Lee Family Birthday Commemoration

  • Sat, Jan 15, 2022 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Stratford Hall

    483 Great House Road
    Stratford, Virginia 22520
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Description

January was a significant birthday month for the Lee family. On January 20, 1732, Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee gave birth to one of America’s Founding Fathers; Richard Henry Lee. On January 29, 1756, Lucy Grymes Lee gave birth to another Revolutionary War hero and Stratford resident, Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, and on January 19, 1807, Ann Hill Carter Lee gave birth to Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Stratford, where he spent the first few years of his childhood.

Our new exhibit, Stratford at the Crossroads: Atlantic Cultures & the Creation of America, showcases the Lee men and women and displays some of their belongings such as Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee's sewing purse, a christening gown worn by the Lee men, Robert E. Lee’s mechanical pencil, and Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee’s Order of Society of the Cincinnati badge and ribbon. 

During your visit you can tour the Great House with one of our three themed audio tours: Band of Brothers, Leading Ladies, and Who Lived at Stratford. . Be sure to check it out during your visit!

Gift Shop Birthday Sale: Enjoy a 10% discount on Gift Shop items and Friends of Stratford members will receive a combined 20% discount.

Bring a Gift of Canned Goods for the Community! We've partnered with the Healthy Harvest Food Bank and, during this event, we're asking visitors to bring an item to help stock the Food Bank. Please visit their website for the most wanted items. 

Date & Time

Sat, Jan 15, 2022 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Venue Details

Stratford Hall

483 Great House Road
Stratford, Virginia 22520 Stratford Hall
Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Inc.

Stratford Hall brings together people from around the world to experience two-thousand acres of natural and human history, preserved and presented so that we can all learn from the courageous struggles of our ancestors, taking inspiration both from what they endured and what they accomplished. There are few places in America where people can travel down small, rural roads to arrive at a vast site that preserves so many aspects of early-American life, from the Great House where the influential Lee family helped to forge a new nation, to the fields worked by enslaved Africans, to the waters of the rivers that fueled trade, to the ground, which still yields secrets about the people and animals that lived before.

Come experience this extraordinary place and learn about a layered history that began millions of years ago - a history that continues to educate, inspire, and influence Americans to the present day.


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