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A view looking across Route 301 from the courthouse green to the Hanover Tavern. Patrick Henry stayed at a predecessor tavern when he argued his famous Parson’s Cause at the Hanover Courthouse.

 

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Address: 13181 Hanover Courthouse Road
Hanover County
Virginia
23069
United States

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