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  • Collection: Historical Sites

Old Stone Church

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An inexperienced Union army marched past here on the way to the Manassas battlefield. Many soldiers returned wounded on the way back and were treated in the church. The area then became a Confederate campgound during the winter of 1861-1862. Trails…

Sully Manor

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Sully was the home of Richard Bland Lee, uncle of Robert E. Lee, and northern Virginia's first representative to congress. He lived here with his wife, Elizabeth Collins Lee, from 1794-1811. During the Lee residency, the farm was supported by…

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall")

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Bronze sculpture by Joseph P. Pollia (1893–1954) is approx 13 foot tall on a 6 foot black granite base. Monument stands in the approximate position General Jackson was holding at First Manassas.

Dodona Manor

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George C Marshall International Center

Manassas Battlefields

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This image was taken August 2007 in the Manassas Battlefields, the tree and bench have since been removed.

Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant at Mount Vernon

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Restaurant located at Mount Vernon in Alexandria, VA

George Washington's Gristmill and Distillery

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To the right the viewer sees George Washington's Gristmill. This is the original location of the site, but the building itself is a 1923 reconstruction paid for by the Commonwealth of Virginia--commemorating Washington's 200th birthday.

In the…

Can't Beat the View from the Barn

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This image was taken from the inside of the reconstructed 16-sided treading barn at George Washington's Mount Vernon. The barn was designed and invented by Washington in 1791 to help process and thresh wheat.

This location is not the original…

Nike Missile Site

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near the former Lorton Prison