Museum of the Confederacy and Poe Museum

We left the campground this morning a little before 10:30 and drove up to the Edgar Allan Poe Museum. We parked the car in the small parking lot next to the museum.The Poe Museum is housed in the oldest house still standing in Richmond that was built in 1737. Edgar Allan Poe never owned any property and hadn't lived in this house.

From Poe Museum & Sightseeing in Richmond

We paid $5 each for our senior tickets and was given an information sheet about the museum for our self-guided tour. The museum contains personal belongings of Poe, letters, and manuscripts and other items about his life.

From Poe Museum & Sightseeing in Richmond

After leaving the Poe Museum we drove over to St. John's Episcopal Church that was the original location of the Second Virginia Convention of March 1775. Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington were among the 100 colonial leaders who met here. Patrick Henry's famous "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech was delivered on 23 March 1775 inside the church and the American Revolution started a month later at Lexington and Concord.

From Poe Museum & Sightseeing in Richmond

During the summer a re-enactment of Patrick Henry's speech is given at the church on Sundays, but we were traveling last Sunday and will be leaving here tomorrow morning. We didn't spend much time looking around the church