Monticello
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America’s history.
turned to carving out a future for an independent United no less than 72 times. No wonder that 600,000 soldiers and
States of America. civilians were killed as the battles raged on, and on.
Nearby, his friend and colleague James Monroe had his So there you have it. Capital Region in all it’s glory. And
offi cial residence at Ash Lawn-Highland, which is much that’s just scratched the surface.
less grandiose, but nonetheless impressive. Less than an
hour north of Charlottesville is Montpelier, home of third Lindsay Sutton is a journalist and writer who has a
US president James Madison, called the Father of the US special interest in America, and who has visited this area
There is so much history to see and explore, it would be hard to take it all in. At the end of the day stay at
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and the traditional houses Dover Cumberland Area (LaVale) Danville Suffolk
walks of wonderment.
Dover North Area (Smyrna) Denton
Emporia
Virginia Beach
alongside the spoke roadways are a Rehoboth Beach Area (Dewey Beach) Edgewood Exmore
Virginia Beach (Norfolk Area)
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Wilmington Frederick Fredericksburg (2)
positive delight. You can go round some of
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Grasonville
Gordonsville
Warsaw
author Edgar Allen Poe is buried in Baltimore. Harrisonburg
Washington Airport Area
them, including that of William Paca, one of
Washington
Hagerstown
Hillsville
(Sterling, VA), DC
Luray Mysteriously, on each anniversary of his death, a Washington
La Plata
Hopewell Waynesboro
the Founding Fathers, alongside Jefferson.
Caverns
Washington Area (Alexandria, VA) (2)
North East
red rose and a bottle of spirits appear on his grave!
Leesburg (Dulles Airport Area)
Washington Area (Arlington, VA)
Ocean City Winchester
Lexington (2)
Washington Area (Fairfax City, VA)
Salisbury Wise
Still on the history ‘kick,’ the Civil War
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Trails of the Capital Region take you from
Washington Area (Lanham, MD)
Westminster
incinerator building is now a swish hotel, the Ritz-
Manassas (2)
Washington Area (McLean, VA)
WEST VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA
Marion
Washington Area (Rockville, MD)
Barboursville
Ford’s Theater in Washington, where Lincoln Carlton Georgetown. You can dine in the base of the
Aquia Harbour
Washington Area (Springfield, VA)
Martinsville
Beckley
Arlington
Washington Area (Woodbridge, VA)
Newport News
was shot, to the battlefi elds of Frederick and Antietam,
preserved chimney stack.
Charlottesville
Berkeley Springs
Norfolk
MARYLAND Charlottesville Area (Ruckersville) Radford
Chapmanville
Maryland, to Virginia’s capital of Richmond, which was also ● FREE-DOM: Many Washington, DC monuments and museums Annapolis Chincoteague Island Richmond (2)
Glenville
Baltimore Clarksville Richmond Area (Doswell)
Morgantown
the Capital of the Confederacy. To the west in Virginia’s
are free of charge. Free music and street festivals across the
Baltimore Area (Elkridge) Covington Roanoke Summersville
Shenandoah Valley, the town of Winchester changed hands
Capital Region add to the fun.
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