Belle Grove Plantation

10/11/2026

Counting down to our Kris Kringle Market the weekend before Thanksgiving on Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22.
🛍️ 100 amazing vendors
🍴Food and warm beverages
🎅🧑‍🎄Storytime with Kris & Mrs. Kringle
🎄Festive fun to start your holiday season
Follow Kris Kringle Market for all the details!

10/08/2026

Lots to learn at Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park!

Have you ever wanted to tour the Cedar Creek Battlefield with a park ranger? Are you curious about how the American Revolution impacted people in the Shenandoah Valley? Grab a sweater, hangout at your national park, and join us for a ranger-led program this October!

🐎 Saturday, October 10 - Red Scarves & Wolverines
🏠 Saturday, October 10 - Fomenting Revolution
🎶 Sunday, October 11 - Songs of Faith in the Valley
🎼 Thursday, October 15 - Melodies Along the Turnpike
🗺️ Friday, October 16 - From Yorktown to Cedar Creek
📍 Saturday October 17 - Cedar Creek Battlefield Tour
🔷 Saturday, October 17 - Divided Loyalties
🥾 Sunday, October 18 - 19th Corps Trenches
✔️ Saturday, October 24 - Battlefield & Ballot Box

More information about each program, including times and meeting locations, can be found at: https://www.nps.gov/cebe/planyourvisit/calendar.htm

Photo: NPS

09/23/2026

Today is Dear Diary Day and Belle Grove’s former owner is featured in this blog post by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. See link in comments!

09/21/2026

Counting down the days to Belle Grove’s seventh Kris Kringle Market! Make sure to follow the page to get all the latest updates and save Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22 for the best holiday shopping around! 🎅🛍️🎄

Save the Date! 🗓 🎄🎅🏻 🎁
Only 2 months remain until Kris Kringle Market at Belle Grove Plantation returns for Year 7!

09/21/2026

Learn about dividing rhubarb with EMGs at Belle Grove Plantation next Tuesday, September 29th, at 9 AM.

EMGs have been hard at work tending to the Teaching Garden at Belle Grove all summer! Stop by for a tour!

09/21/2026

Big thanks to Shaffer’s BBQ & Market for hosting a Seafood Feast Fundraiser for Belle Grove—what a fun night! 🦀♥️ Shaffer's Barbecue & Market

09/11/2026

Thank you Museum of the Shenandoah Valley for hosting an afternoon with Nelly Madison Hite, this Sunday, September 13, 3:30-5.

A younger sister of James Madison, she married Isaac Hite Jr. of Belle Grove in 1783. Historian Robin Young will discuss new research that she has undertaken to learn more about Nelly’s life and the enslaved women who were her wet nurses and nursery workers. Belle Grove Executive Director Kristen Laise will discuss a reproduction of the dress Nelly wears in her Charles Peale Polk portrait, which hangs in the Belle Grove Parlor. Nelly and the women who worked for her have been overlooked, and these two historians are excited to share their insights and acknowledge her contributions.



This event will take place at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, 901 Amherst St., Wi******er.

Cost is $6 for MSV Members and all others $12.
Register here:

Learn about the life and times of Nelly Madison Hite with Historian Robin Young and Belle Grove Executive Director Kristen ...

09/07/2026

Proud to be featured in this story!
https://ow.ly/PFfJ50ZIswm

When we think about the history of labor, whose stories come to mind?

This Labor Day, we’re recognizing the strong, creative, and hardworking women whose labor helped build the world we live in today.

From immigrant women supporting their families as seamstresses and garment workers, and enslaved women using skilled labor while striving to care for their families and communities, to a pioneering physician making breakthroughs in medical research, and women whose daily work kept a historic hotel running, meet women at five National Trust Historic Sites whose stories reveal the many forms work has taken across American history.

These places help ensure that when we reflect on our collective history, women’s labor is part of the story: https://ow.ly/PFfJ50ZIswm

08/31/2026

Great day thanks to The Dan James Band, Low Water Bridge Band, The Briede Family Vineyard, Chateau O'Brien At North Point, Clem's Kitchen, Cobbler Mountain Cellars, Copper Fox Distillery - Sperryville, Mattaponi W**ery, Reservoir Distillery, Saga Meadery,Twisted Pines Farm & Vineyard, Three Wives Distillery , Walsh Family W**e, Your Pure Store Wi******er VA, Virago Spirits, and an amazing Chef’s Market organized by La Grange Family Farm. Thanks to MC Barry Lee of Breakfast with Barry Lee, sponsors Crescent Cities Charities, Carper’s Wood Creations, Edward Jones-Bret Hrbek, Shenandoah Country Q102, KISS 98-3, and 993 The Fox. Many thanks to the staff and volunteers who make it all happen!