Constructed in 1738, Stratford was the boyhood home of Declaration of Independence signers Richard Henry and Francis Lightfoot Lee, and it was the birthplace of Robert E. Lee.
The Museum of the Confederacy ...
View our strategic plan. Need help viewing the plan Download acrobat. Thanks for visiting! Comments or problems to Ranger Mike Andrus. Embattled Capital 1861-65 Located on the James River, only 110 miles from the Federal capital of Washington, Richmond was a symbol and prime psychological target throughout the Civil War. If the city were captured, southerners might lose their will to resist -- ...
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The Virginia Holocaust Museum was founded as a museum dedicated primarily to educating young people ...
LANCASTER LORE Tidbits of History Among the favorite events in Lancaster County of a hundred or so years ago were the annual Wharton Grove revival meetings. Begun in 1893 and continuing until 1927, they attracted people to the Weems area from all over the Chesapeake. Some came for religious purposes, others for social ones. The founder's son, James Wharton, wrote years after Wharton Grove's ...
