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Ben Lomond Historic Site & Old Rose Garden

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Manassas, VA

Built in 1832 and a prime example of Federal style architecture, this house sits within two miles of the site of the First and Second Battles of Manassas. The walls bear authentic signatures of Union soldiers. The Confederate Army used it as a hospital following the First Battle of Manassas. Inspired by a French garden, this 5,200 sq. […]

Beatty Cramer House

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Frederick, MA

This c.1732 Frederick County, Maryland site features an unusual timber-frame and brick building with an interesting variety of early architectural construction techniques and details, an 18th century spring house, and a smokehouse.

Battle of Kettle Run

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Hiking

Nokesville, VA

As Stonewall Jackson’s troops occupied and looted the railroad junction at Manassas Aug 27, 1862, Federal forces approached his rear guard at Kettle Run. The Confederates there managed to delay the Union force before withdrawing to the junction and then to the old Manassas battlefield. Visible 24-hours a day.

Barboursville Winery

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Restaurants, Wineries, Breweries & Distilleries

Bed & Breakfast

Barboursville, VA

The wines of Barboursville Vineyards are consistently honored in competitions and demanded by wine stewards. The Inn is the only place on earth where the house within sight of your bedroom is a historic landmark designed by Thomas Jefferson. Palladio Restaurant is respected by food enthusiasts of every generation and critical perspective, extending to the […]

Barboursville Ruins

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Wineries, Breweries & Distilleries

Barboursville, VA

Barboursville Ruins is the only building in Orange County known to have been designed by Thomas Jefferson. It was constructed between 1814 and 1822 for Jefferson’s friend James Barbour, Governor of Virginia (1812-1814).

Barbara Fritchie House

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Frederick, MA

The museum is the reconstructed house of Barbara Fritchie, heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem from the Civil War. “Shoot if you must, this old gray head, but spare your country’s flag,” she said while leaning out an upstairs window.

Ball’s Bluff Regional Park and National Cemetery

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Leesburg, VA

Confederate and Union troops met in battle at Ball Bluff in 1861. A Union raiding party crossed the Potomac at Ball Bluff with the mission of raiding a Confederate camp that was actually a row of trees that had been mistaken for tents.

James Monroe’s Highland

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Scenic Drives and Trails

Charlottesville, VA

James Monroe’s Highland is a historic house museum at the homestead of James Monroe, fifth president of the United States. At the suggestion of his friend and mentor Thomas Jefferson, Monroe purchased the land nearby Jefferson Monticello for his plantation, which he named Highland, in 1793.

Antietam National Battlefield

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Hiking, Scenic Drives and Trails

Sharpsburg, MD

Antietam was the Bloodiest One Day Battle in American History. 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s first invasion into the North and led to Abraham Lincoln’s issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

Albemarle County Courthouse

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Charlottesville, VA

The courthouse was first established in 1762, on land donated by Dr. Thomas Walker. The grounds of the courthouse once held a whipping post, pillory and stocks, as was typical of the time.

Afro-American Historical Association

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The Plains, VA

AAHA is an organization designed for the purpose of teaching a complete and accurate history of the United States by including the influences of African Americans, Native Americans of both North and South America, and European Americans. Museum exhibits hold valuable photographs and artifacts, important to Fauquier County’s local history, as well as our Nation’s […]

1859 Orange Courthouse

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Orange, VA

A radical departure from the traditional Classical style Virginia courthouse, this building illustrates the public acceptance of exotic taste in late antebellum times.