Pond Spring/joseph Wheeler Home
Once home to prehistoric Native Americans, Pond Spring is the post-Civil War home of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, a Confederate major general, a U.S. congressman, and a Spanish-American War general. Following the Civil War, Wheeler became a national symbol for reunification and reconciliation. Wheeler’s daughter, “Miss Annie Wheeler,” served in three wars as a Red Cross nurse. The 50-acre site includes a dogtrot log house built around 1818, a circa 1830 Federal-style house, the 1880s Wheeler house, eight farm-related outbuildings, two family cemeteries, an African-American cemetery, a small Indian mound, a pond, a boxwood garden, and other garden areas.
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| Archaeological | Architecture, Historic | Army Museums |
| Battlefields | Buildings, Historic | Cemeteries |
| Churches | Districts, Historic | Forts & Military |
| Homes, Historic | Living History | Monuments & Memorials |
| Museums | Navy Ships | Parks |
| Plantations | Records & Research | Trails |
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Historic Collections
Recently added:
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- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
