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- Arlington National Cemetery@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Travel_and_Transportation/Points_of_Interest
- Maryland State Archives@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Departments_and_Agencies/Maryland_State_Archives
- Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)@ - Sharpsburg
dir.yahoo.com/.../Battles_and_Campaigns/Battle_of_Antietam__Sharpsburg_
- Walkersville Southern Railroad
- Walkersville
Historical tourist railroad in north-central Maryland.
www.wsrr.org
- Valley of the Shadow Project
- Chambersburg
Looks at the Civil War from the perspective of two communities straddling the Mason Dixon Line: Staunton, Virginia, and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
valley.lib.virginia.edu
- March on Washington (1963)@
Find sites about the March on Washington, the political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. in 1963. history, articles, photographs, audio clips, and text of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Civil_Rights_Movement/March_on_Washington
- First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)@ - Manassas
dir.yahoo.com/.../Battles_and_Campaigns/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run__Manassas_
- Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)@ - Manassas
dir.yahoo.com/.../Battles_and_Campaigns/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run__Manassas_
- Battle of Chancellorsville@ - Fredericksburg
dir.yahoo.com/.../Battles_and_Campaigns/Battle_of_Chancellorsville
- John Brown's Raid@ - Harpers Ferry
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/John_Brown_s_Raid
- Office of Historic Alexandria@ - Alexandria
dir.yahoo.com/.../Community/History
- Washington Senators@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Former_Teams/Washington_Senators
- Duke Ellington's Washington
Profile of the African American community that flourished in Washington before the Harlem Renaissance. Includes noted black Washingtonians and a virtual tour of the Shaw/Uptown area.
www.pbs.org/ellingtonsdc
- Capital and the Bay
Features first-person narratives, early histories, historical biographies, and more from Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region in the years 1600-1925.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/lhcbhtml
- Crossing the River
Race, Geography, and the Federal Government in Anacostia, a historical examination of the town's evolution.
xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/ANACOSTIA/cover.html
- Surratt House Museum
- Clinton
Country home of Mary Surratt, first woman to be executed by the United States government after being found guilty of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
www.surratt.org
- City Beautiful: The 1901 Plan for Washington D.C
Analyzes the role of the City Beautiful movement and the Mall in Washington D.C., as both a reaction to urban conditions and attempt to construct new social ideas and roles.
xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/citybeautiful/plan.html
- President's Park (The White House)
Information provided by the National Park Service, which is responsible for administering the White House.
www.nps.gov/whho
- The Kennedy Farmhouse
- Sharpsburg
Home of John Brown in 1859 where he trained his men and planned his raid on Harpers Ferry. Includes a history of the farm, its designation as a National Historic Landmark, and information on tours.
www.johnbrown.org
- HistoryPoint
- Fredericksburg
Collection of historical resources available to researchers. Provided by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library.
www.historypoint.org
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