Connie Corbett, Author at ECRVJourney

Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens – Charleston, South Carolina

Established in 1681 by Englishman Major John Boone. In 1743, his son Captain Thomas Boone, planted live oak trees, arranging[…]

This is the first of the two plantations we visited during our stay in Charleston. The plantation dates to 1676,[…]

This post has some pictures from the historical places we visited while in Charleston.

Charleston has been on my bucket list since I was a teenager. This first post on Charleston has pictures from[…]

We enjoyed touring the home, grounds, cemetery and museum at Monticello with our good friends the Webb’s. This is great[…]

Since the theme for our summer has been the Civil War we decided to visit the American Civil War Museum[…]

This garden covers 80 acres, has 4 lakes, over 5,557 unique plants within 15 outdoor gardens and a conservatory. The[…]

The shrine is the largest Catholic church building in North America, and one of the largest in the world. It’s[…]

(First Manassas) On July 21, 1861, two armies of a divided nation clashed for the first time on the fields[…]

The land that makes up Arlington National Cemetery once belonged to George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of Martha Washington and[…]