Sunday, June 24, 2007
Today we went to church at the First Baptist Church in Newport News. It was an old fashioned church service with no musical instruments other than an organ and no beginning praise and worship singing but it was a very good message. In the afternoon we went to the Lee Hall Mansion. This mansion’s owner, Lee Hall, grew crops with the help of his 23 slaves. During the Civil War when things heated up in the area he moved his family to safer ground and the Confederate generals set up their command in the home paying him for the use of the home. After the war he moved back but was unable to recover from the loss of income for the several years the farm fields were vacant and so he declared bankruptcy. The antebellum home has been restored and decorated to reflect its pre-war beauty. More info about this lovely home and its history can be found at http://www.leehall.org/ We were not allowed to take pictures inside the home however, there are some at this website.
Today we went to church at the First Baptist Church in Newport News. It was an old fashioned church service with no musical instruments other than an organ and no beginning praise and worship singing but it was a very good message. In the afternoon we went to the Lee Hall Mansion. This mansion’s owner, Lee Hall, grew crops with the help of his 23 slaves. During the Civil War when things heated up in the area he moved his family to safer ground and the Confederate generals set up their command in the home paying him for the use of the home. After the war he moved back but was unable to recover from the loss of income for the several years the farm fields were vacant and so he declared bankruptcy. The antebellum home has been restored and decorated to reflect its pre-war beauty. More info about this lovely home and its history can be found at http://www.leehall.org/ We were not allowed to take pictures inside the home however, there are some at this website.
