Mobile National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau contains information on attractions and accommodations in the Mobile Bay area, including the area’s Civil War-era sites.

Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Battle of Mobile Bay is the subject of an online lesson plan, Fort Morgan and the Battle of Mobile Bay.  The lesson plan is produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on registered historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places home page.

The Battle of Mobile Bay Civil War Trail lets visitors travel to sites throughout the bay connected to the famous naval engagement. Interpretive signage along the trail recounts the stories of the sailors and soldiers that participated in the battle.

The Museum of Mobile, housed in the National Historic Landmark Southern Market/Old City Hall, interprets the history of the Mobile area and its diverse population.

Fayetteville National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Fayetteville Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information. For more information on the Battle of Pea Ridge or the Battle of Prairie Grove, see the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program's website.

The Battle of Pea Ridge National Military Park, a unit of the National Park Service, approximately 35 miles north of Fayetteville in Garfield, Arkansas, features self-guided tours, miles of hiking trails, a visitors center and a museum.

The Battle of Prairie Grove is the subject of an online lesson plan, The Battle of Prairie Grove: Civilian Recollections of the Civil War.  The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson, plans on registered historic places.  To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places home page.

The Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park, approximately 15 miles southwest of Fayetteville in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, features hiking trails, driving tours, and the Battlefield Museum.

The Trail of Tears, a National Historic Trail, passes through Fayetteville. The Trail of Tears is the subject of an online lesson plan, Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation. The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on registered historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places home page.

Fort Smith National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Fort Smith Visitors and Convention Bureau provides additional visitor information.

At the Fort Smith National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, visit the sites of the first and second Fort Smith, as well as walk along the Trail of Tears.  Stop into the visitor center, located in the historic courthouse, which features the restored courtroom of Judge Isaac Parker.

The Trail of Tears, a National Historic Trail, passes through Fort Smith.

The Trail of Tears is the subject of an online lesson plan, Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation. The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on registered historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places home page.

Little Rock National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Little Rock Visitors and Convention Bureau  provides additional visitor information.

For information on visiting the Arkansas State Capitol, please see the Secretary of State's website.

For more information on the Civil War battle of Bayou Fourche, see the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program's website.

The Historic Arkansas Museum, in downtown Little Rock, features five restored antebellum homes, offers guided tours, and exhibits collections of historical and decorative artifacts.

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, the site where nine African American teenagers stood up to an angry crowd protesting integration of the school on September 23, 1957, in the first important test of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision. The school is featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary We Shall Overcome Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement.

The MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, located in the Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, is named for General of the Army and Little Rock-native Douglas MacArthur, and features a variety of military artifacts, photographs, and archives.

The Old State House Museum, located in the oldest surviving state capitol building west of the Mississippi River, features exhibits on various topics in the state's history.

The Trail of Tears, a National Historic Trail, passes through Little Rock. The Trail of Tears is the subject of an online lesson plan, Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation. The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on registered historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places home page.

William J. Clinton Presidential Center, opened in 2004, is the home of the William J. Clinton Library and Museum, the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, and the Little Rock offices of the Clinton Foundation. It is also the home of the largest presidential archive in the country.

Los Angeles National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau website contains information on attractions and accommodations in the metropolitan area.

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Los Angeles National Cemetery, as a part of the Pacific Branch is featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

Route 66 is featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Route 66. The development of California's coastal towns is featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Early History of the California Coast.

The majority of the Santa Monica Mountains, extending from the Hollywood Hills east to Ventura County, is located within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, and consist of a variety of Federal, state, and local park sites. The National Park Service manages 10 park sites in the area as well as a visitor center in Thousand Oaks, California.

San Francisco National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The website of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau contains information on accommodations and attractions for visitors to the San Francisco area.

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The San Francisco National Cemetery is located on the grounds of the Presidio of San Francisco. The Presidio is a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, a unit of the National Park Service that includes seashores, monuments, memorials, and historic parks in the San Francisco Bay area. The recreation area consists of more than 74,000 acres and stretches from northern San Mateo County to southern Marin County.  Other notable attractions within the recreation area include Alcatraz Island, the Muir Woods National Monument, and the Milagra Ridge. 

The Presidio of San Francisco, recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1962, is also included in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area, which highlights many sites to see in the area.

Fort Lyon National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Bent County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Fort Lyon is included in a National Park Service National Register of Historic Places African American History Month feature. Several companies of Buffalo Soldiers, African American troops serving in the American West in the late 1800s, were quartered at the fort.

Roughly 15 miles west of Las Animas, the National Park Service's Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site interprets the importance of trade and commerce and American expansion in the early 19th century.  The site features a reconstructed 1840s adobe fur trading post with historians recreating the sights, sounds, and smells of the past with guided tours and demonstrations.

Before railroads came to the American West, the Santa Fe Trail served as both a commercial and military route and connected Missouri with what is now New Mexico. Today the Santa Fe National Historic Trail commemorates this route.  The National Park Service administers the trail in partnership with Federal, state, and local agencies, nonprofit organizations and private landowners.

The Comanche National Grasslands is a 440,000-acre expanse rich with wildlife and diverse landscapes. Managed by the USDA Forest Service, the grasslands provide public access to remote backcountry containing geological, historical and cultural sites.

Battleground National Cemetery is a part of the National Park Service's Civil War Defenses of Washington, which consists of sites in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, and includes 16 forts and two batteries.
The District of Columbia is home to more than three dozen National Park Service units, including the Lincoln Memorial, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, and the Washington Monument.  

Washington, DC is the subject of eight online lesson plans: Brown v. Board: Five Communities That Changed America, The Building of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Decatur House: A Home of the Rich and Powerful, Lafayette Park: First Amendment Rights on the President's Doorstep, The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House: African American Women Unite for Change, President Lincoln's Cottage: A Retreat, The Washington Monument: Tribute in Stone, Woodrow Wilson: Prophet of Peace. The lesson plans were produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on registered historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places home page.   

The superintendent’s lodge at Battleground National Cemetery was documented by the National Park Service’s Historic American Buildings Survey.

Fourteen museums of the Smithsonian Institution are located in the Washington area, including the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of American History, and the National Museum of Natural History.

Congressional Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserve and maintain the history and heritage of Congressional Cemetery.

The District of Columbia is home to more than three dozen National Park Service units, including the Lincoln Memorial, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, and the Washington Monument.  

Numerous historic places are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Washington, DC.

Washington, DC is the subject of eight online lesson plans: Brown v. Board: Five Communities That Changed America, The Building of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Decatur House: A Home of the Rich and Powerful, Lafayette Park: First Amendment Rights on the President's Doorstep, The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House: African American Women Unite for Change, President Lincoln's Cottage: A Retreat, The Washington Monument: Tribute in Stone, Woodrow Wilson: Prophet of Peace. The lesson plans were produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on registered historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places home page.     

Congressional Cemetery was documented using the standards established by the National Park Service’s Historic American Landscapes Survey, and the Latrobe Cenotaphs were documented by the National Park Service’s Historic American Buildings Survey. 

Fourteen museums of the Smithsonian Institution are located in the Washington area, including the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of American History, and the National Museum of Natural History.

Visitors to Soldiers’ Home National Cemetery, located on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, may also be interested in President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home.  The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently finished a $15 million dollar restoration of the cottage, which served as Lincoln's home for a part of his presidency and is the most significant site directly associated with Lincoln's presidency, aside from the White House.

The District of Columbia is home to more than three dozen National Park Service units, including the Lincoln Memorial, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument.  

Numerous historic places to see are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Washington, DC.

Washington, DC is the subject of eight online lesson plans: Brown v. Board: Five Communities That Changed America, The Building of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Decatur House: A Home of the Rich and Powerful, Lafayette Park: First Amendment Rights on the President's Doorstep, The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House: African American Women Unite for Change, President Lincoln's Cottage: A Retreat, The Washington Monument: Tribute in Stone, Woodrow Wilson: Prophet of Peace. The lesson plans were produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on registered historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places home page.     

Fourteen museums of the Smithsonian Institution are located in the Washington area, including the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of American History, and the National Museum of Natural History.

Barrancas National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.
 
The Pensacola Bay Area Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The conflicts in and around Pensacola Bay are the subject of an online lesson plan, Fort Pickens and the Outbreak of the Civil War.  The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places.  To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places home page.

The Gulf Islands National Seashore contains the sites of Fort Barrancas, Fort McRee, and Fort Pickens.

The National Naval Aviation Museum, an official museum of the Department of the Navy, features over 150 restored aircraft on display and more than 4,000 artifacts relating to naval history. The museum is also home to the Emil Buehler Naval Aviation Library, which houses the personal and official records of prominent naval aviators, squadron records and a collection of over 350,000 images. It is recognized as one of the world's premiere air and space museums, and is one of the most visited museums in Florida.

The Pensacola Scenic Bluffs Highway, a National Scenic Byway, passes through the area.

For more information on the Civil War battle at Santa Rosa Island, see the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program's website.

St. Augustine National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The St. Augustine Visitors' Guide provides additional visitor information.   

The St. John's County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

A number of historic places to see in St. Augustine and elsewhere in Florida are included in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Along the Georgia Florida Coast.

The A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway, a national scenic byway, passes through St. Augustine. 
Visitors to St. Augustine National Cemetery may also be interested in the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, a Spanish fort built in 1672 that is a unit of the National Park Service located less than one mile north of the cemetery.  

Fort Matanzas National Monument, an 18th-century Spanish fort that is a unit of the National Park Service is located about 15 miles south of St. Augustine. 

