Historic Sites
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Abram's Delight Museum Winchester, Virginia
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The oldest house in Winchester, this stone building is a wonderful example of early... |
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Agecroft Hall Richmond, Virginia
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A "transplant" from Tudor England, this half-timbered manor house built in the... |
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Appomattox Court House National Park Appomattox, Virginia
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Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War on April... |
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Berkeley Plantation Charles City, Virginia
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One of Virginia's most historic plantations and the site of the first official... |
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Boykins Tavern Museum Windsor, Virginia
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Boykin inherited this land in 1780, as well as the house that had stood there since 1762... |
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Carlyle House Alexandria, Virginia
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This 18th-century home was used by General Braddock as his headquarters during the French... |
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Castlewood Plantation House Chesterfield, Virginia
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One of the finest Palladian style period houses in Chesterfield County, Castlewood has a... |
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Centre Hill Mansion Petersburg, Virginia
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The ground floor galleries in Centre Hill feature permanent and temporary exhibitions on... |
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Charlotte County Courthouse Charlotte Court House, Virginia
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This is the only Virginia courthouse designed by Thomas Jefferson that still exists.... |
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Claude Moore Colonial Farm At Turkey Run McLean, Virginia
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The Farm is managed and operated by the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm, through a... |
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Colonial Williamsburg Williamsburg, Virginia
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The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates the world’s largest living history... |
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Colvin Run Mill Great Falls, Virginia
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This late 19th century building once stood across Colvin Run Road from the mill.... |
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Gadsby's Tavern Alexandria, Virginia
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A historic tavern and museum dating from the years following the American Revolution and... |
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Gilmore Farm Montpelier Station, Virginia
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George and his wife, Polly, leased the land from Dr. James Madison, great-nephew of... |
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Gunston Hall Plantation Mason Neck, Virginia
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George Mason was instrumental in the framing of the United States government, but he... |
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Historic Jamestowne Jamestown, Virginia
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Founded by the Virginia Company on May 14, 1607, this historic site is the first... |
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Hugh Mercer Apothecary Fredericksburg, Virginia
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This eighteenth-century building was restored to house the Hugh Mercer Apothecary. Dr.... |
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Jamestown Settlement Williamsburg, Virginia
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This is the re-created Jamestown, which features the fort, three ships, and an Indian... |
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Ker Place Onancock, Virginia
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Ker Place was built around 1799 in the Grand Federal style. It has elaborate millwork and... |
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Library Of Virginia Richmond, Virginia
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The State Library, which contains an excellent collection of objects, manuscripts, maps,... |
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Macarthur Memorial Norfolk, Virginia
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The museum is housed in Norfolk's nineteenth-century City Hall, which is both a Virginia... |
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Manassas Museum Manassas, Virginia
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Featuring a wide array of artifacts illustrating the area's history, especially the Civil... |
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Maymont Richmond, Virginia
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By 1893, the Dooleys were living in their new 12,000 square-foot, 33-room home, which... |
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Moore House Yorktown, Virginia
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The site on which the Moore House now stands was first patented by Governor John Harvey... |
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Morven Park Leesburg, Virginia
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The mansion, a focal point of the estate, evolved from a fieldstone farmhouse in 1781 to... |
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Museum Of The Confederacy Richmond, Virginia
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The museum complex also includes tours of the official residence of CSA President... |
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Natural Bridge Natural Bridge, Virginia
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This geological formation has carved out a gorge in the mountainous limestone terrain of... |
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Norfolk History Museum Norfolk, Virginia
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Opened just two years ago in the historic Willoughby-Baylor House, exhibits here reveal... |
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Old Court House Civil War Museum Winchester, Virginia
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The courthouse was originally built in 1840 to serve the citizens of Winchester and... |
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Old Fauquier County Jail Warrenton, Virginia
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Warrenton's former jail is a singular example of the state's early county penal... |
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Red Hill Brookneal, Virginia
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Red Hill houses the largest collection of Patrick Henry memorabilia in the world. A... |
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Robert Russa Moton Museum Farmville, Virginia
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On this site in 1951 the student body walked out in protest of unequal educational... |
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Salem Museum Salem, Virginia
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Originally used for the dual purpose of a residence and post office/general store, today... |
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Schwartz Tavern Blackstone, Virginia
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Schwartz Tavern was once operated by John A. Schwartz. Since Schwartz is German for Black... |
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Shirley Plantation Charles City, Virginia
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Shirley Plantation is Virginia's first plantation and one of the first economic engines... |
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Virginia House Richmond, Virginia
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Virginia House was completed a few months before the stock market crash of 1929.... |
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Virginia State Capitol Building Richmond, Virginia
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During the Civil War, the Confederate Congress also met at the state capitol building.... |
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Weston Manor Hopewell, Virginia
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This 18th-century house, built in 1789 in the style of a Tidewater plantation, is... |
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Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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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.
