3-4 June 2006: AFC Celebrates Captain Jack Jouett's Ride

AFC's Andrée King, Ed McCue, & representatives of the DAR and the CAR lay flowers at the Jack Jouett Memorial, Louisa County.

Jack Jouett (John Moore) prepares to leave Cuckoo, Louisa County. He knows the newly-arrived British dragoons mean to capture Jefferson & the Virginia Legislature, recently relocated to Charlottesville.

And he's off! The 40-mile race to Monticello and Charlottesville has begun.

Mr. Edward O. McCue III, expert on Jack Jouett, organized the 1981 Bicentenniel re-enactment of this important event: his research was indispensible in the commemoration of Jack Jouett's Ride.

Governor Thomas Jefferson discusses the role of Taverns in the American Revolution.

Court Square, Charlottesville: Heirs of the American Revolution

Jack Jouett arrives at the Court House, across from the site of his father's Swann Tavern, in Charlottesville.

AFC's Nat Howell & Andrée King, joined by slightly younger celebrants, welcome Jack Jouett to Charlottesville.

Richard Henry Lee (Frank McMegargee), Thomas Jefferson (Robb Warren), and James Monroe (Dennis Bigelow) at the Albemarle County Court House: Jack Jouett's heroic feat saved these Founding Fathers from capture by the British.

Mayor Brown proclaims June 4th "Jack Jouett Day" in Charlottesville.
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Court Square: re-enactors and onlookers alike enjoy period music, provided by...

Fifes & Drums from the Field Musick, Williamsburg

Participants in the first annual Jack Jouett Day
with James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison (John Douglas Hall), & Richard Henry Lee.

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