Andersonville National Cemetery is part of the Andersonville National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service dedicated to preserving and interpreting the Confederate prison site while also educating visitors about the experiences and hardships of prisoners of war. The historic site’s visitors center is located in the National Prisoner of War Museum.  Through exhibits and other interpretive tools, the museum tells the story of not only Civil War era prisons and POWs, but also the sacrifices of American prisoners in World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. A brief history of the Andersonville prison and the cemetery is available on the national historic site’s History & Culture website.

The Americus Sumter County Tourism Council based in Americus, Georgia, has information on lodging, dining and other attractions south of the park.

Macon County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Confederate stockade at Andersonville is the subject of an online lesson plan, Andersonville: Prisoner of War Camp.  The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Plains, Georgia, roughly 20 miles southwest of Andersonville, is home to the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service.  The National Park Service site provides visitors the opportunity to see Carter’s hometown and how Plains’ historic resources and rural southern culture influenced the future president. The site includes Plains High School, the town’s historic train depot and Carter’s boyhood farm. The national historic site is included in a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary American Presidents.

Marietta National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Marietta Welcome Center and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The Cobb Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, a unit of the National Park Service located three miles west of the Marietta National Cemetery, preserves historic earthworks, cannon emplacements, and monuments that witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the Atlanta Campaign.

The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area contains 16 park units, over 50 miles of hiking trails and a wide variety of other outdoor recreational opportunities. It is located approximately seven miles east of Marietta.

The Marietta Confederate Cemetery was established in 1863 and contains the remains of more than 3,000 Confederate soldiers.

Alton National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Alton Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The River Bend Growth Association provides additional visitor information.

Two national scenic trails, The Great River Road and the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route, pass through Alton.    

Camp Butler National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

Lincoln Home National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, and the house where Abraham Lincoln and his family lived from 1844 until 1861 when they moved to the White House, is located in downtown Springfield.

Lincoln Home National Historic Site is featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Places American Presidents.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum features exhibitions and historical archives relating to Illinois state history and information about the life of President Lincoln.

The Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area preserves, interprets, and promotes the heritage and culture of central Illinois.

Historic Route 66, a National Scenic Byway, passes through Springfield.

Visit the Illinois State Capitol Building website for more information.

The Illinois State Museum, located within the state capitol building complex features exhibits highlighting Illinois' natural, cultural, and artistic heritage.

Lincoln's Tomb, located at the Oakdale Cemetery in Springfield, is the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife and three of their four sons.

The Old State Capitol served as the seat of the Illinois government from 1839 to 1876 and is located in downtown Springfield.

U.S. Army Aircraft P-51D-25NA 44-73287, housed at the Air Combat Museum at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, is a part of the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Aviation.

Confederate Mound at Oak Woods Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau provides additional visitor information.

Visitors to Confederate Mound may also be interested in the surrounding historic Oak Woods Cemetery.

Numerous historic places to see are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Chicago.

Route 66 visitors can learn more about the historic roadway that runs through Chicago in a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary.

Historic Route 66, a national scenic byway, passes through Chicago.

The city is the site of two Teaching with Historic Places lesson plans, Chicago’s Black Metropolis and Chicago’s Columbus Park. 

Danville National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Vermillion Advantage provides additional visitor information.

The Danville Area Convention and Visitors' Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are the subject of a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The itinerary features the 11 homes built after the Civil War, including the Danville Branch.

Numerous buildings on the grounds of the former National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers were documented using the standards established by the National Park Service’s Historic American Buildings Survey.

Mound City National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Mound City National Cemetery is a featured site of the Ohio River Scenic Byway, a National Scenic Byway.

The Mound City National Cemetery Preservation Commission is a local non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the cemetery.

The Trail of Tears, a National Historic Trail, passes through Mound City. A National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places lesson plan, Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation, focuses on the history of the trail and its impact on the Cherokee tribe.

North Alton Confederate Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The River Bend Growth Association provides additional visitor information.

The Alton Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

Two national scenic trails, The Great River Road and the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route, pass through Alton.   

Quincy National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Quincy Area Convention and Visitors Bureau offers additional visitor information.

The Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce offers additional visitor information.

The Great River Road, a national scenic trail, passes through Quincy.

The Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design in Quincy is dedicated to the design history of the Upper Mississippi Valley. The museum offers tours of historic Woodland Cemetery, the former home of the Quincy soldiers' lot.

The Illinois' Veterans Home in Quincy was founded in 1886 to provide longterm care to the state's veterans. Today, it is also the home of the All Wars Museum, which features artifacts and equipment from America's military engagements.

Rock Island Confederate Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The Quad City Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Great River Road, a National Scenic Byway, passes through Rock Island.

For more information on the history of Rock Island Arsenal and to take an online virtual historical tour, please see the Army's website.

The Rock Island Arsenal Museum, the second oldest U.S. Army museum in the country, features exhibits on the history of the Rock Island Arsenal and offers tours.

Rock Island National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The Quad City Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Great River Road, a National Scenic Byway, passes through Rock Island.

For more information on the history of the Rock Island Arsenal and to take a virtual historical tour, please see the Army's website.

The Rock Island Arsenal Museum, the second oldest Army museum in the country, features a significant small arms collection, including serial number 1 of the Model 1903 rifle and serial number 2 of the M1 Garand rifle, as well as various exhibits on the history of the Rock Island Arsenal.

Crown Hill Confederate Plot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association offers additional visitor information.

The Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce offers additional visitor information.

The Indiana War Memorial Plaza Historic District in downtown Indianapolis features the Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum, the Indiana War Memorial Museum, the Civil War Soldiers' Monument, the Indiana World War Memorial, the Veterans Memorial Plaza, the USS Indianapolis Memorial, and the American Legion Mall.

The surrounding Crown Hill Cemetery is a featured stop in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Indianapolis, as are other historic places to visit in the city. 

The gateway, office building, and chapel and vault of Crown Hill Cemetery were documented using the standards established by the National Park Service’s Historic American Buildings Survey. For more information on Crown Hill Cemetery and its history, please see the cemetery website.

Visitors to Crown Hill Confederate Plot may also be interested in the Madam Walker Building in downtown Indianapolis, the subject of a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plan entitled, Two American Entrepreneurs: Madam C. J. Walker and J. C. Penney.  

The Historic National Road, a National Scenic Byway, passes through Indianapolis.

Crown Hill National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association offers additional visitor information.

The Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce offers additional visitor information.

The Indiana War Memorial Plaza Historic District in downtown Indianapolis features the Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum, the Indiana War Memorial Museum, the Civil War Soldiers' Monument, the Indiana World War Memorial, the Veterans Memorial Plaza, the USS Indianapolis Memorial, and the American Legion Mall.

The surrounding Crown Hill Cemetery is a featured stop of the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Indianapolis, as are other historic places to visit in the city. 

The gateway, office building, and chapel and vault of Crown Hill Cemetery were documented using the standards established by the National Park Service’s Historic American Buildings Survey. For more information on Crown Hill Cemetery and its history, please see the cemetery website.

Visitors to Crown Hill Confederate Plot may also be interested in the Madam Walker Building in downtown Indianapolis, the subject of a Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plan titled, Two American Entrepreneurs: Madam C. J. Walker and J. C. Penney.  

The Historic National Road, a National Scenic Byway, passes through Indianapolis.

Marion National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Marion-Grant County Convention and Visitor Bureau offers additional visitor information.

The Marion-Grant County Chamber of Commerce offers additional visitor information.

The National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are the subject of a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The itinerary features the 11 homes built after the Civil War, including the Marion Branch.

The Marion Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was documented using the standards established by the National Park Service’s Historic American Buildings Survey.

Mississinewa 1812 contains information about the reenactment of the Battle of Mississinewa, the first American victory in the War of 1812, each October in LaFontaine, Indiana, 8 miles northwest of Marion.

New Albany National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Clark-Floyd Counties Convention and Tourism Bureau provides additional visitor information.

One Southern Indiana, the local chamber of commerce, provides additional visitor information.

The Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site, home to William S. Culbertson, one of the state's richest men during the 19th-century, is a featured stop along the Traveling through Time on Indiana's Historic Pathways National Scenic Byway.

The Falls of the Ohio State Park, located in Clarksville, four miles southeast of New Albany, is a featured stop along the Ohio River National Scenic Byway.

Woodlawn Monument Site: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Terre Haute Convention and Visitors Bureau offers additional visitor information.

The Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce offers additional visitors information.

The Native American Museum in Dobbs Memorial Park features permanent exhibits on the native people of the Northeast Woodlands and rotating exhibits on local history.

Keokuk National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Keokuk Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Keokuk Area Convention and Tourism Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The Great River Road, a National Scenic Byway, passes through Keokuk.

Main Street Keokuk, Inc., provides additional visitor information.

Oakdale Cemetery Soldiers' Lot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website.

The Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The Quad City Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Visitors to Oakdale Cemetery Soldiers’ Lot may also be interested in historic Oakdale Memorial Gardens, which surrounds the lot.  

The Great River Road, a National Scenic Byway, passes through Davenport.

Davenport and northeast Iowa are a part of the Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area which celebrates America's agricultural history.

Baxter Springs City Cemetery Soldiers' Lot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The City of Baxter Springs offers additional visitor information.

Baxter Springs City Cemetery Soldiers’ Lot was documented using the standards established by the National Park Service’s Historic American Landscapes Survey.

The Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum, under the direction of the Baxter Springs Historical Society, features a variety of exhibitions documenting the regional history of the area. Exhibitions include information on multiple time periods, such the American Indian presence, African-American life, domestic life, military and war, mining and Route 66's impact on the area.

Route 66 visitors can learn more about the historic roadway that runs through Baxter Springs in a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary.

Historic Route 66 passes through Baxter Springs.

Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Leavenworth Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area covers 31,000 square miles and 41 counties in eastern Kansas and western Missouri. It focuses on the area's early settlement, the Border War between Kansas and Missouri, and the post-Civil War struggle for equality.

The Frontier Army Museum, located at the United States Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, collects and preserves artifacts that help to tell the stories of the Frontier Army between 1804 and 1916, and the history of the fort from 1827 to the present. The collection consists of over seven thousand items, including weapons, uniforms, equipment and vehicles used by the Frontier Army and a variety of other Fort Leavenworth-related items.

The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail passes through Fort Leavenworth.

The Santa Fe National Historic Trail passes through Fort Leavenworth.

The Western Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (now the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center), part of the National Park Service and Department of Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Travel Itinerary, is located nearby.

Fort Scott National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Fort Scott National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, is dedicated to preserving, protecting, and interpreting nationally significant historic resources related to the opening of the West, the Permanent Indian Frontier, the Mexican-American War, Bleeding Kansas, the Civil War and the expansion of the railroads.

Leavenworth National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Leavenworth Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area covers 31,000 square miles and 41 counties in eastern Kansas and western Missouri. It focuses on the area's early settlement, the Border War between Kansas and Missouri, and the post-Civil War struggle for equality.

The Frontier Army Museum, located at the United States Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, collects and preserves artifacts that help to tell the stories of the Frontier Army between 1804 and 1916, and the history of the fort from 1827 to the present. The collection consists of over seven thousand items, including weapons, uniforms, equipment and vehicles used by the Frontier Army and a variety of other Fort Leavenworth-related items.

Portions of the California National Historic Trail and the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail pass through Leavenworth, as well as the military roads associated with the Santa Fe National Historic Trail.

The National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are the subject of a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The itinerary features the 11 homes built after the Civil War, including the Western Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (now the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center) located in Leavenworth.

Leavenworth National Cemetery was documented using the standards established by the National Park Service’s Historic American Landscape Survey, while the Western Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, its Singles' Quarters and its Ward Memorial Building were documented using the standards established by the National Park Service’s Historic American Buildings Survey.

Mound City Cemetery Soldiers' Lot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The official website of Mound City offers additional visitor information.

Mound City Soldiers’ Lot was documented using the standards established by the National Park Service’s Historic American Landscapes Survey.  

Visitors to Mound City Soldier’s Lot may also be interested in the Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site, and the Marais des Cygnes Massacre State Historic Site, the location of one of the most famous events of the “Bleeding Kansas” era leading up to the Civil War.

Camp Nelson National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Jessamine County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Jessamine County Tourism Department provides additional visitor information.

The Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park features an interpretive center, replicated camp buildings, and historical walking tours.

Cave Hill National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Greater Louisville, Inc., provides further visitor information.

The Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The Bowman Field Historic District in Louisville is featured in the National Park Service’s Aviation Travel Itinerary.

Cave Hill Cemetery is a Victorian-era garden cemetery. It is the final resting place for many famous Kentuckians, including Court of Appeals Judge George B. Eastin, William Tingley, Saundra Curry Twist and Harland "Colonel" Sanders.

The Frazier International History Museum, located in downtown Louisville, is the new home of the Bloedner Monument, one of the oldest Civil War memorials in the country.

The Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse and Customs House is the subject of an online lesson plan, Federal Courthouses and Post Offices. The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration website provides more information on the preservation of the Bloedner Monument, one of the oldest Civil War memorials in the country.

Danville National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Danville/Boyle County Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The Danville/Boyle County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information. 

The Danville National Cemetery is a featured stop along the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, a National Scenic Byway.

The Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, located 12 miles west of Danville, is one of the best preserved Civil War battlefields in the country.

For more information on the Battle of Perryville, see the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program's website.

Lebanon National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery. 

The Lebanon Tourist and Convention Commission offers additional visitor information.

The Marion County Chamber of Commerce offers additional visitor information.

Lebanon National Cemetery was documented using the standards established by the National Park Service’s Historic American Landscapes Survey.

Lexington National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Commerce Lexington provides additional visitor information.

The Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

Numerous historic sites to see are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Lexington.

Lexington Cemetery, a Victorian-era garden cemetery, is the final resting place for many famous Kentuckians, including General John C. Breckinridge, Mary E. Sweeney, Henry Clay and Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp.

Lexington Cemetery and the Henry Clay Monument are the subjects of an online lesson plan, Lexington, Kentucky: The Athens of the West.  The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places.  To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

The Lexington History Museum is a nonprofit organization that features exhibits about state and local history.

Mill Springs National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Somerset-Pulaski Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Mill Springs National Cemetery is the subject of an online lesson plan, The Battle of Mill Springs: The Civil War Divides a Border State. The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

For more information on the Battle of Mill Springs, see the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program's website.

The Mill Springs Battlefield Association, Inc. is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of one of the most endangered Civil War battlefields in the country. The Mill Springs Battlefield Visitors Center and Museum, located adjacent to the cemetery, contains a collection of authentic Civil War and Mill Springs Battlefield artifacts.

Alexandria National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Alexandria and Pineville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau provides visitor information for the greater Alexandria area.

The Louisiana History Museum, located in downtown Alexandria, is dedicated to collecting and interpreting the wealth of history associated with both the city of Alexandria and the state of Louisiana. The museum is located in the old Alexandria Public Library, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Cane River Creole National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park Service, is located approximately 55 miles north of the Alexandria National Cemetery.  The park, maintained by the National Park Service, includes two Civil War-era plantation houses, Oakland and Magnolia.  The park preserves 62.36 acres of the landscape, 65 historic structures, an estimated 300,000 artifacts, as well as many other unique resources in the area. 

The Cane River National Heritage Area is 116,000-acre, rural agricultural landscape beginning in Natchitoches, the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase, and extending 35 miles along both sides of the Cane River Lake.  The region is known for its historic plantations, distinctive Creole architecture and multicultural legacy.  A National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for the Cane River National Heritage Area features 32 places to visit located in the heritage area that help to tell the rich stories of the region’s past.

Alexandria and Pineville are located within the boundaries of the Kisatchie National Forest, the only national forest in Louisiana, totaling more than 604,000 acres of public lands.

Baton Rouge National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Baton Rouge Area Convention & Visitors Bureau provides visitor information for the greater Baton Rouge region.

A National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Southeastern Louisiana features more than 60 historic sites to visit, including sites in and around Baton Rouge. 

Baton Rouge is located within the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, a Federal and state-recognized heritage area covering fourteen parishes in Louisiana. It is one of the most culturally rich and ecologically varied regions in the country, home to the Cajun culture, as well as a diverse population of European, African, Caribbean and Native-American descent.

For more information on the Battle of Baton Rouge, please visit the American Battlefield Protection Program's website.

 

The Chalmette National Cemetery (and the adjacent Chalmette Battlefield), located in Chalmette, Louisiana, on the outskirts of New Orleans, is a part of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, a unit of the National Park Service. The park is comprised of five other sites in the area: the Acadian Cultural Center (Lafayette), Prairie Acadian Cultural Center (Eunice), Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center (Thibodaux), Barataria Preserve (Marrero), and the New Orleans’ French Quarter Visitor Center.

New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation provides a variety of comprehensive resources for planning a trip to the New Orleans metropolitan area.

New Orleans Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

New Orleans Jazz Historical Park, a unit of the National Park Service, offers opportunities to learn about the history and culture of the New Orleans jazz-era through ranger-led demonstrations, walks and lectures.

New Orleans’ famous French Quarter is featured in an online lesson plan, Vieux Carré: A Creole Neighborhood in New Orleans.  The lesson plan is produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

More information on the Battle of New Orleans, the last major battle fought in the War of 1812, is available online in a National Park Service Historical Handbook.  The handbook, Chalmette, provides an overview of the war and Andrew Jackson’s victory over British forces attempting to seize the city. Other online resources are listed on the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve website.

The Chalmette sites were the focus of a 1985 National Park Service Historic Resource Study.  The park’s website also contains information on the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Port Hudson National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Zachary Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Baton Rouge Area Convention & Visitors Bureau provides visitor information for the greater Baton Rouge region.

The town of Zachary, Louisiana is located within the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, a Federal and state-recognized heritage area covering fourteen parishes in Louisiana. It is one of the most culturally rich and ecologically varied regions in the country, home to the Cajun culture, as well as a diverse population of European, African, Caribbean and Native-American descent.

Between May and July 1863, Union forces engaged in a 48-day siege of Port Hudson, forcing Confederate troops to surrender and open the Mississippi River to Union navigation.  Learn more about this conflict at the Port Hudson State Historic Site.

The Siege of Port Hudson, a critical victory for the Union, is featured in an online lesson plan, The Siege of Port Hudson: “Forty Days and Nights in the Wilderness of Death.” The lesson plan is produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Togus National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Kennebec Valley Tourism Council provides additional visitor information.

Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are the subject of a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The itinerary features the 11 homes built after the Civil War, including the Eastern Branch Soldiers Home, the first branch established.

Several access points to the Appalachian National Scenic Trail can be found roughly 100 miles west of the Augusta area. The trail, which runs from Georgia to Maine, is a 2,175-mile hiking path that traverses scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant lands.  The Maine Appalachian Trail Club is a volunteer organization that helps to manage, maintain and protect the Appalachian trails in Maine.  The club’s website contains information for hikers, and includes trail maps and advisories.

Togus National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Kennebec Valley Tourism Council provides additional visitor information.

Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are the subject of a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The itinerary features the 11 homes built after the Civil War, including the Eastern Branch, the first branch established.

The campus of the Eastern Branch, now the Togus Veterans Administration Medical Center, is open to the public. For more information, see the Togus Veterans Administration Medical Center’s website. Please respect the privacy of veterans utilizing the facility.

