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- Arlington National Cemetery@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Travel_and_Transportation/Points_of_Interest
- Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)@ - Sharpsburg
dir.yahoo.com/.../Battles_and_Campaigns/Battle_of_Antietam__Sharpsburg_
- Battle of Chancellorsville@ - Fredericksburg
dir.yahoo.com/.../Battles_and_Campaigns/Battle_of_Chancellorsville
- Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse@ - Spotsylvania County
dir.yahoo.com/.../Battles_and_Campaigns/Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Courthouse
- 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
- 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
- Confederate Soldiers Buried in Our Soldiers Cemetery
- Mount Jackson
Lists Confederate soldiers buried in Our Soldiers Cemetery.
www.nkclifton.com/indexolds.html
- 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
- 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
- Fairlington Historic District
- Arlington
Constructed in the Colonial Revival style between 1941 and 1944.
www.fairlington.org
- First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)@ - Manassas
dir.yahoo.com/.../Battles_and_Campaigns/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run__Manassas_
- First Battle of Fredericksburg@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Battles_and_Campaigns/First_Battle_of_Fredericksburg
- Hains Point
History of this landmark as told by Mrs. Peter C. Hains III.
www.msears.com/bunny
- Harpers Ferry Historical Association
- Harpers Ferry
Preserves the history of Harpers Ferry and supports the interpretive programs of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
www.harpersferryhistory.org
- Historic Medical Sites in the Washington, DC Area
Tour of important medical landmarks, including medical schools, hospitals, libraries, museums, memorials, and Civil War sites.
www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medtour/medtour.html
- Historical Archaeology in Harpers Ferry and Loudoun Valley
- Harpers Ferry
Chris Fennell's archaeological and historical research concerning 18th and 19th century sites in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and nearby Loudoun Valley, Virginia.
www.histarch.uiuc.edu/harper/anth383.html
- HistoryPoint
- Fredericksburg
Collection of historical resources available to researchers. Provided by the Central Rappahannock Regional Library.
www.historypoint.org
- Holt House
Early 19th Century federally protected mansion located at the National Zoo.
innercity.org/holt
- John Brown's Raid@ - Harpers Ferry
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/John_Brown_s_Raid
- 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
- Maryland State Archives@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Departments_and_Agencies/Maryland_State_Archives
- Office of Historic Alexandria@ - Alexandria
dir.yahoo.com/.../Community/History
- Portraiture in the United States Capitol
Graphics files of all the portraits hanging in the Capitol.
xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PORTRAITS/portraits.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
- Road to Washington - British Army Style
Events leading up to the attack on Washington, D.C. and the writing of the Star Spangled Banner.
www.tc-solutions.com/croom/1812.html
- Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)@ - Manassas
dir.yahoo.com/.../Battles_and_Campaigns/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run__Manassas_
- 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
- 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
- Tudor Place
Historic house museum and garden.
www.tudorplace.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
- Walkersville Southern Railroad
- Walkersville
Historical tourist railroad in north-central Maryland.
www.wsrr.org
- Washington Senators@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Former_Teams/Washington_Senators
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