Name: The Ghoul-Haunted Woodland: A Poe-Themed Tour of St. John's Graveyard
Start: 2026-10-04
End: 2026-10-04

St. John’s Church, the site of Patrick Henry’s impassioned oratory “give me liberty or give me death” is one of the oldest wooden churches (1741) in Virginia and remains an active congregation. See reenactments of the 1775 debate among 9 of the Founding Fathers on summer Sundays between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Check the website for tickets, dates, and times. An elevator located on 24th Street provides access to the site. Our brick walkways are navigable by wheelchair. If you need assistance, please call our Visitor Center at 804.648.5015.

St. John's Church Foundation

Patrick Henry Park

St. John’s Church, the site of Patrick Henry’s impassioned oratory “give me liberty or give me death” is one of the oldest wooden churches (1741) in Virginia and remains an active congregation. See reenactments of the 1775 debate among 9 of the Founding Fathers on summer Sundays between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Check website for tickets, dates and times.

St. John's Church

RVA Hidden History Storytellers is a tour company focused on sharing the offbeat and overshadowed aspects of RVA’s history. The company is the sister of Haunts of Richmond Ghost Tours, a company founded on the premise of sharing ghost stories with a strong passion for the history that accompanies the spirited tales. As Haunts of Richmond grew and more stories were collected, ghost and history alike, a load of fascinating, little-known information was gathered that never quite fit with the ghost tour company. Nevertheless, there was a strong desire to bring these tales forward in a way that would do justice to the history of Richmond, and those who have lived through it. RVA Hidden History Storytellers was founded to share these stories with the RVA community, and those we welcome to our beautiful and historic city. Private tours and city guide services are available year-round.

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Contemporary fine art, exhibited September through June.

Eric Schindler Gallery

Proper Pie offers an extensive menu of pies that includes classic sweet pies and a wide variety of often unfamiliar meat pies.

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Pub fare and Italian dishes. Brunch served on Sunday.

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We pair adult artists with disabilities with professional artist-mentors, who accompany them in creating, exhibiting and selling unique bodies of work. In addition to providing transformative one-on-one mentorship, we create ambitious, risky, creative projects with a big community of accomplices in Richmond, including daring experiments in outdoor weaving, a giant mobile shadow puppet theater, and launching Richmond’s Annual Validation Day Parade.

Milk River Arts

We serve BBQ, and meats prepared on a rotisserie and grill. We also have a cozy bar. Come on by and see us sometime!

Frontier by Alamo

Coffee café and restaurant in Richmond’s Church Hill neighborhood that also offers coffee beans to go by the pound.

Riverbend Roastery

Funky bar with a full gastropub menu including vegan options, weekend brunch and box lunches to-go.

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We’re a community of runners, hikers, bikers and ballplayers. We’re an outdoor playground, designed by Mother Nature, with class III and IV rapids running right through our downtown. A 52-mile bike trail runs along the James. The Richmond Marathon and Ukrop’s 10k are huge celebrations, and the whole region comes out to cheer on our local teams. In fact, we’re so sports-minded that the Washington Redskins have their training camp right in the center of the city. Add to that awesome hotels, beautiful venues, attractions, art, craft beer, more than 900 restaurants and a convenient location, and you’ve got a top choice for your next sports event. Welcome to RVA!

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Join Education Programs Manager Dean Knight on a lyrical tour around the graveyard at St. John's, focusing on the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe on the anniversary of his birth. Knight, an award-winning local actor who served seven years as the Programs Coordinator at the Poe Museum, is the author of a chapter in the new book More Than Love: The Enduring Fascination with Edgar Allan Poe, available in the St. John's Church gift shop.

Knight will tell stories about Poe's mother and employer--both buried here--interspersed with details from Poe's life and about some of the cemetery's other residents. He will also deliver recitations from some of Poe's greatest poems, including "The Conqueror Worm", "Annabel Lee", "The Raven", and "Ulalume".

The Ghoul-Haunted Woodland: A Poe-Themed Tour of St. John's Graveyard

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