Several access points to the Appalachian National Scenic Trail can be found roughly 100 miles west of the Augusta area. The trail, which runs from Georgia to Maine, is a 2,175-mile hiking path traverses scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant lands.  The Maine Appalachian Trail Club is a volunteer organization that helps to manage, maintain and protect the Appalachian trails in Maine.  The club’s website contains information for hikers, including trail maps and advisories.

Annapolis National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitor’s Bureau provides visitor information for the Maryland capital and the surrounding county.

Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Four Rivers Heritage Area, framed by the Chesapeake Bay on the east and Solomon's Island Road/Route 2 on the west, Four Rivers Heritage Area is a reflection of the area's rich historic, cultural and natural legacy.

The Historic Annapolis Foundation grew out of a grassroots effort to preserve the city's architectural legacy. The foundation also researches, chronicles and interprets the many facets of Annapolis's history. The Historic Annapolis Foundation offers both self-guided and guided walking tours of the city, as well as tours of the historic Hammond Harwood and William Paca houses.

St. John’s College is directly descended from King William's School, which was founded in 1696. The college was chartered by the state of Maryland in 1784 and now spans 32 acres. It was a strategically important location during the Civil War, taken over by Union troops and used as a receiving station and barracks, as well as a way station for Union soldiers that had been prisoners of the Confederacy. Camp Parole was built in 1863 just outside of the city, and the college was taken over by the medical corps, becoming known as College Green Hospital. The college is located within the Annapolis Historic District. 

The United States Naval Academy was founded in 1845 as a means of training and educating future Naval officers. It is the location of Annapolis’s first military hospital established to care for wounded Union troops.

Antietam National Cemetery is part of the Antietam National Battlefield, a unit of the National Park Service dedicated to preserving the battlefield and providing educational and recreational opportunities for visitors.  The visitor center maintains a number of exhibits on the conflict at Antietam and its aftermath. The film “Antietam Visit” is shown on the hour to help orientate visitors with the site.  The Pry House Field Hospital Museum, the battlefield headquarters of Union Commander George McClellan, contains exhibits on battlefield medicine and includes a re-creation of an operating theater.

The Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau provides information on attractions and accommodations in Washington County. The bureau’s website contains a specialized guide on the area’s African American heritage.  The bureau has also developed an online guide for Washington County museums and historic sites.

Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Several additional National Park Service Civil War-related sites are located near the Antietam National Battlefield, including the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Gettysburg National Military Park, and the Monocacy National Battlefield.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park preserves and interprets the 185-mile canal towpath, constructed shortly before the Civil War. The canal served as an important transportation route in the 1800s and provided access between the 3.5 million residents living west of the Allegheny Mountains and Washington, D.C.

The Civil War Medical Museum, located in nearby Frederick, Maryland, takes visitors on an exploration of the care and treatment soldiers wounded in Civil War battles received.

Antietam National Cemetery is located within the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area.

Loudon Park National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Loudon Park Cemetery is a private facility adjacent to the national cemetery.

The Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association's visitor center is located in the city’s downtown Inner Harbor area.

Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

A National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Baltimore features the city’s historic sites and districts to visit.

The Maryland Office of Tourism has developed a series of maps and guides related to the Civil War, including “Baltimore: A House Divided,” which provides detailed information on the city’s wartime history.

The Maryland Historical Society, located in the city’s Mount Vernon neighborhood, offers a variety of exhibits on Baltimore heritage, including its Civil War history. 

Fort McHenry was an active military facility during the Civil War, safeguarding Baltimore’s harbor, and also played a key role in the creation of the national anthem. For more information, please visit The Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine website. Fort McHenry is also the subject of an online lesson plan, The Rockets Red Glare: Francis Scott Key and the Bombardment of Fort McHenry. The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Baltimore’s Historic Charles Street National Scenic Byway captures centuries of urban transformation along its twelve-mile stretch through the heart of the city.

The Baltimore National Heritage Area includes several downtown neighborhoods that share a rich concentration of historical, cultural, natural resources and attractions of national significance.

Baltimore’s Civil War Museum, located in the historic President Street Station at 601 President St., features exhibits on Baltimore during the Civil War. The museum’s focus is the April 1861 Pratt Street Riots, at which the first bloodshed of the war occurred.

Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

St. Mary’s County Division of Tourism provides information on attractions and accommodations in the region.

St. Mary’s County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Point Lookout State Park, located just south of the cemetery, is managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The park, located on the peninsula at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay, provides a variety of recreational opportunities, including hiking, camping, and fishing. The park’s Civil War Museum and Nature Center features exhibitions on the role of Point Lookout during the war as well as on the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay.

Point Lookout State Park is one of more than 160 parks, museums, wildlife refuges, trails, and historic sites contained in the National Park Service’s Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network. The network promotes the variety of unique experiences available to visitors of the Chesapeake region, and its searchable website provides resources for finding network sites by activity, location, and theme.  The website also includes information on the Bay’s ecology, history, and geography.

The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail retraces the 1607-09 exploration of the Chesapeake Bay.  The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail commemorates the battles fought during the Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812.  In a pivotal moment in the war's history, the British navy, based at Tangier Island to the south, maneuvered past Point Lookout in two fronts. The first moved up the Potomac River in a diversionary feint. A second group of vessels, carrying soldiers that would eventually march on Washington, DC, sailed north along the Patuxent River.

Corinth National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Corinth Area Convention & Visitors Bureau provides information on the attractions and accommodations in the area.  The website also features the Campaign for Corinth tour, which includes information on various Civil War related historic sites and museums.

The Alliance serves as the Chamber of Commerce for Alcorn County and the city of Corinth.

The Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center is operated by the National Park Service as a part of the Shiloh National Military Park. The center is a half-hour drive from the Shiloh Battlefield. The 12,000-square foot facility interprets the key role of Corinth in the Civil War’s western theater.  The Interpretive Center is located near the site of Battery Robinett, a Union fortification that witnessed some of the bloodiest fighting of the Civil War.

The 1862 conflicts at Corinth are featured in an online lesson plan, The Siege and Battle of Corinth: A New Kind of War.  The lesson plan is produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Corinth’s Crossroads Museum shares the story of the railroads that helped build Corinth into a major transportation hub in antebellum Mississippi and how the same railroads brought the Civil War to the city. 

Natchez National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The website of the Natchez Convention and Visitors Bureau provides information on attractions and accommodations in the Natchez area.  The website’s extensive heritage page discusses the city’s African American history from settlement to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s. 

The Natchez Visitors Center overlooks the Mississippi River and provides tourism information for the city.

Natchez-Adams County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Natchez National Historical Park is a unit of the National Park Service that shares Natchez’s history through two important residences in the area, the antebellum plantation estate of John T. McMurran and the downtown home of William Johnson, a free African American barber and diarist.

Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail is made up of a series of four hiking trails that follow segments of the Old Natchez Trace, a 500-mile footpath used by the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes. The path connected Natchez to Nashville, Tennessee. The four trails are located within the boundaries of the Natchez Trace Parkway, a 444-mile road that follows the Old Trace.

The Natchez Museum of African-American History and Culture is located at 307 Market St. in Natchez.  Through the museum’s collections and exhibits, visitors can experience the rich culture and history of Natchez’s African American community.

Two Indian mounds, built nearly 2,000 years ago, are located close to Natchez.  The mounds, along with others in the state, are included in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Indian Mounds of Mississippi.

Vicksburg National Cemetery is part of the Vicksburg National Military Park, a unit of the National Park Service that commemorates the campaign, siege, and defense of Vicksburg. A 16-mile tour road runs through the 1,800-acre park along Union and Confederate lines. The visitor center features films and exhibitions on the battle for Vicksburg.  Located near the national cemetery, the USS Cairo Museum holds the Union ironclad gunboat that was sunk in 1862 by an electrically detonated torpedo and recovered in 1964. Outside of the main park site, three detached park units preserve and interpret the Confederate riverfront batteries along the Mississippi.  Another detached unit, Pemberton’s Headquarters, is located in downtown Vicksburg and was the headquarters of Confederate commander John Pemberton.

Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau provides resources for planning a trip to the Vicksburg area.

Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program provides a brief summary of the siege and defense of Vicksburg. The history and culture pages on the park’s website provides detailed accounts of General Ulysses S. Grant’s campaign to capture Vicksburg and bring the Mississippi River under Union control.

The National Park Service Museum Management Program features a virtual museum exhibit on Vicksburg National Battlefield including the siege and the USS Cairo.

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission provides visitor information for the St. Louis region.

St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association provides additional visitor information.

The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail runs through St. Louis. The trail follows the route of the legendary Corps of Discovery that traced the courses of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers.

The National Park Service Discover Our shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for the Lewis and Clark Expedition features sites to see in St. Louis and along the route of the expedition.

The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, a unit of the National Park Service, commemorates the Louisiana Purchase and the Dred Scott case, which intensified the national debate over slavery in the 19th-century.  The memorial features a 91-acre urban park running along the Mississippi River, and includes numerous historic sites, including the Old Courthouse in which the Scott case was tried.  The iconic Gateway Arch serves as a monument to America’s westward expansion and the journey of Lewis and Clark. The Museum of Westward Expansion contains artifacts from the journey and exhibitions on American Indians and pioneers who moved west in search of opportunities.

Jefferson City National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau provides visitor information for the Jefferson City area.

Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Cole County Historical Society's museum contains numerous exhibits on Jefferson City's role in the Civil War.  The Civil War Room features uniforms, period weapons, and other artifacts from both Confederate and Union troops.

