section are famous. Excellent shows are usually held at Leesburg, Upper- 

 ville, Culpeper, Manassas, Orange, Charlottesville, Front Royal, Berry- 

 ville, and Warrenton. 



The people of Northern Virginia are highly cultured and most hos- 

 pitable in their nature. There is always the warm welcome for the 

 stranger. The large number of excellent educational institutions in 

 Northern Virginia make it particularly attractive for the man with a 

 family. The University of Virginia at Charlottesville is in easy reach 

 of the whole section, and there are numbers of other schools and colleges 

 of good reputation for both sexes located at convenient points through- 

 out this region. 



In the midst of the evidences of activity and prosperity of the present 

 day, there is ever the lure of the historical and romantic interest in North- 

 ern Virginia. At Manassas the first great land battle of the war between 

 the States was fought, and later another desperate engagement took place 



View from Home of President James Monroe, near Leesburg 

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