Lunch at Michie Tavern

Visit Michie Tavern

Michie Tavern has welcomed travelers for more than 200 years. Imagine arriving by horseback, on foot or by coach. The rooms would be thick with the scent of cooked venison and tobacco. Voices, some raised in heated political debate, would carry from room to room. As you cross the threshold of old Michie's Tavern you enter another time. Our costumed hostess welcomes you into the past as "Stranger," an early 18th-century term for a traveler.

Monticello

Visit Monticello

Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia -- voiced the aspirations of a new America as no other individual of his era. As public official, historian, philosopher, and plantation owner, he served his country for over five decades.

Jefferson's retirement years were busy and productive. During this time, the Monticello work force -- white and black -- executed many of Jefferson's well-crafted plans for the house and gardens. In the same period, Jefferson entertained guests on a daily basis, wrote thousands of letters, read with "a canine appetite," indulged in "the tranquil pursuits of science," experimented with new plants, and designed the University of Virginia.

Ford's Theater

Ford's Theater

Meet John Doe
Based on the film by Frank Capra, this musical adaptation set during the Great Depression has as its hero a fictitious character, John Doe, created out of one reporter’s desperate desire to remain employed. John Doe’s story resonates powerfully with people across the country, and so his creator must find a real man to embody the idea of this growing icon. As powerful forces attempt to use him for their own political gain, the fake John Doe finds his voice by appealing to the best in human nature.