Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial Park

Website: https://www.redhill.org/

The Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial preserves the plantation that served as the final home and burial place of Patrick Henry, an 18th-century American statesman. The site combines museum exhibits with preserved landscape and memorial architecture.

Visitors find a visitor centre with exhibits about Henry’s life and career, interpreted grounds that include the gravesite, and walking routes across the roughly preserved plantation landscape. Programs and tours interpret the house history and the role of the estate in the region.

Red Hill was the private home of Patrick Henry in his later years and the place where he was interred; subsequent preservation established the property as a memorial to his life and legacy.

The memorial sits in rural Charlotte County in south-central Virginia, on plantation land near local small towns and roads that serve the region.

• Patrick Henry’s burial site: The site preserves Patrick Henry’s final home and the location of his burial, and interpretation focuses on his role as an 18th-century lawyer, legislator and orator.
• Visitor services and tours: On-site exhibits and guided tours explain the plantation layout and Henry’s life; seasonal hours and program schedules apply so check ahead.

What to See#

• Visitor centre and museum: A visitor centre and exhibition spaces that present materials on Patrick Henry, his political career and the plantation landscape.
• Memorial grounds and gravesite: The memorial grounds that include the gravesite and landscape interpreted as Patrick Henry’s plantation, with walking paths around historic features.
• Trails and landscape: Trails and views over the surrounding rural plantation landscape used for interpretation and guided tours.

Red Hill is located near Brookneal in Campbell County, Virginia. It is reached by car from Lynchburg or U.S. Route 29; the site is rural and signposted, with visitor parking on-site. Check the Red Hill website for visitor hours and tour times.

• The museum and grounds can close for private events-check the site's calendar before visiting.
• Combine a visit with a drive along the Blue Ridge foothills for scenery and small historical sites.
• The guided tours of the grounds are the best way to hear unvarnished stories of Patrick Henry's politics and household life.