Big Hole National Battlefield
The Battle of the Big Hole was a surprise attack by the U.S army resulting in nearly 100 Nez Parce fatalities — 6 men were awarded the Medal of Honor...
James F. Lipscomb
James F. Lipscomb was born a free black on 4 December 1830 in Cumberland County. He served in the House of Delegates between 1869 and 1877, one of 87...
Jefferson School
The name Jefferson School has a long association with African American education in Charlottesville. It was first used in the 1860s in a Freedmen's...
Port Republic Road Historic District
This is Waynesboro’s oldest intact neighborhood. It coalesced as a community about 1870, just after the Civil War, when formerly enslaved individuals...
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
Hamilton Grange National Memorial, also known as The Grange or the Hamilton Grange Mansion, is a National Park Service site in St. Nicholas Park...
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Park
The museum is currently located at the site of a battle that occurred when a continental militia contested against a British landing in the Chesapeake...