Hampton National Historical Site

Hampton National Historical Site is beautiful, and also hard to celebrate because of the true history. I felt conflicted here as I loved the views, the grounds, the gardens, the statues, and the house … while also balancing its reality.

“Once possibly the largest private home in America by 1790, the Hampton mansion serves as a grand example of late-Georgian architecture in America. Hampton is also the story of its people, as the estate evolved through the actions of the Ridgely family, enslaved African Americans, European indentured servants, and paid laborers within a nation struggling to define its own concept of freedom.”