Discover your African American roots. Join the Poplar Forest African American Advisory Group for an interactive experience designed to help you explore your family’s African American history. Hear stories about exploring ancestry and learn about research methods, tools, ideas and strategies for tracing the lineage of your enslaved ancestors. Admission to African American Family History...

Are you up for an adventure? Challenge yourself to beat the clock as you take on a 3.1-mile race through Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest plantation grounds, encountering obstacles (and some mud) along the way. Entry fees will support children’s educational programming at Poplar Forest and the Jamerson Family YMCA’s annual campaign. Click Here to register.

Bring your friends and family to Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest for a refreshing look at history! Summertime Barrels, Bottles & Casks tasting tours begin in Mr. Jefferson’s kitchen and progress through the villa with stops along the way to sample beverages while guides share insights about the foods and drinks that Jefferson and the enslaved...

Celebrate the indefatigable American spirit—and the 242nd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—with a fun-filled day at Thomas Jefferson’s private retreat. Enjoy colonial-style entertainment; demonstrations by colonial artisans and craftsmen; colonial militia recruiting; archaeology displays; children’s activities; a dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence; and more! Admission to the Independence Day festivities is $9...

Revel in the revolutionary spirit of America’s Founding Fathers at Poplar Forest’s annual presentation of 1776—the Tony Award-winning musical comedy by Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone based on the events leading up to the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence. Get acquainted with Ben (Franklin), Richard Henry (Lee), John (Adams) and Tom (Jefferson); and...

Treat dad to a tour of Thomas Jefferson’s personal retreat and plantation grounds. Enjoy the tranquility of the natural landscape that once inspired Jefferson’s creativity; take guided tours of his cherished octagonal villa and the slave quarter; and discover what life there may have been like for the Jeffersons and the enslaved residents of Poplar...

Join Poplar Forest for the historic home’s first Juneteenth celebration. The oldest national commemoration of the abolition of slavery in the United States and the emancipation of enslaved African Americans living in the former Confederate states, Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, the date of the first reading of General Order No. 3, the total emancipation...

Shakespearean theater returns to Mr. Jefferson’s south lawn with Poplar Forest’s production of Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare’s extravagant romantic comedy. Bring your friends and family—and a picnic dinner and a blanket or chairs—and experience the magic of Shakespeare’s verse performed under a starry night sky. Adult refreshments will be available for purchase each night from...

Treat mom to a guided tour of Poplar Forest on her special day. Thomas Jefferson considered parental love the “strongest affection known,” and cherished the family time he shared with his granddaughters at Poplar Forest. Tour the octagonal villa—from Mr. Jefferson’s kitchen to the rooftop deck where he and his granddaughters took their nightly stroll—and...