Editing Culpeper, Virginia (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:2016-09-06 13 23 47 View north along U.S. Route 15 Business, U.S. Route 29 Business and U.S. Route 522 (Main Street) at Page Street in Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia.jpg|thumb|View north along US 15 Bus, US 29 Bus and US 522 in Culpeper]]
[[File:Culpeper Theater, Culpeper, VA IMG 4310.JPG|thumb|The downtown Culpeper Theater]]
[[File:Packard-campus-library-of-c.jpg|thumb|[[National Audio-Visual Conservation Center]], Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation in Culpeper]]

Culpeper houses many local restaurants, shops and stores in its historic downtown. There are many food options ranging from bakeries, authentic cuisines, delis, and breweries. Mainstreet also houses many locally owned boutiques.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homepage |url=https://visitculpeperva.com/ |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=Visit Culpeper |language=en-US}}</ref>  In recent years many improvements have been added to provide new activities and opportunities to the community such as the reopening of The Dominion Skate Park and State Climb.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Star-Exponent |first=ALLISON BROPHY CHAMPION Culpeper |date=September 30, 2023 |title='Too good an opportunity'—Culpeper man returns home, reopening skating rink |url=https://starexponent.com/news/community/too-good-an-opportunity-culpeper-man-returns-home-reopening-skating-rink/article_910c29d0-5d66-11ee-98e2-b3a5cbebc4d8.html |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=Culpeper Star-Exponent |language=en}}</ref>  

The historic George Washington Carver High School has since been renovated to better serve the community. In recent years it has been changed to become a community kitchen and provide the resources for locals to grow and produce to better serve the community.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Star-Exponent |first=Culpeper |date=September 4, 2023 |title=Carver Food Enterprise Center opens in Culpeper |url=https://starexponent.com/agriculture/carver-food-enterprise-center-opens-in-culpeper/article_839a69d8-490c-11ee-bdac-57360919eabb.html |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=Culpeper Star-Exponent |language=en}}</ref> 

===Notable events===
* Culpeper was the location of the main encampment for the [[Army of the Potomac]] during the winter of 1863-64 during the Civil War. It was from Culpeper that General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] began the [[Overland Campaign]] against General [[Robert E. Lee]]'s [[Army of Northern Virginia]].
* During the presidential election campaign of 1960, vice presidential nominee [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] began his [[Whistle stop train tour|whistle-stop campaign]] of the South by giving a speech at Culpeper. As the train was pulling away from the station, Johnson yelled out a phrase that would become a battle cry of the campaign: "What did [[Richard Nixon|Dick Nixon]] ever do for Culpeper?!"<ref>Hoppe, Arthur. ''Having a Wonderful Time: My First Half Century As a Newspaperman''. Chronicle Books (San Francisco, CA), 1995, p. 19. {{ISBN|081181145X}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Nelson|first=Zann|title=Celebrating Johnson's visit to Culpeper|url=http://www2.starexponent.com/lifestyles/2010/oct/07/celebrating-johnsons-visit-culpeper-ar-547718/|access-date=July 31, 2012|newspaper=Star-Exponent; Culpeper, Virginia|date=October 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102210828/http://www2.starexponent.com/lifestyles/2010/oct/07/celebrating-johnsons-visit-culpeper-ar-547718/|archive-date=January 2, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 1967, it was the site of a one-day standoff between members of the [[American Nazi Party]] and police and military personnel over the group's attempt to bury their leader [[George Lincoln Rockwell]] in the local [[Culpeper National Cemetery|National Cemetery]].
* In 1995, former "Superman" actor [[Christopher Reeve]] lost his balance during a horse competition and fell, resulting in severe spinal injury and paralysis. 
* Culpeper was featured in the nineteenth episode of the Small Town News Podcast, an improv comedy podcast that takes listeners on a fun and silly virtual trip to a small town in America each week. The hosts improvise scenes inspired by local newspaper stories.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.buzzsprout.com/1011646 | title=Small Town News }}</ref>