Suggestions for rising 7th and 8th Grade Junior Historians:
Visit some of Virginia's most famous historical sites to learn more about our country's history!
Examples:
Colonial Times/American Revolution:
First Landing State Park (VA Beach, VA)
Ferry Farm/George Washington's Boyhood Home (Fredericksburg, VA)
Colonial Williamsburg and/or Jamestown (Williamsburg, VA)
Mount Vernon (Vernon, VA)
Monticello (Charlottesville, VA)
Yorktown (Yorktown, VA)
Civil War:
Bull Run Battlefield (Manassas, VA)
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park (Fredericksburg, VA)
Tredegar Ironworks/MANY other sites (Richmond, VA)
Appomattox Court House (Appomattox, VA)
Other:
Virginia War Memorial (Richmond, VA)
Maggie Walker National Historic Site (Richmond, VA)
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, VA)
Virginia War Museum (Newport News, VA)
Douglas MacArthur Memorial (Norfolk, VA)
Hampton Roads Naval Museum (Norfolk, VA)