We traveled from Hershey to Leesburg, Virginia to visit our good friends - Marie, Adam, Spencer and Emma Wride. Tate had a wonderful time getting to know his new friends - and he even said "Spencer!" when he woke up in the morning, instead of the usual "Nick! Nick!" (he misses Nick Heiner).
We visited the Oatlands Plantation, a wheat plantation dating from the early 1800s. Oatlands was thriving estate prior to the Confederate's defeat in the Civil War. At the conclusion of the war, the mansion was in ruin and the owner's wealth vanished into thin air because their Confederate currency no longer had any value. Since then, the mansion has been used as a boarding school, hotel, and then purchased by another wealthy family for use before it was donated to the National Trust. We had a wonderful time touring the mansion and exploring the grounds!
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You guys are experiencing so many neat things. I love historical sites. There's so much to learn about and appreciate. I am also so so happy to see you are now a blogger. It's a little annoying to keep updated, but it's so fun to see how everyone is doing and what they are doing. Tate is amazingly handsome!!!! Happy Thanksgiving and good luck with all.
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