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Best Historical Places to visit around Northern Virginia
Posted by:
CCCC
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Date: June 16, 2012 11:47AM
Any suggestions on historical sites to take kids in Northern Virginia to over the summer??
Re: Best Historical Places to visit around Northern Virginia
Posted by:
Stay Classy
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Date: June 16, 2012 11:58AM
Rose Hill!!!
Re: Best Historical Places to visit around Northern Virginia
Posted by:
Mount Yermom
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Date: June 16, 2012 01:17PM
Mount Vernon. I'm pretty sure George Washington slept there once.
Re: Best Historical Places to visit around Northern Virginia
Posted by:
Joey
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Date: June 16, 2012 01:19PM
Mount Yermom Wrote:
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> Mount Vernon. I'm pretty sure George Washington
> slept there once.
That area is nothing but black,Hispanic, and poor white trash
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> Mount Vernon. I'm pretty sure George Washington
> slept there once.
That area is nothing but black,Hispanic, and poor white trash
Re: Best Historical Places to visit around Northern Virginia
Posted by:
gg6
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Date: June 16, 2012 08:49PM
Harpers Ferry. Beautiful. I think you can go tubing in the summer as well. One of my fave tourist spots and you feel like you are in the country away from thr concrete jungle!
Re: Best Historical Places to visit around Northern Virginia
Posted by:
newgatedenizen
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Date: June 16, 2012 09:39PM
Highly recommend Gunston Hall. Took the kids there in 2010 and it was a great time.
http://www.gunstonhall.org/
Harpers Ferry is a good idea also.
http://www.gunstonhall.org/
Harpers Ferry is a good idea also.
Re: Best Historical Places to visit around Northern Virginia
Posted by:
Fu
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Date: June 16, 2012 09:41PM
There is this placed call Washington DC with a few historic sites to see.
Might also try Mount Vernon Mansion, Sully Historic thingamabob, or I hear there is a place up in Great Falls/McLean kinda like Jamestown where the have actors living the lives of settlers in "settlements"
Also, try Arlington National Cementary, Iwo Jima, or even the Marine Corps Museum.
There is really a lot around here but when you see it everyday it's easy to forget about.
Might also try Mount Vernon Mansion, Sully Historic thingamabob, or I hear there is a place up in Great Falls/McLean kinda like Jamestown where the have actors living the lives of settlers in "settlements"
Also, try Arlington National Cementary, Iwo Jima, or even the Marine Corps Museum.
There is really a lot around here but when you see it everyday it's easy to forget about.
Re: Best Historical Places to visit around Northern Virginia
Posted by:
Bill.N.
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Date: June 17, 2012 06:24PM
Historic Homes:
Mount Vernon
Woodlawn Plantation
Gunston Hall
Arlington House (Lee-Custis House in Arlington Cemetary)
Claude Moore farm near the CIA
Carlyle House in Alexandria
Battlefields/Military Related:
Manassas Battlefield
Balls Bluff Battlefield near Leesburg (if you are in the area anyways)
Fort Ward civil war fort in Alexandria
Fort Washington (Ft. Washington MD=a slight cheat)
History Related Museums:
Smithsonian American History (another cheat)
Marine Corps Museum in Quantico
Washington Navy Yard Museum (yet another cheat)
History Sites that You Don't Think of as History:
Virginia's Great Falls Park-has ruins from ca. 1800 canal and town
W&OD bike path-located on 19th century railroad bed, plus there was a civil war action on it near Vienna.
Day Trip Sites Worth Doing:
Harpers Ferry WVA
Gettysburg
Ft. McHenry in Baltimore
St. Mary's settlement in St. Mary's MD (first settlement in MD)
Fredricksburg area battlefields
Monticello in Charlottesville
C&O Canal especially near Great Falls Maryland
There is a great deal more than that depending on areas of interest and children's ages.
Mount Vernon
Woodlawn Plantation
Gunston Hall
Arlington House (Lee-Custis House in Arlington Cemetary)
Claude Moore farm near the CIA
Carlyle House in Alexandria
Battlefields/Military Related:
Manassas Battlefield
Balls Bluff Battlefield near Leesburg (if you are in the area anyways)
Fort Ward civil war fort in Alexandria
Fort Washington (Ft. Washington MD=a slight cheat)
History Related Museums:
Smithsonian American History (another cheat)
Marine Corps Museum in Quantico
Washington Navy Yard Museum (yet another cheat)
History Sites that You Don't Think of as History:
Virginia's Great Falls Park-has ruins from ca. 1800 canal and town
W&OD bike path-located on 19th century railroad bed, plus there was a civil war action on it near Vienna.
Day Trip Sites Worth Doing:
Harpers Ferry WVA
Gettysburg
Ft. McHenry in Baltimore
St. Mary's settlement in St. Mary's MD (first settlement in MD)
Fredricksburg area battlefields
Monticello in Charlottesville
C&O Canal especially near Great Falls Maryland
There is a great deal more than that depending on areas of interest and children's ages.
Re: Best Historical Places to visit around Northern Virginia
Posted by:
Hay Zeus
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Date: June 18, 2012 12:38PM
the Aldie mill is neat, not enough for a whole day but thought it was interesting. Maybe work into a trip to Luray Caverns or Manassas Battlefields
http://www.nvrpa.org/park/aldie_mill_historic_park
http://www.nvrpa.org/park/aldie_mill_historic_park
Re: Best Historical Places to visit around Northern Virginia
Posted by:
The Sculler
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Date: June 18, 2012 01:01PM
The Crypts. : )
Re: Best Historical Places to visit around Northern Virginia
Posted by:
Roger Duling
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Date: June 18, 2012 01:30PM
I hear the Lamb Center is especially beautiful this time of year.