{"id":1208,"date":"2020-07-01T17:03:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T16:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2020-07-01T17:03:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T16:03:09","slug":"la-virginie-et-la-creation-de-lamerique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/la-virginie-et-la-creation-de-lamerique\/","title":{"rendered":"La Virginie et la cr\u00e9ation de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap text_justify\">La Virginie fut la premi\u00e8re colonie anglaise fondatrice des USA, nomm\u00e9e ainsi le 14 Mai 1607 en l\u2019honneur de la reine Elisabeth, la Reine Vierge. Elle est l\u2019une des colonies qui joua le plus grand r\u00f4le dans la naissance des USA. On y retrouve la colonie de <strong>Jamestown<\/strong> (dans la baie de Chesapeake) qui fut la premi\u00e8re colonie officielle anglaise reconnue en 1607. L&rsquo;Etat fut l\u2019un des premiers \u00e0 abolir l\u2019esclavage (Il faut dire qu&rsquo;elle \u00e9tait aussi la premi\u00e8re \u00e0 participer au commerce triangulaire des esclaves). Ce fut l&rsquo;un des \u00e9tats fondateurs dans la <strong>guerre d\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance<\/strong>, et 5 de premiers pr\u00e9sidents des Etats unis seront originaires de Virginie. Elle proclama (en 1776) la \u00ab\u00a0<strong>Virginia D\u00e9claration of Rights<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb qui eut une grande influence sur la r\u00e9daction de la <strong>D\u00e9claration d\u2019Ind\u00e9pendance<\/strong> (1776) et sur la D\u00e9claration des Droits de l\u2019Homme et du Citoyen\u00a0\u00bb (1791). Elle fut le 10e Etat \u00e0 entrer dans l\u2019Union, en 1788. Etat S\u00e9cessionniste, elle fut le lieu de nombreuses batailles et en garda de nombreux stigmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/declaration-of-independence-5000360_1280-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1211\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/declaration-of-independence-5000360_1280.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1211\" class=\"wp-image-1211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/declaration-of-independence-5000360_1280-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/declaration-of-independence-5000360_1280-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/declaration-of-independence-5000360_1280-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/declaration-of-independence-5000360_1280.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\"><strong>Visiter la Virginie c\u2019est marcher dans les traces de l\u2019histoire, s\u2019\u00e9tirant du\u00a0littoral atlantique<\/strong>, \u00e0 l\u2019est, aux\u00a0<strong>Appalaches<\/strong>, \u00e0 l\u2019ouest, l\u2019Etat\u00a0rejoint par sa pointe nord <strong>Washington DC<\/strong>. D\u2019ailleurs, une partie de la banlieue de la capitale f\u00e9d\u00e9rale est situ\u00e9e en Virginie, comme par exemple <strong>Arlingto<\/strong>n ou <strong>Alexandria<\/strong>, dont nous avons parl\u00e9 dans le pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent article sur <strong>Washington<\/strong> ( <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/washington-et-ses-alentours\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/2020\/05\/<\/a> ). A quelques miles au Sud, vous pourrez trouver le site de <strong>Mount Vernon<\/strong> qui fut la demeure familiale de <strong>George Washington<\/strong>, le premier pr\u00e9sident des Etats-Unis (mais si vous savez, celui qui est sur le billet de 1$). Vous pourrez faire le tour de la plantation et voir les tombes du grand homme et de sa femme, une visite \u00e0 ne pas manquer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"808\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mount-vernon-2033256_1280-1024x808.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1212\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mount-vernon-2033256_1280.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1212\" class=\"wp-image-1212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mount-vernon-2033256_1280-1024x808.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mount-vernon-2033256_1280-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mount-vernon-2033256_1280-768x606.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mount-vernon-2033256_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">Si vous suivez le <strong>Potomac<\/strong>, vous arriverez \u00e0 la ville de<strong> Fredericksburg<\/strong>, qui eut une importance strat\u00e9gique consid\u00e9rable pendant la <strong>Guerre de S\u00e9cession<\/strong>, en raison de sa situation entre Washington et Richmond, les deux capitales ennemies. En d\u00e9cembre 1862, pendant la bataille de Fredericksburg , la ville fut bombard\u00e9e et vit la d\u00e9faite des arm\u00e9es de l\u2019Union. Le lieu de la bataille se visite encore aujourd\u2019hui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">Plus au Sud, vous trouverez <strong>Richmond<\/strong> qui est la capitale de la Virginie depuis 1782. Site historique, en m\u00eame temps tr\u00e8s dynamique, vous d\u00e9couvrirez au fur et \u00e0 mesure de vos d\u00e9ambulations de nombreux street art sur l\u2019histoire de la r\u00e9gion, vous plongeant peu \u00e0 peu dans le pass\u00e9. Promenez-vous le long des 10&nbsp;kilom\u00e8tres