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By Mary Ann Kuhn
Rappahannock Newa Writer
The community of Rappahannock County, Virginia and all of its neighbors have a special opportunity on Sunday, Sept. 24 to visit Montpelier and take guided tours of the monumental 18th century plantation house near Sperryville, where in mind and spirit you can go back in time to the graciousness of the Old South.
It is there at the nearly 300 year old Montpelier mansion, which sits on a knoll on Route 231 seven miles south of Sperryville in the F. T. Valley, that neighbors and friends are invited to stroll through history during a festive afternoon fund raiser of music, barbecue and tours sponsored by the Rappahannock Historical Society.
Festivities at this "Swingin' Country Picnic” begin at 2 p.m. and last 'till 6 p.m. at the 400 acre estate. Cooter and His Garage Band will be providing country music. Madison's Pig & Steak will be providing the food.Tickets can be purchased at the door the day of the event or beforehand at the establishments listed below. The event will take place rain or shine.
This is the first time that the grand old mansion will be open to the public since it was vandalized last May. Its owners, the daughters of the late James W. "Jim Bill" Fletcher, have been repairing the damage and restoring it to its grander days. Two of the daughters, Stuart Fletcher Trope and Louise Fletcher Tayloe have been on ladders, doing a lot of the work themselves with their own families.
Visitors on guided tours of parts of the 110 foot long Georgian mansion, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, will be able to see many of the mansion's
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