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Finding the Smith Family: A Continuation of the Landon Journey

Finding the Smith Family: A Continuation of the Landon Journey

Descendants, Cultural Immersions, Historical Archives, Visit Menokin, VA250Kayla PayneAugust 20, 2025Comment

Crafting a Cornice

Crafting a Cornice

The Glass House, Visit Menokin, Historical Archives, Cultural Immersions, VA250Kayla PayneAugust 8, 2025Comment

Outsider at the Forefront: Francis Lightfoot Lee’s Involvement in the Silas Deane Controversy

Outsider at the Forefront: Francis Lightfoot Lee’s Involvement in the Silas Deane Controversy

Historical Archives, Cultural Immersions, Visit Menokin, VA250Kayla PayneJuly 27, 2025Comment

The Parris-Cox Line: Finding the Landon Family

The Parris-Cox Line: Finding the Landon Family

Cultural Immersions, Descendants, Historical Archives, Visit MenokinKayla PayneJuly 3, 2025Comment

Lineage, Land, and Legacy: Early Northern Neck Families and Their Beginnings

Lineage, Land, and Legacy: Early Northern Neck Families and Their Beginnings

Cultural Immersions, Historical Archives, Visit MenokinGuest UserMay 21, 2025Comment

Stories of the Enslaved Persons at Menokin and their Descendants

Stories of the Enslaved Persons at Menokin and their Descendants

Read Stories of the Enslaved Persons at Menokin and Their Descendants by Judith Gordon

Descendants, Visit Menokin, Historical Archives, Cultural ImmersionsMichael BellerJanuary 26, 2024black history month, History, return to menokin, glass houseComment

The Remembrance Structure at Menokin

The Remembrance Structure at Menokin

The Guided Tour - Remembrance Structure

Descendants, Historical Archives, Visit MenokinMichael BellerJanuary 25, 2024return to menokinComment

The latest work on the Menokin Glass House Project

The latest work on the Menokin Glass House Project

The Glass House, Historical Archives, Visit MenokinMichael BellerSeptember 26, 2023glass houseComment

Reconstructing Calder's Corner

Reconstructing Calder's Corner

The Glass House, Visit Menokin, Historical Archives, Cultural ImmersionsMichael BellerApril 14, 2023glass house, constructionComment

The Life of a Stone at the Menokin Ruin

The Life of a Stone at the Menokin Ruin

The Glass House, Visit Menokin, Historical ArchivesMichael BellerApril 5, 2023glass house, constructionComment

Menokin Descendant Collective Spotlight - MPAAGHS

Menokin Descendant Collective Spotlight - MPAAGHS

Cultural Immersions, Descendants, Historical ArchivesMichael BellerFebruary 24, 2023descendants, genealogy, Bessida White, spotlightComment

Revolutionary Women: Alice Lee Shippen

Revolutionary Women: Alice Lee Shippen

Cultural Immersions, Visit Menokin, Historical ArchivesGuest UserFebruary 21, 2023revolutionary women, women's history month, History, return to menokin Comment

1997 Menokin Receives First of Three Easements

1997 Menokin Receives First of Three Easements

The Glass House, Historical Archives, Cultural ImmersionsMichael BellerFebruary 20, 2023Landscape, construction, glass houseComment

1985 - Lost Woodwork Saves Menokin

1985 - Lost Woodwork Saves Menokin

Historical Archives, The Glass HouseMichael BellerFebruary 7, 2023construction Comment

Windows and Doors

Windows and Doors

The Glass House, Visit Menokin, Historical ArchivesMichael BellerJanuary 19, 2023construction, glass houseComment

1971 - Menokin is a National Historical Landmark

1971 - Menokin is a National Historical Landmark

The Glass House, Visit Menokin, Historical Archives, Cultural ImmersionsMichael BellerJanuary 19, 2023Landscape, glass houseComment

1995 - T. Edgar Omohundro Gifts Menokin to the Menokin Foundation

1995 - T. Edgar Omohundro Gifts Menokin to the Menokin Foundation

Visit Menokin, The Glass House, Historical Archives, Cultural ImmersionsMichael BellerJanuary 19, 2023glass house, constructionComment

Leveling the Menokin Ruin

Leveling the Menokin Ruin

The Glass House, Visit Menokin, Historical ArchivesMichael BellerJanuary 18, 2023construction, glass houseComment

2002-2006 - Surveys at Menokin

2002-2006 - Surveys at Menokin

The Glass House, Historical ArchivesMichael BellerJanuary 16, 2023construction, glass houseComment

1994 - Menokin Foundation Incorporated

1994 - Menokin Foundation Incorporated

The Glass House, Historical Archives, Cultural ImmersionsMichael BellerJanuary 9, 2023glass houseComment