du Liberty Trail et visitez 15&nbsp;sites historiques. Arr\u00eatez-vous devant St. John\u2019s, la plus ancienne \u00e9glise de la ville, au milieu des demeures de style f\u00e9d\u00e9ral. D\u2019ailleurs, le Mus\u00e9e des Conf\u00e9d\u00e9r\u00e9s et la <strong>White House of the Confederacy<\/strong>, une belle demeure \u00ab&nbsp;<em>antebellum<\/em>&nbsp;\u00bb qui fut le quartier g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du futur pr\u00e9sident&nbsp;Jefferson Davis, mettent en lumi\u00e8re le point de vue Sudiste de la Guerre de S\u00e9cession. Vous pourrez \u00e9galement emprunter le sentier Richmond Slave Trail, qui retrace l\u2019histoire de la traite des esclaves africains. En bordure de la&nbsp;James river, dans les b\u00e2timents industriels en ruine, conserv\u00e9s sous le nom d<strong>\u2019American Civil War Center<\/strong>, a \u00e9t\u00e9 install\u00e9, faites-y un tour avant de rejoindre Williamsburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"307\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cf391d54-5a5c-4d7d-8997-b709af0203f3.hw5_-1024x307.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1219\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cf391d54-5a5c-4d7d-8997-b709af0203f3.hw5_.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1219\" class=\"wp-image-1219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cf391d54-5a5c-4d7d-8997-b709af0203f3.hw5_-1024x307.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cf391d54-5a5c-4d7d-8997-b709af0203f3.hw5_-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cf391d54-5a5c-4d7d-8997-b709af0203f3.hw5_-768x230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cf391d54-5a5c-4d7d-8997-b709af0203f3.hw5_-1536x460.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cf391d54-5a5c-4d7d-8997-b709af0203f3.hw5_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1023\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/8431252762_8cbc11eb08_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1213\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1213\" class=\"wp-image-1213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/8431252762_8cbc11eb08_b.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/8431252762_8cbc11eb08_b-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/8431252762_8cbc11eb08_b-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/First_White_House_of_the_Confederacy_Montgomery_North_view_20160713_1-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1214\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1214\" class=\"wp-image-1214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/First_White_House_of_the_Confederacy_Montgomery_North_view_20160713_1-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/First_White_House_of_the_Confederacy_Montgomery_North_view_20160713_1-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/First_White_House_of_the_Confederacy_Montgomery_North_view_20160713_1-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/First_White_House_of_the_Confederacy_Montgomery_North_view_20160713_1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/strawberry-street-4611894_1280-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1215\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1215\" class=\"wp-image-1215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/strawberry-street-4611894_1280-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/strawberry-street-4611894_1280-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/strawberry-street-4611894_1280-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/strawberry-street-4611894_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">La ville de<strong> Williamsburg<\/strong> est la premi\u00e8re cit\u00e9 coloniale \u00e0 rompre ses attaches avec l\u2019Angleterre. Aujourd\u2019hui l\u2019ancienne capitale restaur\u00e9e, recr\u00e9e de fa\u00e7on authentique l\u2019atmosph\u00e8re d\u2019une colonie am\u00e9ricaine. Vous d\u00e9couvrirez l\u2019historique\u00a0Capitole, le palais de Justice, le palais du Gouverneur, la prison, la\u00a0Raleigh Tavern\u00a0et d\u2019autres b\u00e2timents, boutiques, \u00e9choppes ou maisons individuelles. Faites ensuite un d\u00e9tour par <strong>Jamestown,<\/strong> \u00e0 13 km au sud, sur le site de la premi\u00e8re\u00a0colonie anglaise. A proximit\u00e9, le\u00a0Fort James, reconstruit, et les r\u00e9pliques grandeur nature de trois navires qui devanc\u00e8rent le\u00a0<em>Mayflower<\/em>\u00a0de 13 ans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/williamsburg-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1221\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1221\" class=\"wp-image-1221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/williamsburg-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/williamsburg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/williamsburg-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/williamsburg-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/williamsburg-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"430\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pt51794.1261498.w430.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1220\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1220\" class=\"wp-image-1220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pt51794.1261498.w430.