Two national historic trails run through Jefferson City.  The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail follows the route of the legendary Corps of Discovery and traces the courses of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers.  Before railroads came to the American West, the Santa Fe Trail served as both a commercial and military route and connected Missouri with what is now New Mexico. Today the Santa Fe National Historic Trail commemorates this route.  The National Park Service administers the trails in partnership with Federal, state, and local agencies, nonprofit organizations and private landowners.

The Jefferson Landing State Historic Site is significant as a rare surviving Missouri River landing. Headquartered out of the historic Lohman Building, once the location of the city's largest warehouse and mercantile business, the site now interprets the state's transportation history through a series of exhibitions and videos.

Springfield National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau provides visitor information for the area.

Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, a unit of the National Park Service, gives visitors a first-hand look at the conflict between Union and Confederate troops near Springfield.  Driving, cycling and hiking paths with interpretive signs throughout illustrate the tactics and movements of the battle. The site also includes the Wilson's Creek Civil War Museum.

The History Museum for Springfield and Greene County contains a variety of exhibitions that explore Springfield’s history, including its role in the Civil War.

Union Confederate Monument Site: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the monument.

The Union Cemetery Historical Society is a nonprofit organization working with the Kansas City government to collect data about the cemetery and those buried on the property.  The society’s records, which contain a wealth of genealogical and biographical information, are open to the public and available on the Historical Society's website.

Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association provides information on attractions and accommodations in the Kansas City area.

Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Union Confederate Monument Site was documented using the standards established by the National Park Service’s Historic American Landscapes Survey.

The Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, in Independence, MO preserves and interprets the home of the nation’s 33rd president, which he lived in for over 50 years and which continued to serve as the "summer White House" while Truman was in office.  After returning to Independence, Truman lived in the house until his death in 1972.  Tickets and tour information are available in the visitors center, located a few blocks from the house.  The historic site also includes the Truman family farm located in Grandview, MO. 

The national historic site is included in a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary American Presidents that explores the lives and historic places associated with the American presidents.

Four national historic trails run through Kansas City.  The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail follows the route of the legendary Corps of Discovery and traces the courses of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers.  The Santa Fe National Historic Trail connected Missouri with what is now New Mexico, serving as both a commercial and military route to the American West.  The California National Historic Trail marks the networks of trails that led thousands of settlers to California in the 1850s.  The Oregon National Historic Trail was the route used by fur traders, missionaries and emigrants making their way to the Oregon Territory in the mid-19th century.

Designated in 2006, the Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area encompasses 41 counties in eastern Kansas and western Missouri along the Kansas-Missouri border.  Throughout the Civil War, this region was a crucible of conflict between pro-slavery forces in Missouri and those who sought to keep Kansas a free state. The national heritage area, working through public and private organizations, works to interpret and share the stories of “Bleeding Kansas” and the struggles for freedom of other groups in the area, including African Americans, American Indians and women.

Fort McPherson National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Lincoln County Convention and Visitors Bureau provides visitor information for the Lincoln County area.

North Platte Area Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park is located one mile west of North Platte. The park’s 25 acres were once part of famed Pony Express rider and showman William “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s 4,000-acre ranch. The park includes Cody’s elaborate Victorian home and a collection of Buffalo Bill memorabilia. The park also offers camping, fishing, and hiking for visitors.

The Lincoln County Historical Museum's Western Heritage Village in North Platte explores the history of Lincoln County through a variety of museum exhibitions and historic buildings.

North Platte’s Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Center rises eight stories above the Union Pacific Railroad's 2,850-acre Bailey Yard. The yard, the largest in the world, handles nearly 10,000 railcars each day. Nearby Cody Park Railroad Museum features Union Pacific Railroad memorabilia, historical exhibitions, and restored locomotives and railcars.

Four national historic trails run along the North Platte and Platte Rivers in Wyoming and Nebraska.  The Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail follows the Mormons' route as they traveled westward from Illinois to their eventual settlement in Utah in 1848.  The Pony Express National Historic Trail follows the 1860 mail route connecting the eastern United States with the new state of California.  The California National Historic Trail marks the network of trails that led thousands of settlers to California in the 1850s.  The Oregon National Historic Trail was the route used by fur traders, missionaries and emigrants making their way to the Oregon Territory in the mid-19th century.

Beverly National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

State of New Jersey Division of Travel and Tourism provides visitor information for the Burlington County area, which includes the town of Beverly and the Beverly National Cemetery.

Burlington County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area works for the conservation, preservation, and interpretation of Revolutionary War sites and resources located in New Jersey.

Beverly is located approximately 20 miles from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a city known for its vital role in American history. The National Park Service manages multiple sites in the Philadelphia area, including the Independence National Historic Park, the Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial and historic Fort Mifflin.

Finns Point National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Salem County Department of Tourism and Public Information provides visitor information for the Salem County area, which includes Fort Mott State Park and the Finns Point National Cemetery.

Salem County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail stretches nearly 300 miles along the Atlantic seaboard and includes the Raritan, Barnegat and Delaware Bays.  The trail celebrates and supports coastal New Jersey’s rich maritime history, historic settlements, and natural areas. The vehicular trail links destinations by routes on local roads and state and U.S. highways.

Santa Fe National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Santa Fe Convention and Visitors Bureau provides visitor information for the Santa Fe metropolitan area.  In addition to detailed listings of the area's numerous museums and historic sites, the website also features a variety of free walking tours offered throughout the capital city.

Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Many historic places to visit in Santa Fe and the surrounding area are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary American Southwest.

The Northern Rio Grand National Heritage Area stretches north from Albuquerque to the Colorado border, and includes the New Mexico counties of Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and Taos. The national heritage area, working through public and private organizations, works to preserve, interpret, and celebrate the diverse cultures that have shaped this unique cultural landscape.

Before railroads came to American West, the Santa Fe Trail served as both a commercial and military route and connected Missouri with what is now New Mexico. Today the Santa Fe National Historic Trail commemorates this route.  The National Park Service administers the trail in partnership with federal, state, and local agencies, nonprofit organizations and private landowners.

The El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail extends 404 miles through Texas and New Mexico along a historic trade route used by the Spanish, American Indians, Mexicans, and U.S. settlers and frontiersmen.  Formed from a combination of indigenous footpaths, early trade and exploration routes, and horse and mule routes, the Old Spanish Trail became an important commercial route connecting New Mexico and California. The Old Spanish National Historic Trail follows this historic route between Santa Fe and Los Angeles.

The Santa Fe National Historic Trail passes are the subjects of two online lesson plans produced by the National Park Service. Glorieta and Raton Passes: Gateways to the Southwest explores both the geography and the politics of the trail and United States westward expansion in the 19th century. The Battle of Glorieta Pass: A Shattered Dream explores the Civil War battles in New Mexico and Confederate attempts made to control the western lands with the goal of expanding the Confederacy to the Pacific Ocean. The lesson plans are produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage

Albany Rural Cemetery Soldiers' Lot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery. More information about the cemetery can be found on the Albany Rural Cemetery's website.

Albany County Convention & Visitors Bureau provides visitor information for the county.

Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center provides information on attractions, accommodations and events in the Albany area.

Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Historic places to visit in Albany are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Places Where Women Made History in New York and Massachusetts.

The Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, stretching from Albany to New York City, celebrates the area’s rich concentration of historical, cultural, and natural resources and attractions.

Bath National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Steuben County Conference & Visitors Bureau provides information on attractions and accommodations in the area.

The National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are the subject of a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The itinerary features the 11 homes built after the Civil War, including the Bath Branch.

The campus, now the Bath Veterans Administration Medical Center, is open to the public; visitors can drive through or walk on the grounds, visit the cemetery, and view the historic buildings.  Visitors should check in with the Director’s Office upon arrival at the facility.  Volunteers maintain a museum (Building 29) during the summer. For more information, see the Bath Veterans Administration Medical Center’s website. Please respect the privacy of veterans utilizing the facility.

The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor lies roughly 40 miles north of the Bath area. The corridor stretches 524 miles across the full expanse of upstate New York and encompasses the navigable waterways that make up the New York State Canal System. The corridor, coordinated in partnership with the National Park Service, includes 234 cities, towns and villages supported by the canal system. The corridor works to promote and preserve the area’s unique culture and encourages heritage tourism and outdoor recreation opportunities.

In Seneca Falls, NY, the Women’s Rights National Historic Park celebrates the 1848 First Women’s Rights Convention organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

The expansive North Country National Scenic Trail winds through seven states, linking scenic, natural, historic, and cultural areas. Parts of the trail runs through New York’s Finger Lakes District, just north of Bath.  For additional information, contact the North Country Trail Association.

Cypress Hills National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Brooklyn Tourism and Visitors Center provides visitor information for the city.

The Brooklyn Historical Society, founded in 1863, is an urban history center located in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District and is dedicated to preserving and encouraging the study of Brooklyn’s 400-year history.  The society also operates a museum and library.

A historic site to visit in Brooklyn is featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Aboard the Underground Railroad.

Woodlawn National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Located in the southern part of New York’s Finger Lakes region, the city of Elmira is famous for its connection to writer Mark Twain, who spent his summers in a home in the Chemung River Valley.  The Chemung County Chamber of Commerce has developed a visitors guide to the area with information on area attractions and accommodations.

Chemung County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Historic places to visit in Elmira are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Places Where Women Made Historic in New York and Massachusetts.

The John W. Jones Museum was established to commemorate the life of John Jones, an Underground Railroad agent whose later work at the Woodlawn Cemetery led to the establishment of the national cemetery.

Interpretive exhibitions and educational programs for the Chemung Valley History Museum illustrate the diverse history of the region.

The Friends of Woodlawn Cemetery is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the private Woodlawn Cemetery, adjacent to the national cemetery.

