Historic
Towns Civil War Sites Museums Outdoor Experiences Wineries and Shopping
Historic Towns Manassas is just outside Washington, D.C. and is steeped in history and tradition. The city center has an
old town feel with a museum rich in Civil War and local Virginia history; Bristow was part of an 18th
century plantation; Dumfries the largest town in Prince
William County, founded in 1749; Gainesville was a changing point for
stagecoach horses; Haymarket is located on an abandoned
Indian hunting path; Nokesville and its farming community; Occoquan
a quaint town on the river; Quantico is surrounded by a US Marine
Corps base; Woodbridge is traditional and contemporary.
Civil War History the
Manassas National Battlefield Park holds artifacts from the battlefield and
exhibits pertaining to the First Battle of Manassas, including audio-visual
displays and a fiber-optic battle map presentation that describes troop
movements during the battle. A few miles away, Ben Lomond Historic Site is
a plantation turned Civil War hospital. View the graffiti from wounded
soldiers, the instruments doctors used and the only remaining public slave
quarters in northern Virginia.
City Tavern in Historic Downtown Manassas
American Heritage experience
life as a Marine at the National Museum of the Marine Corps on a 135-acre site
adjacent to Marine Corps Base in Quantico, featuring interactive exhibits and
artifacts. Tun Tavern is modeled after the Philadelphia Tavern where the Marine
Corps was founded in 1775. Visit Quantico National Cemetery and the Missing In
America Project that locates, identifies and inters the unclaimed cremated
remains of American veterans.
Outdoor Experiences paddle
down Neabsco Creek on a kayak tour featuring bald eagles, herons, and turtles
as you paddle through protected wildlife areas. Visit Leesylvania State Park on
the Potomac River, former home of the father of Robert E. Lee and hike on one
of the park’s five trails, including a two-mile trail that goes through the Lee
family cemetery, homestead and gardens.
Wineries and Shopping at Potomac Mills; Virginia’s largest
outlet mall features 220 shops. Travel to the foothills of the Bull Run
Mountains and for a taste of Virginia wine in an 18th century manor
house.
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