Fort Point
San Francisco, California | Although its guns never fired a shot in anger, the "Fort at Fort Point" as it was originally named, has witnessed the...
Lincoln Boyhood Home National Memorial
Clay, Indiana | This National Park Service site memorializes the boyhood home of Abraham Lincoln, where he lived from ages seven to twenty-one.
Camp White Sulphur Springs Confederate Cemetery
Pine Bluff, Arkansas | During the Civil War, the area served as both a staging and training facility for the Confederate army and a Confederate...
North Anna Battlefield Park
Doswell, Virginia | Here at the Ox Ford portion of the North Anna battlefield, Confederates turned back the Union attacks of May 24-25, 1864.
Lincoln Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery
Springfield, Illinois | The 117-foot-tall tomb is constructed of granite and is the final resting place of President Abraham Lincoln, his wife, Mary...
Booker T. Washington Birthplace
Booker T. Washington was born a slave on the nearby Burroughs plantation on April 5, 1856. He was graduated from Hampton Institute in 1875 where he...