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pt51794.1261498.w430-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Williamsburg-56a239743df78cf772736c86-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1222\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1222\" class=\"wp-image-1222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Williamsburg-56a239743df78cf772736c86-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Williamsburg-56a239743df78cf772736c86-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Williamsburg-56a239743df78cf772736c86-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Williamsburg-56a239743df78cf772736c86-1536x1068.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Williamsburg-56a239743df78cf772736c86-2048x1423.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jamestown-395227_1280-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1225\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jamestown-395227_1280.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1225\" class=\"wp-image-1225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jamestown-395227_1280-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jamestown-395227_1280-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jamestown-395227_1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"503\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Colonial-Williamsburg_Governors-Palace_gardens_CREDIT-VTC-1-1024x503.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1224\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Colonial-Williamsburg_Governors-Palace_gardens_CREDIT-VTC-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1224\" class=\"wp-image-1224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Colonial-Williamsburg_Governors-Palace_gardens_CREDIT-VTC-1-1024x503.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Colonial-Williamsburg_Governors-Palace_gardens_CREDIT-VTC-1-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Colonial-Williamsburg_Governors-Palace_gardens_CREDIT-VTC-1-768x378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Colonial-Williamsburg_Governors-Palace_gardens_CREDIT-VTC-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">Partez maintenant vers l\u2019est pour rejoindre <strong>Charlottesville,<\/strong> les charmantes rues pi\u00e9tonnes de son centre-ville et son universit\u00e9 prestigieuse (par laquelle passa notamment Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner, ou encore Truman Capote). C\u2019est surtout l\u2019occasion de passer voir <strong>Monticello<\/strong> la luxueuse plantation de <strong>Thomas Jefferson<\/strong>. Mais aussi l\u2019occasion de visiter les vignobles qui furent import\u00e9s de France \u00e0 la fin du XVIII\u00b0 si\u00e8cle (rappelons que Lafayette a jou\u00e9 un grand r\u00f4le dans l\u2019histoire de l\u2019\u00e9tat et a fortement d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 les \u00e9changes avec la France).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/monticello-1564008_1280-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1227\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1227\" class=\"wp-image-1227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/monticello-1564008_1280-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/monticello-1564008_1280-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/monticello-1564008_1280-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/monticello-1564008_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/garden-4880838_1280-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1228\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/garden-4880838_1280.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1228\" class=\"wp-image-1228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/garden-4880838_1280-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/garden-4880838_1280-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/garden-4880838_1280-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/garden-4880838_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">Si la Virginie est fonci\u00e8rement historique, <strong>elle n\u2019en est pas moins un \u00e9tat naturel<\/strong>. Profitez de sa fa\u00e7ade atlantique, dans la<strong> baie de Chesapeake<\/strong>, vous serez entour\u00e9 de for\u00eat, de mangrove et pourrez m\u00eame observer les dauphins visibles de la c\u00f4te (Observez \u00e9galement le <strong>Chesapeake Bridge, <\/strong>un pont tunnel de 30 km de long\u00a0!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-12 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"531\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Landmarks-Virginia-Chesapeake-Bay-Bridge-Tunnel-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1229\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1229\" class=\"wp-image-1229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Landmarks-Virginia-Chesapeake-Bay-Bridge-Tunnel-01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Landmarks-Virginia-Chesapeake-Bay-Bridge-Tunnel-01-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Landmarks-Virginia-Chesapeake-Bay-Bridge-Tunnel-01-768x408.