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Old Stone Church
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
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…
The Big Ugly
This building was built in downtown Historic Fredericksburg. Locals refer to it as "The Big Ugly"
The Daguerre Monument, Washington, DC
The French artist Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (1787-1851) became interested in the 1820s in trying to capture images photographically. In August 1839 his “Daguerreotype” technique–fixing an image on a light-sensitive, polished silver plate–was…
The First Public Telegraph office, Washington, DC
Samuel F.B. Morse Artist and inventor opened and operated on this site under the direction of the Post Office Department. The First Public Telegraph Office.
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The view over the river into Washington, DC during the storm.
Never in the 26 years of my life had I ever seen a sight like this one during the storm of June 29, 2012.