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Historic Sites in Virginia
Explore 10 historic places in Virginia, from museums and landmarks to destinations connected with defining events and eras in American history.
Historic Destinations in Virginia
American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Yorktown, VA
A museum and living-history site in Yorktown exploring the American Revolution through artifacts, immersive galleries, films, a Continental Army camp, and an 18th-century farm.
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Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Appomattox, VA
A preserved Virginia village where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865.
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Cape Henry Memorial
Virginia Beach, VA
A National Park Service memorial in Virginia Beach marking the English colonists' 1607 first landing and interpreting the 1781 Battle of the Capes.
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Historic Yorktown
Yorktown, VA
A preserved Virginia port town where colonial commerce, the 1781 American victory at Yorktown, and later Civil War history remain visible along historic streets and the York River.
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Petersburg National Battlefield
Petersburg, VA
A far-reaching Civil War landscape preserving the battlefields, trenches, and decisive campaign that forced the fall of Petersburg and Richmond.
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Richmond National Battlefield Park
Richmond, VA
A network of preserved battlefields, fortifications, and historic sites revealing the campaigns fought for the Confederate capital.
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Sailor’s Creek Battlefield State Park
Rice, VA
A preserved Appomattox Campaign battlefield where a devastating Confederate defeat hastened the Army of Northern Virginia's surrender.
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The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar
Richmond, VA
A major Civil War museum on the former Tredegar Iron Works campus, combining powerful artifacts with the industrial history of wartime Richmond.
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White House of the Confederacy
Richmond, VA
The restored Richmond mansion that served as Jefferson Davis's executive residence and later witnessed Union occupation and Abraham Lincoln's visit.
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Yorktown Battlefield
Yorktown, VA
The preserved Virginia battlefield where American and French forces besieged British troops in 1781, leading to Cornwallis's surrender and the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
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