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">En gardant le meilleur pour la fin et si vous pr\u00e9f\u00e9rez la montagne, rendez-vous au<strong> Shenandoah National Park<\/strong>, et pour nos amis motards, r\u00e9galez- vous avec la <strong>Skyline drive<\/strong>, qui vous fait surplomber les <strong>Blue Ridge Mountains <\/strong>sur pr\u00e8s de 170 km. Attention toutefois, la nature est omnipr\u00e9sente et il n\u2019est pas rare de croiser biche et chevreuils mais aussi des ours\u00a0! Ne manquez pas en remontant vers le nord les grottes de<strong> Luray<\/strong>, qui offrent un <strong>spectacle \u00e0 couper le souffle<\/strong>. D\u00e9couvertes en 1878 et connues pour leur \u00ab\u00a0<em>Great Stalagpipe Organ<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0, instrument de la famille des xylophones, qui produit des sons en frappant les stalactites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-14 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1232\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-2-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1232\" class=\"wp-image-1232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-5-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1234\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-5-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1234\" class=\"wp-image-1234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-5-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-5-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-5-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-5-2048x1538.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1235\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-6-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1235\" class=\"wp-image-1235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-6-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"503\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Attractions-Virginia-Luray-Caverns-Giants-Hall-1024x503.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1231\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Attractions-Virginia-Luray-Caverns-Giants-Hall.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1231\" class=\"wp-image-1231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Attractions-Virginia-Luray-Caverns-Giants-Hall-1024x503.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Attractions-Virginia-Luray-Caverns-Giants-Hall-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Attractions-Virginia-Luray-Caverns-Giants-Hall-768x378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Attractions-Virginia-Luray-Caverns-Giants-Hall.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"503\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Skyline-Drive-Fall-CREDIT-Virginia-Tourism-Corporation-1024x503.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1237\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Skyline-Drive-Fall-CREDIT-Virginia-Tourism-Corporation.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1237\" class=\"wp-image-1237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Skyline-Drive-Fall-CREDIT-Virginia-Tourism-Corporation-1024x503.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Skyline-Drive-Fall-CREDIT-Virginia-Tourism-Corporation-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Skyline-Drive-Fall-CREDIT-Virginia-Tourism-Corporation-768x378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Skyline-Drive-Fall-CREDIT-Virginia-Tourism-Corporation.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1236\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1236\" class=\"wp-image-1236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-3-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1233\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-3.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=1233\" class=\"wp-image-1233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-3-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-3-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shenandoha-3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">Et ce n\u2019est pas la seule route panoramique de cet \u00e9tat, allant vers le sud et le Tennessee, la <strong>Blue ridge Parkway<\/strong> vaut aussi le d\u00e9tour, mais ceci est une autre histoire &#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">Alors, pr\u00eats \u00e0 embarquer avec nous pour un tour d\u2019histoire&nbsp;? n\u2019h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 nous demander une cr\u00e9ation sur-mesure pour d\u00e9couvrir ce bel \u00e9tat&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/voyage_sur_mesure.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/voyage_sur_mesure.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Et bien s\u00fbr retrouvez la totalit\u00e9 de nos circuits et events sur le notre site :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Virginie fut la premi\u00e8re colonie anglaise fondatrice des USA, nomm\u00e9e ainsi le 14 Mai 1607 en l\u2019honneur de la reine Elisabeth, la Reine Vierge. Elle est l\u2019une des colonies qui joua le plus grand r\u00f4le dans la naissance des USA. On y retrouve la colonie de Jamestown (dans la baie de Chesapeake) qui fut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[18,22,53,7,97,6,24,104,23,103,46,45,52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1208"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1245,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208\/revisions\/1245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}