The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor lies roughly 40 miles north of the Elmira area. The corridor stretches 524 miles across the full expanse of upstate New York and encompasses the navigable waterways that make up the New York State Canal System. The corridor, coordinated in partnership with the National Park Service, includes 234 cities, towns and villages supported by the canal system. The corridor works to promote and preserve the area’s unique culture and encourages heritage tourism and outdoor recreation opportunities.

In Seneca Falls, the Women’s Rights National Historic Park celebrates the 1848 First Women’s Rights Convention organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

The expansive North Country National Scenic Trail winds through seven states linking scenic, natural, historic, and cultural areas. Parts of this trail run through New York’s Finger Lakes District, just north of Elmira.  For additional information, contact the North Country Trail Association.

New Bern National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

New Bern Area Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The New Bern/Craven County Convention and Visitors Bureau provides comprehensive resources for planning a trip to the New Bern and Craven County region.  The bureau has created a series of self-guided heritage tours, including a tour of the city’s Civil War era historic sites.  The New Bern Historical Society provides tours of the Civil War Battlefield Park, the site of the March 1862 battle.  The battlefield site of more than 25 acres, acquired through the Civil War Preservation Trust, contains remnants of the original earthworks created to protect New Bern from encroaching Union forces.  

The City of New Bern manages and maintains Cedar Grove Cemetery, the city’s oldest cemetery and the final resting place for hundreds of Confederate soldiers killed in the Battle of New Bern.  Many of the remains were transferred from battlefield graves and placed in a large vault on the cemetery grounds.  A Confederate soldier memorial stands above the vault.  The Cedar Grove Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Tryon Palace is a modern reconstruction of one of the finest mansions of Colonial America.  Originally built from 1767 to 1770, the grand two-story Georgian home was used as the colonial governor’s residence and as North Carolina’s state assembly house after the Revolutionary War.  A fire destroyed the building in 1798.  In 1945, the state legislature created a commission to reconstruct the building on its original foundation based on the original design plans.  Today the Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens is a living history museum and a popular attraction in New Bern.

The 160,000-acre Croatan National Forest is located just south of New Bern. One of four national forests in North Carolina, it is the only coastal forest on the east coast.  The forest contains saltwater estuaries, bogs and raised swamps.  The forest’s Cedar Point Tideland Trail is a designated National Recreational Trail.

Raleigh National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau provides visitor information for the Raleigh area.

Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Historic places to visit in Raleigh are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Raleigh.

The Raleigh Heritage Trail promotes the understanding of the history of the greater Raleigh area through the joint participation of Raleigh historic sites, local museums, and related facilities.

The Capital Area Visitor Services coordinates free tours of North Carolina’s government buildings, including the state capitol building and the governor’s mansion.  CAVS is located in the lobby of the North Carolina Museum of History, an institution that interprets the state’s history through a series of exhibitions, educational programs, and publications.

The city of Raleigh is featured in two online lesson plans. The lesson plan An American Success Story: The Pope House of Raleigh, NC shares the story of Dr. Manassa T. Pope, an African American doctor and entrepreneur in the early 20th century.  The lesson plan covers his efforts to gain civil rights well before the modern Civil Rights Movement.  The lesson plan North Carolina State Capitol: Pride of the State examines the circumstances under which Raleigh became the capital and how the design of its capitol building, now a National Historic Landmark, reflects state pride as well as democratic ideals. The lesson plans are produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Salisbury National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Rowan County Convention & Visitors Bureau provides visitor information for Salisbury and the Rowan County area.  A driving tour of the national cemetery is available for purchase at the Bureau’s Visitor Information Center.  The center also provides information on the city’s African American Heritage Trail.

Rowan County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Historic Salisbury Foundation is a nonprofit preservation organization offering a broad range of services to the Salisbury community. Several of the foundation’s historic homes are open to the public for touring.

Wilmington National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Wilmington/Cape Fear Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau offers resources for planning a trip to the area.

Wilmington Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor extends from Wilmington south to Jacksonville, Florida.  The corridor, one of 40 designated national heritage areas, was created to recognize the contributions of the Gullah/Geechee, African Americans who settled in the coastal counties of Florida and the Carolinas.  The corridor is home to a wide variety of historic places, cultural sites, community festivals and heritage tours.

The Cape Fear Historic Byway includes seven miles of streets in historic downtown Wilmington and offers exceptional views of the Cape Fear River and Greenfield Lake. 

At the Fort Fisher State Historic Site, visitors can tour the remains of the fort as well as reconstructions of some of the fort’s defensive features.  Scenic trails guide visitors around the earthworks that once protected the fort from Union attacks.  The remains of the fort were designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1961.  The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program provides a summary of the battle at Fort Fisher and the subsequent Union advance on Wilmington.

Moores Creek National Battlefield, a unit of the National Park Service, preserves and interprets the site of the February 1776 battle between Loyalist Scots and pro-independence North Carolinians.  The battle, which ended in a Patriot victory, helped fan the flames in the American fight for independence.  The park features a visitor center with multimedia exhibitions, a colonial forest trail and a picnic area.

Other attractions with Civil War connections in Wilmington/New Hanover County include: Cape Fear Museum of History and Science (Civil War artifacts, Fort Fisher diorama); Oakdale Cemetery (Confederate Memorial); Cameron Art Museum (Battle of Forks Road Civil War mounds); Bellamy Mansion Museum of History and Design Arts (built on the eve of the Civil War; later occupied by Union troops); and Carolina Beach State Park (Sugar Loaf Trail); Federal Point History Center. In nearby Winnabow, NC, there’s Fort Anderson, a Civil War fort.

Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Greater Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau contains information on attractions and accommodations in the area.

Columbus Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Camp Chase is featured in the online lesson plan Not to Be Forgotten: Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, which delves into the history of the Union’s largest prisoner-of-war camp.  The lesson plan is produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places.  To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Confederate Stockade Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Ottawa County Visitors Bureau contains information on attractions and accommodations in the Sandusky area and Lake Erie's shores and islands.

Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, a unit of the National Park Service, is a national memorial is dedicated to those who fought in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812 as well as to the lasting peace between the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. The memorial, located on South Bass Island just north of Johnson Island, is accessible by ferry service, boat, and small aircraft. Park rangers provide interpretive discussions about the battle and its impact on the war.  Visitors can ascend to the observation level of the 352-foot tall memorial for panoramic views of Lake Erie.

The Rush R. Sloane House in Sandusky is included in a National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary developed by the National Park Service. The itinerary explores the history, people and places of the Underground Railroad.

The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont is the nation’s oldest presidential library.  The center is composed of Hayes’ home and estate, a library containing the 19th president’s personal collection of books and archival materials, as well as a museum.  Hayes’ tomb is located just south of the home on the grounds of the center. Spiegel Grove, Hayes' summer home, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964.  The National Historic Landmark registration file contains text and photos of the home.

Dayton National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Dayton/Montgomery County Convention and Visitors Bureau provides resources for planning a trip to the area.

Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are the subject of a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The itinerary features the 11 homes built after the Civil War, including the Central Branch in Dayton.

The Central Branch is also the subject of an online lesson plan, A Nation Repays Its Debt: The National Soldiers' Home and Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio.  The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

The Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park consists of four units that tell the stories of Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright, and Paul Laurence Dunbar.  Visitors have the opportunity to experience the historically refurnished Wright brothers’ printing office, walk through an original Wright brothers’ bicycle shop, see the Wright brothers’ third airplane, and experience Paul Laurence Dunbar's last home.

The historical park is featured in an online lesson plan, Where the Wright Brothers Conquered the Air, which explores the early influences that inspired the Wright brothers as inventors. The lesson plan reviews the importance of the Wright Cycle Company Complex in developing the key mechanical skills that impacted their invention of the airplane. The lesson plan is produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program.

The Dayton area is a part of the National Aviation Heritage Area. Designated by Congress in 2004, the heritage area was created to honor the region’s importance in United States aviation.  The area is home to a wide variety of historic sites and museums that interpret and celebrate the pioneers of flight.

The expansive North Country National Scenic Trail winds through seven states linking scenic, natural, historic, and cultural areas. Part of this trail runs through Dayton.  The North Country Trail Association provides trail maps and additional information.

Woodland Cemetery Soldiers’ Lot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the soldiers’ lot.

Woodland Cemetery is a municipal property managed by the city of Cleveland. The Woodland Cemetery Foundation is a nonprofit association dedicated to protecting and preserving the property.

Cleveland Convention and Visitors Bureau contains detailed information on accommodations and attractions in the area.

The Greater Cleveland Partnership is the area's chamber of commerce for the city and metropolitan area.

The James Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor preserves and interprets the home of the nation’s 20th president.  Garfield purchased the home in 1876 while serving in the U.S. House of Representatives.  Elected president in 1880, he served only four months before he was assassinated by Charles Guiteau on July 2, 1881.  The National Historic Site includes a tour of the home and exhibitions on Garfield and his political and military career. The National Historic Site is featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Places American Presidents.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, located 22 miles from Cleveland, preserves 33,000 acres along 22 miles of the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland and Akron in northeastern Ohio.

The David Berger National Memorial site honors the memory of David Berger, an American citizen who was one of the eleven Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. The memorial, located on the grounds of the Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, is the only memorial in the United States dedicated to the tragedy.

Fort Gibson National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Fort Gibson Chamber of Commerce includes information on the town’s history, visitor services, and historic sites in the area.

Roughly 1.5 miles east of the national cemetery is the Fort Gibson Historic Site, a National Historic Landmark and museum operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society.  The Army's facility was the starting point for several military expeditions that explored the western United States and sought peace between Native American tribes in the region.  Today visitors can see a reconstruction of the early log fort as well as some of the original buildings constructed between 1840 and 1870. 

