Cahmbriel Ann Y ld r m Review of Stratford Hall
I was so excited to finally visit Stratford Hall, ...
I was so excited to finally visit Stratford Hall, and I have to say I was very pleased with the preservation of the home and grounds, and I had a decently knowledgeable tour guide. My only issue, however, was with the bookstore. Rather than focusing on the Lee family or the rich 18th century history there, they have hyper-focused on the fact that Robert E Lee was born there, and consequently EVERYTHING in the gift shop is pretty much all Civil War, and most of it ENTIRELY unrelated to the site itself. I mean books, everything. (Save, I think, one copy of, "Light Horse Harry Lee in the War of Independence. I mean, at the very least his memoirs about the war are highly important and should be carried here.) There is rich 18th century history here, why not celebrate that as well?

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