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Merchant's Hope Church
Landmarks – Prince George, Virginia
The oldest (1657) Episcopalian church still utilized for worship in the US. Designated as a state and national historical landmark. One of the great Treasures is the Great Bible, rebound and not totally complete, was printed ... More on Virginia.org
Richmond Defences Battery 16 of the Inner Line
Landmarks – Richmond, Virginia
Inscription. On this spot stood Battery 16 of the Inner Line of the Richmond Defences, constructed in 1862-64. This Battery, which was never assailed by the Federals, was one seventeen placed between the Confederate capital and the ... More on HMDB
Clara Barton
Landmarks – Fredericksburg, Virginia
Inscription. 1862 1962, In Memory of Clara Barton Founder of the American Red Cross. A devoted nurse and tireless organizer who knew no enemy but the unfeeling heart. We walk the ways she took in e... More on HMDB
Forbes Road Edmund's Swamp
Landmarks – Stoystown, Pennsylvania
Inscription. Named for Edmund Cartlidge, Indian trader. A camp located here, on the Raystown Path, provided good grass for the horses of General Forbes' army in 1758. The site of the redoubt is marked two and a half miles north of ... More on HMDB
North Richmond YMCA Community Center
Parks – Richmond, Virginia
about North Richmond YMCA Community Center: More on GoCityKids
Chaplain Thomas M. Bulla
Landmarks – Emporia, Virginia
Inscription. Thomas McNeill Bulla was born in North Carolina on 4 Jan. 1881. Ordained a Presbyterian minister, he was called here to the First Presbyterian Church of Emporia in 1911. In April 1917, he became chaplain of the 116th ... More on HMDB
Seven Days' Battles Jackson's March to the Battefields
Landmarks – Mechanicsville, Virginia
Inscription. Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and his troops passed through this intersection on 27 June 1862, having arrived from the Shenandoah Valley. Jackson's troops united with Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces just ... More on HMDB
City Points Rails And Waterways Tools of War for General Grant
Landmarks – Hopewell, Virginia
Inscription. City Point. tells more about how war is conducted than many battlefields. It demonstrates how Union forces used rivers and railroads to deliver the tools of war directly to the troops in the field. – Robert Black, ... More on HMDB
Dairy Queen
Ice Cream – Fredericksburg, Virginia
For two star dining in Fredericksburg, try Dairy Queen. This very affordable establishment is one of the popular restaurants ... More on Open List
“A Stupendous Failure”
Sightseeing – Petersburg, Virginia
Inscription. “It is agreed that the thing was a perfect success, except that it did not succeed.”, Major Charles F. Adams, Jr. USA, The explosion cleared the Union path to Petersburg. But instead of pushing through, the ... More on HMDB
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