Allegheny Cemetery Soldiers' Lot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the soldiers’ lot. The soldiers' lot is located on the grounds of the Allegheny Cemetery.

Greater Pittsburgh Convention & Visitors Bureau contains detailed information on accommodations and attractions in the Pittsburgh area.

Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Roughly two hours south of the Pittsburgh is the Friendship Hill National Historic Site. Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury under presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, owned this country estate.

Fort Necessity National Battlefield, a unit of the National Park Service, is roughly 1.5 hours driving distance from the Pittsburgh area. The battle at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the first action in the French and Indian War, during which England and France fought over control of North America. The battle was the first major event in the military career of George Washington, and the only time he ever surrendered to an enemy.

Ashland Cemetery Soldiers' Lot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the soldiers’ lot. The soldier's lot is located on the grounds of the Ashland Cemetery.

Cumberland Valley Visitors Bureau contains information on attractions, accommodations, and special events in the Carlisle and Cumberland Valley regions.

Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Gettysburg National Military Park, a unit of the National Park Service, is 30 miles south of Carlisle.  The park interprets and preserves the battlefield and the national cemetery where Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address.  The park’s museum and visitor centers orientate visitors with a collection of exhibitions and multimedia presentations.  A variety of self-guided and professionally guided tours are available.

Eisenhower National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, is adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park.  The site preserves Eisenhower’s Pennsylvania home, which he used as both a summer retreat and meeting place during his presidency. In addition to tours of the home, the site also features exhibitions on the 34th president and a series of self-guided walking tours on the site’s grounds and in downtown Gettysburg. The National Historic Site is featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Places American Presidents.

The Pennsylvania Tourism Office promotes the state’s Pennsylvania Civil War Trails, a series of road trips that allow visitors to experience the stories and places of the war.  The Road to Gettysburg trail begins in Harrisburg, continues through Lancaster and York, and ends at the Gettysburg National Military Park and Gettysburg National Cemetery.

Several access points to the Appalachian National Scenic Trail can be found roughly 30 miles north and east of the York area. The trail, which runs from Georgia to Maine, is a 2,175-mile hiking path that traverses scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant lands. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to the preservation and management of the trail.

Gettysburg National Cemetery is a part of the Gettysburg National Military Park, a unit of the National Park Service dedicated to preserving the significant battlefield and providing educational and recreational opportunities for battlefield visitors.  The park’s museum and visitor center maintains a number of exhibits on the conflict at Gettysburg and its aftermath.  The National Park Service provides a number of activities for visitors, including free ranger-guided programs, evening campfire programs, activities for children, and specialized battle walks during the summer months.  Numerous tour programs are available, ranging from bus and walking tours from licensed guides to self-guided automobile tours.  The park’s website includes useful information on things to do, and includes rates for licensed guides of the battlefield.

Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau contains information on accommodations and attractions in the region. 

Gettysburg Adams Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Battle of Gettysburg is the subject of an online lesson plan, Choices and Commitments: The Soldiers at Gettysburg. The lesson explores the actions of Union and Confederate forces, personal stories of soldiers and the significance of the Gettysburg Address. The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program provides a summary of the Battle of Gettysburg.  Several additional National Park Service Civil War-related sites are located near Gettysburg National Military Park, including the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Antietam National Battlefield, and the Monocacy National Battlefield.

The National Park Service Museum Management Program features a virtual museum exhibit on Camp Life at Gettysburg National Battlefield.

Gettysburg National Cemetery is a part of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area. The National Park Service's Discover Our Shared Heritage Journey through Hallowed Ground Travel Itinerary includes other historic places to visit in the Virginia Piedmont region. 

Eisenhower National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, is adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park.  The site preserves Eisenhower’s Pennsylvania home, which he used as both a summer retreat and meeting place during his presidency. In addition to tours of the home, the site also features exhibits on the 34th president and a series of self-guided walking tours on the site’s grounds and in downtown Gettysburg. The National Historic Site is featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Places American Presidents.

The Pennsylvania Tourism Office promotes the state’s Pennsylvania Civil War Trails, a series of road trips that allow visitors to experience the stories and places of the war.  The Road to Gettysburg trail begins in Harrisburg, continues through Lancaster and York, and ends at the Gettysburg National Military Park and Gettysburg National Cemetery.

Several access points to the Appalachian National Scenic Trail can be found roughly 30 miles north and east of the York area. The trail, which runs from Georgia to Maine, is a 2,175-mile hiking path traverses scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant lands. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to the preservation and management of trail.

Mount Moriah Cemetery Naval Plot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the naval plot.

Mount Moriah Cemetery Soldiers’ Lot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the soldiers’ lot.

Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation provides resources for planning a trip to the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Philadelphia is well known for its Revolutionary War history. The National Park Service manages multiple sites in the Philadelphia area intricately connected to this period. Independence National Historic Park lets visitors step back in time to explore the founding of the United States.  The park itself encompasses numerous historic buildings and areas, including Independence Hall, Old City Hall, Carpenter’s Court, and Franklin Court. 

Fort Mifflin, located along the banks of the Delaware River just south of downtown Philadelphia, served not only as a defensive outpost but also as a prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War.  Originally constructed in 1771 by the British, the fort has had a long and distinguished history, active through World War II.

Pennsylvania’s Schuylkill River National Heritage Area stretches 128 miles along the river from Tamaqua to Philadelphia.  The heritage area includes a variety of historic, recreational, and cultural attractions.

Two National Park Service historic sites in Philadelphia are featured in online lesson plans, Independence Hall: International Symbol of Freedom and The Liberty Bell: From Obscurity to Icon.  The lesson plans were produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Philadelphia National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery. During the Civil War, Philadelphia served as a military support area with arsenals, naval yards, supply depots, and military hospitals. In the late 1880s, the Philadelphia National Cemetery was created to provide a dignified and consolidated burial space the Union soldiers that died in the Philadelphia area.  Today this cemetery, located roughly 22 miles north of downtown Philadelphia, contains the remains of more than 12,000 veterans from the Civil War and later conflicts.

Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation provides resources for planning a trip to the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Philadelphia is well known for its colonial and Revolutionary War history. The National Park Service manages multiple sites in the Philadelphia area intricately connected to this period. Independence National Historic Park lets visitors step back into time to explore the founding of the United States.  The park itself encompasses numerous historic buildings and areas, including Independence Hall, Old City Hall, Carpenter’s Court, and Franklin Court. 

Fort Mifflin, located along the banks of the Delaware River just south of downtown Philadelphia, served not only as a defensive outpost but also as a prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War.  Originally constructed in 1771 by the British, the fort has had a long and distinguished history, active through World War II.

Pennsylvania’s Schuylkill River National Heritage Area stretches 128 miles along the river from Tamaqua to Philadelphia.  The heritage area includes a variety of historic, recreational, and cultural attractions.

Two National Park Service historic sites in Philadelphia are featured in online lesson plans, Independence Hall: International Symbol of Freedom and The Liberty Bell: From Obscurity to Icon.  The lesson plans were produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Prospect Hill Cemetery Soldiers' Lot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the soldiers’ lot. The soldiers' lot is located on the grounds of the Prospect Hill Cemetery.

York County Convention and Visitors Bureau provides resources for planning a visit to the area.

York County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Gettysburg National Military Park, a unit of the National Park Service, is located 30 miles west of York.  The park interprets and preserves the battlefield and the national cemetery where Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address.  The park’s museum and visitor centers orientate visitors with a collection of exhibitions and multimedia presentations.  A variety of self-guided and professionally guided tours are available.

Eisenhower National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, is adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park.  The site preserves Eisenhower’s Pennsylvania home, which he used as both a summer retreat and meeting place during his presidency. In addition to tours of the home, the site also features exhibits on the 34th president and a series of self-guided walking tours on the site’s grounds and in downtown Gettysburg. The national historic site is The National Historic Site is featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Places American Presidents.

Beaufort National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Beaufort Visitor Bureau offers resources for planning a trip to the Beaufort, Port Royal, and Sea Islands areas. 

Beaufort Region Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information. The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce also maintains a visitor-focused website with information on area attractions and accommodations.

The Parris Island Museum, located in the Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot, explores the history of the U.S. Marine Corps and the Port Royal Sound area.  Exhibitions interpret the Battle of Port Royal, the Civil War naval engagement that led to Union control of the sound and nearby Beaufort.  The museum also features exhibitions on the Charlesfort-Santa Elena National Historic Landmark, the sites of 16th-century French and Spanish colonies on the island.  The museum is located on an active military base, so visitor access may be limited.  The Depot’s website provides more information for visiting the museum.

The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor extends along the Atlantic coast from Wilmington, North Carolina to Jacksonville, Florida.  The corridor, one of 40 designated national heritage areas, was created to recognize the contributions of the Gullah/Geechee, African Americans who settled in the coastal counties of Florida and the Carolinas.  The corridor is home to a wide variety of historic places, cultural sites, community festivals and heritage tours.

Florence National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Florence Convention & Visitors Bureau contains information useful for visitors to Florence. 

Pee Dee Tourism Commission also provides information on attractions and accommodations for the seven-county region that encompasses the greater Florence area.

Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Opened to the public in 2008, the site of the Florence Stockade has an interpretive walking trail and other markers that share the history of the facility that held Union prisoners of war.  The Friends of the Florence Stockade maintains the site, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  Visitors can access the Stockade site off of Stockade Drive, just east of the Florence National Cemetery. 

The Florence Railroad Museum, housed in a renovated boxcar and caboose, contains artifacts and photographs that illustrate Florence’s railroad heritage. Contact the museum at 843-662-3351 for hours of operation and admission fees.

Adjacent to the museum is Timrod Park, named for the poet laureate of the Confederacy, Henry Timrod. The one-room house in which he taught is located on the park’s grounds.

