Places we have visited

I don't know about you, but Ms. Edwards and I are starting to get a little confused about the places we have visited and their location in history. We thought that we would try to organize our thoughts a little better. We have decided to put items in order of chronology under their separate headings. We have added dates when possible. We plan to update these page on a daily basis.

Museums

• Jamestown Settlement - 1607 - First permanent English settlement in the United States.
• Colonial Williamsburg - 1699-1790. - Examines colonial life in Virginia and as a state capitol.
• Yorktown Victory Center - 1775-1781. Focuses on the road to the Revolution and the War and its effects.
• James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library - 1758 - 1831.
• Manassas Museum - Museum created to the show the history of the two battles and Manassas.
  
• Warren Rifles Confederate Museum - This museum focuses on the Civil War.
• Belle Boyd House Museum - This house actually has artifacts from multiple periods of history. There are exhibits from each of the wars and from some individuals who lived in the town of Martinsburg.
• Stonewall Jackson Museum - This museum was dedicated to the life of "Stonewall" Jackson.
• Museum of the Confederacy and the Confederate "White House" - (1861-1865) Jefferson Davis's executive house during his time as the Confederate States only president. Museum has an extensive collection of Civil War artifacts.
• Violet Bank Museum - Colonial Heights (1864) - Lee's Headquarter
• Siege Museum - Petersburg VA - June 1864 - April 1865
• Civil War Life Museum - Fredericksburg VA
• Lee Chapel and Museum - Museum and Burial site of Robert E. Lee (1807-1870)
• Mariners' Museum - Newport News - exhibit on the Monitor. (1862)
• Ford's Theater and Peterson House - Washington DC. The locations that Abraham Lincoln was shot in and died.
  
• Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Birthplace - 1856-1924.
• George C. Marshall Museum - Lexington Virginia - 1880-1959.
• Fort Monroe - Casement Museum - History of the Fort 1819-Present Day

Battlefields

• Battle of Yorktown - September 28 - October 19, 1781
• First Manassas - (First Battle of Bull Run) - July 21, 1861
• Second Manassas - (Second Battle of Bull Run) - August 28 - August 30, 1862
• Battle of Antietam - September 17, 1862
• Front Royal - May 23, 1862
• Richmond Battlefield (Seven Days Battles) - June 25 - July 1, 1862.
• Battle of Fredericksburg - December 11 - December 15, 1862
• Battle of Chancellorsville - April 30 - May 6, 1863
• Battle of Gettsyburg - July 1 - 3, 1863
  
• Battle of the Wilderness - May 5 - May 7, 1864
• Battle of Spottsylvania - May 8 - 21, 1864
• New Market - May 15, 1864
• Richmond Battlefield - (Battle of Cold Harbor) - May 31 - June 12, 1864.
• Cedar Creek - October 19, 1864
• Battle of Petersburg - June 9, 1864 - March 25, 1865.
• Appomattox Court House - April 9. 1865 - Lee surrenders to Grant.

Plantations/Houses

• Abram's Delight Museum - Oldest house in Winchester. (1754)
• Mount Vernon - Home of George Washington (1752 - 1799)
  
• Mary Washington House - Fredericksburg (1772-1789)
• Kenmore Plantation - Fredericksburg (home of Washington's sister) 1752-1797
• Monticello - Home of Thomas Jefferson (1772 - 1826)
• Arlington House - Home of Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee her husband Robert E. Lee and their children. (1808 - 1861)
  
• Stonewall Jackson House - Lexington Virginia (1851-1861)
• Belle Grove Plantation - The house was originally built in 1797 and during the Civil War was in the center of the Battle of Belle Grove (Cedar Creek)
• Endville House - Located in Newport News Virginia.
• Lee Hall House - Located in Newport News Virginia.
• Chatham House - Located in Fredericksburg VA. Was used as a hospital during the Battle of Fredericksburg.
• Belle Boyd Cottage - The house where Belle Boyd lived during part of the Civil War.
• Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters - house used by General Jackson during the winter of 1861-1862.
• General Grant's headquarters at City Point Virginia (1865)
• McCormick Farm - July 1831 - location where Cyrus McCormick created the harvesting machine.
  

Locations

• St. John's Church - Located in Richmond, Virginia. This is the location where Patrick Henry made his famous statement of "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" before the American Civil War. (March 23, 1775)
• Virginia State Capitol - Built in 1788. Designed by Thomas Jefferson.
• Harpers Ferry - A very historical town. The purpose for our visit to this location was to explore the story of John Brown's attempt to take over the arsenal. (October 16, 1859)
• Charles Town - We visited this site to further examine the history of John Brown. (1859)
• Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier - Located at the site of the "Breakthrough." (April 2, 1865). The battle that ended the Petersburg Campaign.
• United States Capitol. - Washington DC. Construction started in 1783.
• The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore - It was first opened in 1876. Lions and Tigers and Polar Bears and Penguins OH MY!!!
  

Memorials

• Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery - Burial Site of Thomas Jackson (1824-1863)
• Hollywood Cemetery - Burial Site of James Monroe, (1831) John Tyler (1862) and Jefferson Davis. (1889)
• Old Blandford Church - Petersburg VA. Memoral for those who served in the Confederate army. Home of Tiffany windows.
• Arlington Cemetery - It was established in 1864 and is the home soldiers who have served their country.
• Stonewall Jacksons Shrine - The house were Thomas Jackson died.
  
• Gettysburg Cemetery - It was dedicated on November 19, 1863 in honor of those who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg.
  
• The National D-Day Memorial - located in Bedford, Virginia. Honors those who fought on June 6, 1944.
• Presidents Park - Big Heads of all the presidents from Washington to Bush.
• Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial, Washington Memorial, FDR Memorial, Iwo Jima Memorial, World War II Memorial
• Holocaust Museum - Washington DC - memorial for those who perished during WW II and are still facing racism today.