smpeljas
    @smpeljas Месяц назад

    Sir, please thank Ms Tammy. Sir, very wealthy folks from Long Island New Your, encouraged Wilbur C Mason to purchase this waterfront acreage on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay.. Herring Bay. Washington D.c. Bankers continues and until I put my foot down… Governor of Maryland and Anne Arundel County Executive think they can just take away private property… not Imminent Domaine, but “Special Taxing District” as of 2014. Absolutely Not! What’s more, every waterfront home owner better do his or her share personally and not with Government monies! My R-5 zoned property is Not a Public Park! So… I’m carrying on the Good Fight! So did our Lawyers in Pennsylvania…1776…1778… thank you, NJ Deale MD 20751

  • @7777russ
    @7777russ 6 месяцев назад +3

    this was a great video, they had window AC's in the 1800's (time 50:39)?

    • @billelrod1779
      @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад

      It’s used to keep the humidity out of the basement during the Summer..to keep from damaging the artifacts 😊

    • @7777russ
      @7777russ 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@billelrod1779 I know that, I was making a joke.

    • @billelrod1779
      @billelrod1779 6 месяцев назад

      @@7777russ it could’ve also been construed as a criticism of why a historic building would have a window unit..hence the explanation.

  • @piusx8317
    @piusx8317 3 месяца назад +1

    Wonderful American history. Let's hope the Democrat's don't get offended and want to tear it down

    • @MeadeSkeltonMusic
      @MeadeSkeltonMusic 3 месяца назад

      Democrats no longer exist. They are all communists

  • @garygardner1321
    @garygardner1321 2 месяца назад

    The set of coin silver teaspoons on the dining room table date to ca. 1810-20. Someone told y'all a tall tale. Don't take all oral histories as Gospel. Look first to the object itself!

    • @tammyshorttelrod4134
      @tammyshorttelrod4134 2 месяца назад

      These teaspoons came from Anne Carter Harrison’s 8th great grandson and he provided the record of ownership back to Anne.

  • @RevLeigh55
    @RevLeigh55 6 месяцев назад +3

    Interesting. But any plantation tour should offer a reminder of slavery on the property and how it enabled the family to live wealthy privileged lives.

    • @tammyshorttelrod4134
      @tammyshorttelrod4134 6 месяцев назад +2

      The slavery information was covered as part of the tour introduction on the front steps but due to the weather (very very windy) most of that part of the tour was unusable because all you could hear is the wind. In the grounds part of the tour we did discuss slavery as well as a well known slave born at Berkeley who eventually bought his freedom and became an early voice for abolition. (Emanuel Quivers)

    • @PsychedelicRodeo
      @PsychedelicRodeo 6 месяцев назад +2

      He probably would have been richer if he just paid the slaves a wage and sent them on their way. Slaves were very expensive to purchase then you had to provide housing, food, clothing, medicine for when they were sick and then had to take care of them when they were young when they were elderly. The institution of slavery was terrible but they would have been just as successful if they had lived under a different economic model.

    • @MeadeSkeltonMusic
      @MeadeSkeltonMusic 3 месяца назад +1

      Why is it necessary to drill it into people? There is a lot more to our history than just slavery.

    • @MeadeSkeltonMusic
      @MeadeSkeltonMusic 3 месяца назад +1

      Ok Karen

  • @user-pv6wu5rd1o
    @user-pv6wu5rd1o 6 месяцев назад

    Sound check

  • @ednakelley814
    @ednakelley814 6 месяцев назад +1

    Why is the desk in the dinning room?

    • @tammyshorttelrod4134
      @tammyshorttelrod4134 6 месяцев назад

      There is a desk in each room of the house

    • @ednakelley814
      @ednakelley814 6 месяцев назад

      @@tammyshorttelrod4134 that does not answer my question. Why one in the dinning room? I have never seen that in any histoic homes I have ever worked in.

  • @paulascott5701
    @paulascott5701 6 месяцев назад +1

    Are you sure they bought piece of art from China "to show how rich they are"? I had not idea that is why people bought art.

  • @Phono-fun
    @Phono-fun 6 месяцев назад +1

    I'm very disappointed in the docent... A lot of what she said had very little historical support. It's an old wives' tale he contracted pneumonia, most historians believe it was likely cholera.

  • @tylrjsph
    @tylrjsph 6 месяцев назад

    Love your channel, I learn a lot. I follow you on instagram as well. Can you do more videos in South Carolina please