Travel

Published: 8/7/24

Schooling Kids in Wartime History

By: David Duncan

Category: Preservation

WHEN ERIN GILBERT and her colleagues at White Oaks Elementary School in Fairfax County, Virginia, planned their next year’s syllabus, they were excited that a beloved sixth grade field trip...

Published: 8/7/24

Three Days in Richmond

By: The Civil War Monitor

Category: Sites to See

Richmond, Virginia NAMED AFTER: LOCALITY IN ENGLAND ALONG THE THAMES RIVER INCORPORATED: 1742 ELEVATION: 213 FEET POPULATION: 229,395 (2022)

Published: 6/14/24

Fighting Again for Virginia’s Historic Resources

By: David Duncan

Category: Preservation

It’s a narrative unfortunately all too familiar in Virginia: a data center development project set to destroy a portion of historic landscape. On December 13, 2023, the county board of...

Published: 5/20/24

Three Days in Gettysburg

By: The Civil War Monitor

Category: Sites to See

Of the many Civil War sites located across the country, one consistently stands out as most popular: Gettysburg. The site of the epic three-day battle between Union and Confederate forces...