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Abingdon Downtown Walking Tour

  • Barter Fountain 110 West Main Street Abingdon, VA, 24210 United States (map)

Date: Sunday, July 31, 2022
Time: 7pm

Meet at the steps of the Washington County Courthouse at 7pm to start this tour. Wear comfy shoes!

How are the salt industry, Shangri-La, Daniel Boone, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the American Southwest all connected to Abingdon? Join local historian and Abingdon native, Garrett Jackson, on this walking tour of Abingdon’s known and little-known history. Learn how a small frontier town became a center for the arts, culture, politics, and religion in Southwest Virginia, and how it is connected to locations nationally and internationally.

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