American Heritage in Manassas and Prince William County Virginia

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 18^th 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 18^th century manor house.

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Richmond Manassas and Fredericksburg Virginia American History and Architecture Walking and Foodie Tours

The Virginia State Capitol designed by Thomas Jefferson and featuring a hidden dome and one of Virginia’s most treasured works of art, is the oldest continually-operating legislative assembly in the Western Hemisphere.

Walking Tours stroll along Monument Avenue, the only street in the United States to be named a National Historic Landmark, and take in the street’s seven larger-than-life statues and its impressive historic homes or follow the cobblestone streets of Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom. Foodie Tours in Richmond's distinct neighborhoods include stops in local restaurants and gourmet food shops.

St. John’s church is the oldest wooden church in the America and where Patrick Henry proclaimed give me liberty, or give me death. In the evening, experience the Virginia Repertory Theater, the Richmond Ballet, Virginia Opera or Richmond Symphony or just take in one of our four wineries, eleven breweries, Virginia’s first urban Cidery and Moonshine Distillery.

The Virginia War Memorial enjoy the panoramic view of Richmond along the James River. St. John’s church is the oldest wooden church in the America and where Patrick Henry proclaimed give me liberty, or give me death.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a permanent collection of more than 33,000 works of art spanning 5,000 years of world history. St. John’s church is the oldest wooden church in the America and where Patrick Henry proclaimed give me liberty, or give me death. The American Civil War Museum and White House of the Confederacy holds the most comprehensive collection of confederate artifacts and the home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family.

The Richmond Region is Home to Four Centuries long American History and Traditions

The Henricus Historical Park re-creates the second successful English settlement in the New World and home to the first English hospital in the New World, Pocahontas and her husband John Rolfe. Nearby:

Historic Manassas and Train Depot. Stroll over to the city center to enjoy concerts and ice cream socials in the summer, and ice skating in the winter. The Manassas Museum uncovers the area’s storied past through artifacts, photographs and special events and the Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Occoquan is a historic riverfront town settled in the middle of the 18^th century with specialty shops, antique stores, art galleries and restaurants.

Discover the History of the U.S. Marines in Quantico at the National Museum of the Marine Corps

A Trolley Tour of Fredericksburg will acquaint you with the 40-block National Historic District; step back in time with the wenches at the Rising Sun Tavern, the doctor’s apprentice at Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop and learn about Colonial medicine, surgery, lodging and food. Shop in Old Town Fredericksburg, where the brick sidewalks lead you to boutiques, antique shops, and specialty stores. The Arts abound at Liberty Town Arts Workshop, home to 50 local artists occupying and more than 20 art galleries throughout Old Town.

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