• Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
  Walk the old county 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. The Visitor Center is in the reconstructed courthouse building on VA 24, 2 miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Appomattox, Virgina.
  
  
• Arlington House - The Robert E. Lee Memorial
  Today, the house that Robert E. Lee lived in for 30 years and that is uniquely associated with the families of Washington, Custis and Lee is a memorial to Lee, who gained the respect of Northerners and Southerners through his service in the Civil War. Located in Virginia.
  
  
• Colonial National Historical Park
  Colonial NHP administers two of the most historically significant sites in English North America. Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607, is administer jointly with the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) which owns 22½ acres of Jamestown Island, and Yorktown Battlefield, the final major battle of the American Revolutionary War in 1781. Literally these two sites represent the beginning and end of English colonial America. The park lies within the coastal plain of Tidewater Virginia.
  
  
• George Washington Birthplace National Monument
  George Washington Birthplace is located in Westmoreland County on Virginia's "Northern Neck," the peninsula formed by the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers as they flow into the Chesapeake Bay. George Washington Birthplace National Monument evokes the spirit of the 18th century Virginia tobacco farm. The historic area buildings, groves of trees, livestock, gardens, rivers and creeks were the earliest scenes of Washington's childhood and the kind of surroundings in which he reached maturity.
  
  
• Green Springs National Historic Landmark District
  Located on 14,000 acres, Green Springs NHLD is located on the western piedmont of central Virginia. It is a natural basin caused by erosion of a volcanic intrusion resulting in particularly fertile soil, which has sustained grassland farming for over 270 years. On this land, man has built homes and dependencies which represent a continuum of rural Virginia vernacular architecture, respectful of location and scene, and preserved virtually unaltered in its original context.
  
  
• Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
  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 found and serve as president of a bank. The site includes her residence of thirty years. The house is restored to its 1930's appearance with original Walker family pieces. Located in Richmond, Virginia.
  
  
• Manassas National Battlefield Park
  The American Civil War's Battles of First and Second Manassas (also called Bull Run) were fought here July 21, 1861 and August 28-30, 1862. The 1861 battle was the first test of Northern and Southern military prowess. Here Confederate Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson acquired his nickname "Stonewall." Located at Prince William Co., and Fairfax Co., Virginia. 25 miles west of Washington D.C.
  
  
• Petersburg National Battlefield
  Petersburg, Virginia, became the setting for the longest siege in American history when General Ulysses S. Grant failed to capture Richmond in the spring of 1864. Grant settled in to subdue the Confederacy by surrounding Petersburg and cutting off General Robert E. Lee's supply lines into Petersburg and Richmond. On April 2, 1865, nine-and-one-half months after the siege began, Lee evacuated Petersburg.
  
  
• Prince William Forest Park
  Prince William Forest Park was established by an Act of Congress in August 1933 as the Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration area. The park, a unit of the National Park Service, preserves a piedmont forest covering a major portion of the Quantico Creek watershed. The park's relatively large size and the fact that it contains one of the few remaining piedmont forest ecosystems in the National Park System make it a significant natural resource. Located at Triangle, Virginia.
  
  
• Richmond National Battlefield Park
  Between 1861 and 1865, Union armies repeatedly set out to capture Richmond, capital of the Confederacy, and end the Civil War. Three of those campaigns came within a few miles of the city. The park commemorates eleven different sites associated with those campaigns including the battlefields at Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, and Cold Harbor. Established in 1936, the park protects 763 acres of historic ground, all federal. Located at Richmond, Virginia.
  
  
• Shenandoah National Park
  Shenandoah National Park lies astride a beautiful section of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which form the eastern rampart of the Appalachian Mountains between Pennsylvania and Georgia. The Shenandoah River flows through the valley to the west, with Massanutten Mountain, 40 miles long, standing between the river's north and south forks. The park is in Northwest Virginia, approximately 75 miles west of Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Wolf Trap Farm Park
  America's National Park for the Performing Arts! The Filene Center is Wolf Trap's largest venue. It is an open-air performing arts pavilion that can accommodate an audience of 7,028. This includes 3868 in-house seats (with an 88 seat orchestra pit) and 3160 seats on its sloping lawn. This facility and several others are situated in a setting of rolling hills and woods located on 130 acres of national park land. Located in Fairfax County, Virginia.
  
  

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