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A new exhibit in the Museum of Culpeper History examines the course of the independence movement in Culpeper County prior to the Revolutionary War. American resistance to British rule stiffened when Parliament enacted a series of taxes on the American colonies to help cover the expenses of the Seven Years War with France. Colonists objected... Read more »
Photo caption: A reproduction of the lock and key for the cell in which Baptist missionaries were imprisoned in Culpeper just before the Revolutionary War. The quest for religious freedom in America and guaranteeing the right to worship in the in the way of one’s choosing was a revolutionary idea – an idea in which... Read more »
The Culpeper Minute Men was organized in the fall of 1775in response to Governor Patrick Henry’s call for the Virginia militia to protect the capital at Williamsburg. Their uniform consisted of hunting shirts bearing the words “Liberty or Death” and a distinctive rattlesnake flag stating both “Liberty or Death” and “Don’t Tread On Me.” “That... Read more »
