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Humpback Bridge

Covered bridges began to dot the Virginia landscape about two centuries ago. Spanning rivers and streams, their number grew to the hundreds. Eventually, they gave way to their vulnerabilities to flood and fire and to the technologies that replaced the wooden peg with the metal bolg and the broad timbers ...

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Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia

For nine months, from the spring of 1864 to March 25th, 1865, Petersburg, Virginia was under siege by the Army of the Potomac and the overall Union commander, General Ulysses S. Grant. The two great armies had fought a bloody campaign in the spring of 1864, and then settled into ...

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John Adams HBO Miniseries Introduction

The new seven-part HBO mini-series entitled, "John Adams," is such a delight in acting, sets, and an extreme attempt at authenticity that it is a landmark production. HOB has outdone itself with the film, based upon David McCullogh's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography about the first vice-president and second president of this ...

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Museum of Military Memorabilia

A treasure trove of military memorabilia is hidden away in a little corner of downtown Lexington, Virginia. The Museum of Military Memorabilia's entrance is through a brick courtyard from which the visitor is greeted by the sound of military music. Inside the museum, the visitor can find well-lit display cases ...

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Cemeteries of Shenandoah National Park

A look at a few of the cemeteries and grave sites that lie within the boundaries of Shenandoah National Park, in Virginia. Some of these sites are modern and still in use. Others date as far back as the Civil War. Others still fall within both categories.

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