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Walk the old country lanes where Robert E. Lee, Commanding General of the Army of Northern Virginia, surrendered his men to Ulysses Grant, General-in-Chief of all United States forces, on April 9, 1865. Imagine the events that signaled the end of the Southern States' attempt to create a separate nation. read more...
Phone: 434-352-8987 Price Range: $0 - $4 Open Season: N/A Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Appomattox Nearest Lake or River: N/A Park Type: National Historic Site Activities: Birding, Hiking, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Interpretive Programs Details Provided By: Appomattox Court House
Claude Moore Colonial Farm is a living history site that demonstrates the life of a poor farm family living on a small farm in northern Virginia just prior to the American Revolutionary War. Today, agricultural and household activities seen on the Farm represent an earlier era when small farms were dispersed throughout the countryside; and, most Americans engaged in activities of an agricultural nature. read more...
Phone: (703) 442-7557 Price Range: N/A Open Season: N/A Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: McLean Nearest Lake or River: N/A Park Type: National Park Activities: Details Provided By: Claude Moore Colonial Farm
The Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site commemorates the life of a progressive and talented African American woman. Despite many adversities, she achieved success in the world of business and finance as the first woman in the United States to charter and serve as president of a bank. read more...
Phone: (804)771-2017 Price Range: N/A Open Season: N/A Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Richmond Nearest Lake or River: N/A Park Type: National Historic Site Activities: Tours Details Provided By: Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
On April 5, 1856, a child who later called himself Booker T. Washington, was born in slavery on this 207-acre tobacco farm. The realities of life as a slave in piedmont Virginia, the quest by African Americans for education and equality, and the post-war struggle over political participation all shaped the options and choices of Booker T. Washington. read more...
Phone: 540-721-2094 Price Range: N/A Open Season: N/A Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Hardy Nearest Lake or River: N/A Park Type: National Monument Activities: Birding, Hiking, Interpretive Programs Details Provided By: Booker T. Washington
In July 1865, three months after the restoration of peace between the states, Congress authorized the establishment of a National Cemetery in Fredericksburg to honor the Federal soldiers who died on the battlefields or from disease in camp. The site chosen was on Marye's Heights, the formidable Confederate position which had proven so impregnable to repeated Federal attacks on December 13, 1862. read more...
Phone: 540 373-4510 Price Range: N/A Open Season: N/A Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Fredericksburg Nearest Lake or River: N/A Park Type: National Park Activities: Details Provided By: Fredericksburg
Yorktown Battlefield is the site of the final, major battle of the American Revolutionary War and symbolic end of Colonial English America. On this battlefield, between September 28 and October 19, 1781, General George Washington and his allied American and French army of 17,600 troops surrounded and besieged General Charles Lord Cornwallis. read more...
Phone: 757-898-2410 Price Range: $5 - $15 Open Season: N/A Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Yorktown Nearest Lake or River: N/A Park Type: National Historic Park Activities: Details Provided By: Yorktown Battlefield
After four and a half months crossing storm swept seas 144 weary Englishmen made land-fall in April 1607. They anchored their ships in the protected waters of the bay and landed a small party upon the shore. They built a wooden cross and planted it in the sand naming the place Cape Henry. read more...
Phone: 757-898-2410 Price Range: N/A Open Season: N/A Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Yorktown Nearest Lake or River: N/A Park Type: National Park Activities: Details Provided By: Cape Henry
The Memorial is located in Lady Bird Johnson Park, a Potomac River island in Washington, D.C. The grove consists of two parts. The first area, commemorative in nature, is a granite monolith surrounded by a serpentine pattern of walks and trails. The second area is a grass meadow and provides a tranquil refuge for reflection and rejuvination of the spirit. read more...
Phone: 703-289-2500 Price Range: N/A Open Season: N/A Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: McLean Nearest Lake or River: N/A Park Type: National Park Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Boating and Watercraft Details Provided By: Lydon Baines Memorial on the Potomac
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania this is the bloodiest landscape in North America. No place more vividly reflects the Civil Wars tragic cost, in all its forms. A city bombarded, bloodied, and looted. Farms large and small ruined. Refugees by the thousands forced to the countryside. read more...
Phone: 540 373-4510 Price Range: $1 - $2 Open Season: N/A Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Fredericksburg Nearest Lake or River: N/A Park Type: National Military Park Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Hiking, Auto Touring Details Provided By: Fredericksburg Spotsylvania
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park will work in partnership to commemorate a nationally significant Civil War landscape and antebellum plantation by sharing the story of Shenandoah Valley history from early settlement through the Civil War and beyond. read more...
Phone: 540-868-9176 Price Range: N/A Open Season: N/A Camping: Yes
Nearest Popular City: Middletown Nearest Lake or River: N/A Park Type: National Historic Park Activities: Details Provided By: Cedar Creek and Belle Grove