Bristoe Station, Stonewall Jackson, Orange & Alexandria RR
One of the Union soldiers discovered the severed telegraph line, repaired it, and alerted the Union forces to stop the trains.
18th Century Virginia Musings
Category: Virginian Time Travels
Visiting Military through the Ages at Jamestown Settlement
Greeted by this M*A*S*H styled signage, we journeyed to many of the units the marker directed us to, except we ran out of time to see everything.
Virginia’s Telegraph Road Parallels the Victorian Internet
Stumbling on Telegraph Road reminded me of a homeschool book my kids and I read, about the ‘internet’ world of the Victorian Era.
Dr. Walter Reed Birthplace, Gloucester, and Mosquitoes
In 1896, Dr. Walter Reed discovered the cause of Yellow Fever among men stationed near the Potomac River. For that, a major military hospital was named for him.
WWII Potomac Flight Soaring over our Bristow House
Dubbed Potomac Flight, twelve WWII planes flew from the Culpeper Air Fest to Washington DC to honor disabled American veterans.
Lovers and Blue Ridge Views at Bears’ Den Overlook
From young to much older to in-between…lovers were smooching here and there…cozy-ing up to each other..while my son softly played the violin.
Middleburg, a Theme on Foxes, Horses, and Tally-Ho
Although foxes are the most prominent décor item throughout the town, their fame is a result of the many fox hunts and steeplechase races which rely on horses.
Sam Houston and Texas Revolution Sighting in Virginia
Church Hill at Timber Ridge, which was built long after Sam Houston and his family moved to Tennessee, was in the Civil War movie, Gods and Generals.
Visiting Marshall Plan, Colonial Williamsburg, and Lafayette
After the success of Europe’s recovery from WWII under the MarshalI, George Marshall was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953, the first for an Army general.
When the 1860 Lincoln Election Flag Flew over Occoquan
On the 4th of July, nearly 60 abolitionist Black Republicans erected a liberty pole at Rockledge Mansion, owned by a Quaker named Josepth T. Janney.
