My brother whose birthday is soon lives up in NoVA and is big into history. I’m wondering if there’s any sort of gift I could get him from Richmond given the history of the area, though I’m not really sure what that would be. He also likes trying interesting food, maybe some sort of authentic civil war era food? Just spit balling, I would love to hear any suggestions, thanks!

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Clean-Independent129 t1_jdo4pmw wrote on March 25, 2023 at 9:34 PM

The Valentine has a great history-ific gift shop. No admission necessary to shop. Also the Library of Virginia and Virginia Museum of History and Culture.

oh_hello_rva t1_jdozx94 wrote on March 26, 2023 at 1:31 AM

Came here to say this. I spend too much money any time I go into the VMHC shop 😫

goodsam2 t1_jdojwtc wrote on March 25, 2023 at 11:30 PM

They had valentine meat juice recently but maybe sold out.

goodsam2 t1_jdshiu6 wrote on March 26, 2023 at 9:03 PM

Also circling back today at the Irish festival they had Patrick Henry bloody Mary mix.

anghiari t1_jdn914w wrote on March 25, 2023 at 5:45 PM

Check out the following for historic Richmond prints from Dementi.

https://www.dementi.com/richmond-va-historic-photos

Option_Perfect t1_jdnwf3r wrote on March 25, 2023 at 8:32 PM

Atlas Obscura - Things to do in Virginia https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/virginia

Or this book

Weird Virginia: Your Travel Guide to Virginia's Local Legends and Best Kept ... https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Virginia-Virginias-Legends-Secrets/dp/1402739427