Benjamin Harrison V
Berkeley Plantation
Charles City, VA
Berkeley Plantation is also the site of the first official Thanksgiving in America (1619), the site where the first bourbon whiskey was distilled (1621), and the site where “Taps“ was composed (1862).
Visited: July 17, 2006
Photos
A marker placed by the DAR commemorating Benjamin Harrison V
Benjamin Harrison's grave site
A plaque placed by the DAR on Harrison headstone
Sign pointing the way to the Berkeley Plantation cemetery
A historical marker next to the Berkeley Plantation cemetery
The front of Berkeley Plantation's main house
The side of Berkeley Plantation's main house
A Civil War cannon ball lodged in the wall of the house
A sign on the way up to Berkeley Plantation
Looking towards the James River from the gardens at Berkely Plantation
Site of the first Thanksgiving on the banks of the James River
The Taps Shrine, marking the site where 'Taps' was first played
A marker placed by the DAR commemorating Benjamin Harrison V
A marker placed by the DAR commemorating Harrison's wife, Elizabeth Bassett
Benjamin Harrison's headstone
Looking at the main house from the gardens at Berkely Plantation
Looking towards the James River from the main house at Berkely Plantation
Plaque on the Taps Shrine
