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Eleanor’s Walk Trail (Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, NY)
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States and the first US delegate to the United Nations, lived part of her life at Val-Kill, a quiet, wooded estate in Hyde Park, New York, just east of her husband Franklin Delano … Continue reading
Top Cottage Trail (Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, NY)
Springwood, the Hudson River Valley home of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, is now preserved by the National Park Service in Hyde Park, New York. However, during his second term as president, Roosevelt also had built a separate cottage, intended as … Continue reading
Peninsula Campaign Driving Tour – Part 2
– Civil War Series – The 1862 Peninsula Campaign, intended by the Union to put a decisive end to the Civil War by capturing the Confederate capital of Richmond, began with a slow start. Gen. George McClellan, despite setting out … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Scenic Byways, Virginia
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Malvern Hill Trail (Richmond National Battlefield Park, VA)
– Civil War Series – Malvern Hill is one of the country’s best-preserved Civil War battlefields and marked the culmination of the Seven Days’ Battles, a series of engagements outside Richmond, Virginia in June-July 1862 that ended Union Gen. George … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Easy Hikes, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Uncategorized, Virginia
Tagged Battle of Malvern Hill, Carter's Farm Trail, Civil War, historic, loop hike, Malvern Cliffs, Malvern Hill, Malvern Hill Trail, Parsonage, Peninsula Campaign, Richmond, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Seven Days' Battles, Virginia, West House, Western Run
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Gaines’ Mill Trail (Richmond National Battlefield Park, VA)
– Civil War Series – Following General Robert E. Lee’s defeat the day prior at Beaver Dam Creek, the Confederate Army won a decisive but costly victory on June 27, 1862 in the Battle of Gaines’ Mill. Attempting to catch … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Easy Hikes, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia
Tagged Boatswain's Creek, Civil War, Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Mill Trail, historic, loop hike, Peninsula Campaign, Richmond, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Seven Days' Battles, Turkey Hill, Virginia, Watt House
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Beaver Dam Creek Trail (Richmond National Battlefield Park, VA)
– Civil War Series – The Battle of Beaver Dam Creek—also known as the Battle of Mechanicsville or Ellerson’s Mill—is widely remembered today for being General Robert E. Lee’s debut as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. With the … Continue reading
Drewry’s Bluff Trail (Richmond National Battlefield Park, VA)
– Civil War Series – As Union gunboats approached Richmond, the Confederate capital, on the morning of May 15, 1862, they were greeted with a hail of heavy artillery fire from what would come to be known as Drewry’s Bluff, … Continue reading
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, TX
There’s no doubt that the iconic Alamo, site of the famous battle in 1836, is the most famous mission in San Antonio, Texas. Although the oldest in the area, the Alamo was neither the largest nor the most populated of … Continue reading
Posted in Texas, Uncategorized
Tagged Alamo, historic, Mission Concepción, Mission Espada, Mission San José, Mission San Juan, San Antonio, San Antonio Missions, Texas
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Weir Farm National Historic Site, CT
Weir Farm National Historic Site is the only National Park Service unit in Connecticut and the only NPS site in the country dedicated to the visual arts. Weir Farm, the summer home of Julian Alden Weir, commemorates the life and … Continue reading
Posted in Connecticut
Tagged Connecticut, historic, Weir Farm, Weir Farm National Historic Site
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