Hot Springs National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Hot Springs Chamber offers resources for planning a trip to the Hot Springs area.

The National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are the subject of a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The itinerary features the 11 homes built after the Civil War, including the Battle Mountain Sanitarium.

Visitors can walk or drive around the facility, now called the Black Hills Health Care System. The only building open to the public is a museum located in Building 11. The museum displays military records and ledgers in addition to old medical equipment. For more information, see the Veterans Affairs Black Hills Health Care System website. Please respect the privacy of veterans utilizing the facility.

Numerous National Park Service sites are located a short distance from the Hot Springs area. Two national parks, Badlands National Park and Wind Cave National Park, celebrate and preserve the unique geology and natural environments found in the southwestern corner of South Dakota. The Jewel Cave National Monument protects the 150-mile long cave filled with calcite crystals and provides opportunities for a first-hand look at this subterranean world.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, a unit of the National Park Service located near Keystone, is a popular tourist destination. Mount Rushmore National Memorial is included in the National Park service Discover Our shared Heritage Travel Itinerary American Presidents.

Located near Philip, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, preserves and interprets the launch control facilities and silo of a Minuteman Missile, the nation’s first solid fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile. The National Historic Site is featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms.

The missile complex is the subject of an online lesson plan, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site: Protecting a Legacy of the Cold War.  It examines how the escalation of the Cold War led to the development and deployment of the Minuteman Missile System.  The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Chattanooga National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Chattanooga Area Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, a unit of the National Park Service, preserves the battlefields where Union and Confederate troops fought to capture Chattanooga.

East of Chattanooga is Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited national park in the country, which preserves the history, culture, and landscape of the southern Appalachians.

Tennessee's railroad history is the subject of an online lesson plan, Chattanooga, Tennessee: Train Town. It focuses on the railroads and how they shaped the city's history. The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lessons plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

The Trail of Tears, a National Historic Trail, passes through Chattanooga. A Teaching with Historic Places lesson plan, Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation, focuses on the history of the trail and its impact on the Native American tribes in the region.

The Chattanooga National Cemetery is located within the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, which highlights Civil War and Reconstruction-era sites and resources across the state.

The Fort Donelson National Cemetery is part of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield, a unit of the National Park Service, protects the historic resources associated with the Battle of Fort Donelson and interprets the significance of the battle during the Civil War.  The battlefield’s visitor center contains a museum with exhibitions on the Civil War and the Underground Railroad. Visitors can see the battlefield through a self-guided tour, as well as take advantage of nearly six miles of hiking trails. Histories of the fort and its role in the Civil War can be found on the National Battlefield’s website and at the National Park Service's Park Histories website.

The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program provides a summary of the battle at Fort Donelson. Additional information on the battle is available from the Civil War Preservation Trust.

Through partnerships of historic sites, local governments, and other stakeholders, the Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area works to share Tennessee’s experiences during the Civil War. The heritage area’s website, maintained by Middle Tennessee State University, contains information on driving tours, attractions, and special events.

The route of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail passes through the Dover area. The Trail of Tears is the subject of an online lesson plan, The Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation.  The lesson plan examines the factors that led to the forced removal of the Cherokee as well as its effect on the tribe.  The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Knoxville National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Knoxville Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Knoxville Tourism & Sports Corporation provides additional visitor information.

East of Knoxville is Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited national park in the country, preserves the history, culture, and landscape of the southern Appalachians.

Knoxville National Cemetery is located within the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, which highlights Civil War and Reconstruction-era sites and resources across the state.

Old Gray Cemetery, located adjacent to the Knoxville National Cemetery, is the final resting place for Union and Confederate soldiers, as well as several notable Tennesseans, including William Gannaway Brownlow and Charles McClung and Eliza Boond Hodgson.

East Tennessee Historical Society has worked to preserve and publicize the region's unique history since 1834.

Memphis National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Greater Memphis Chamber provides additional visitor information.

Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

Great River Road, a National Scenic Byway, passes through Memphis.

Several historic places to visit in Memphis are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary We Shall Overcome Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement.

The National Civil Rights Museum, located in the Lorraine Hotel, was the site of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The museum opened in 2002 and features a variety of exhibitions on Dr. King and the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.

The Memphis National Cemetery is located within the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, which highlights Civil War and Reconstruction-era sites and resources across the state.

The Trail of Tears, a National Historic Trail, passes through Memphis. A Teaching with Historic Places lesson plan, Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation, focuses on the history of the trail and its impact on the Native American tribes in the region.

Two featured stops of the National Park Service's We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement are located in Memphis: the Lorraine Hotel, site of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Mason Temple, Church of God in Christ, where Dr. King delivered his "Mountaintop" speech on the eve of his death.

Mountain Home National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Johnson City Chamber of Commerce offers additional visitor information.

The Johnson City Convention and Visitors Bureau offers additional information.

Visitors to the Mountain Home National Cemetery may also be interested in the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (now the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center). The National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are the subject of a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The itinerary features the 11 homes built after the Civil War, including the Mountain Branch.The Mountain Branch of the National Home and its boiler plant and smokestack were documented using the standards established by the National Park Service’s Historic American Engineering Record (HAER).

The Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail and the Appalachian National Scenic Trail pass through Elizabethton, eight miles east of Johnson City.

 

Nashville National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Nashville Are Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

The Nashville National Cemetery is located within the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, which highlights Civil War and Reconstruction-era sites and resources across the state.

The Natchez Trace Parkway, a National Scenic Byway, terminates just southwest of Nashville.

The Trail of Tears, a National Historic Trail, passes through Nashville. The Trail of Tears is the subject of an online lesson plan, Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation. The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on registered historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places home page

The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson's home, is located 12 miles northwest of downtown Nashville. The Hermitage is featured in a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary American Presidents.

Shiloh National Cemetery is a part of Shiloh National Military Park, a unit of the National Park Service that protects the historic resources associated with the Battle of Shiloh and interprets the significance of the battle in the Civil War.  The park’s visitor center contains a museum with exhibitions on the Civil War and the battle. Between May and October, park rangers lead guided tours of the battlefield. 

The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program provides a summary of the Battle of Shiloh. Additional information on the battle is available from the Civil War Preservation Trust.

Hardin County Convention and Visitors Bureau includes information on attractions and accommodations in the Savannah area.  Useful links are provided in the website’s Community Information section.

Hardin County Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Through partnerships of historic sites, local governments, and other stakeholders, the Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area works to share the state’s experiences during the Civil War. The heritage area’s website, maintained by Middle Tennessee State University, contains information on driving tours, attractions, and special events.

The Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center is operated by the National Park Service as a part of Shiloh National Military Park.  The center is a half-hour drive from Shiloh Battlefield into nearby Corinth, Mississippi. The twelve-thousand square foot facility interprets the key role of Corinth in the Civil War’s western theater.  The center is located near the site of Battery Robinett, a Union fortification that witnessed some of the bloodiest fighting of the Civil War.

The 1862 conflicts in Corinth are featured in an online lesson plan, The Siege and Battle of Corinth: A New Kind of War.  The lesson plan is produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage

Stones River National Cemetery is a part of the Stones River National Battlefield, a unit of the National Park Service that protects the historic resources associated with the Battle of Stones River and interprets the significance of the battle in the Civil War.  The battlefield’s visitor center contains a museum with exhibitions on the Civil War. Between May and October, park rangers lead guided tours of the battlefield.  Histories of the battle and Fort Rosecrans and can be found on the National Battlefield’s website and at the National Park Service's Park Histories website.

The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program provides a summary of the Battle of Stones River. Additional information on the battle is available from the Civil War Preservation Trust.  The Hazen Brigade Monument, believed to be one of the oldest memorials erected to honor Civil War dead, was the subject of a National Park Service Historic Structures survey.

Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce includes information on attractions and accommodations in the Murfreesboro area.

Through partnerships of historic sites, local governments, and other stakeholders, the Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area works to share Tennessee’s experiences during the Civil War. The heritage area’s website, maintained by Middle Tennessee State University, contains information on driving tours, attractions, and special events.

The Battle of Stones River is the subject of an online lesson plan, The Battle of Stones River: The Soldiers' Story. The lesson plan examines the impact of the battle on the participants and explores the battle’s significance in the Civil War.  The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

The route of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail passes through the Murfreesboro vicinity. The Trail of Tears is the subject of an online lesson plan, The Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation.  The lesson plan examines the factors that led to the forced removal of the Cherokee as well as its effect on the tribe.  The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

San Antonio National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

Historic places to see in San Antonio are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itineraries South and West Texas and From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms.

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park Service, preserves and interprets four Spanish frontier missions.  A fifth, the Alamo, is operated by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

The missions are the subject of an online lesson plan, San Antonio Missions: Spanish Influence in Texas, which focuses on the Spanish conquests in the Americas. The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Green Mount Cemetery Soldiers' Lot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery. The soldiers' lot is located in Green Mount Cemetery.

Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce contains information on accommodations and attractions in the Montpelier area.

Numerous historic places to see in and around Central Vermont are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Central Vermont.

The Vermont Historical Society’s museum in Montpelier showcases Vermont’s history from pre-colonial times to the present day.  Visitors can learn about native Abenaki lifeways and walk through re-creations of period buildings from the Revolutionary War and World War II-eras. The museum is located next to the Vermont State House, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970. 

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park Service, is located in Woodstock, roughly 60 miles south of Montpelier. The only national park in Vermont, the site preserves a managed forest and progressive dairy farm established by Frederick Billings. The park explores the story of conservation and stewardship through a series of exhibitions, guided tours, and walking and hiking paths through the Vermont landscape. Park rangers provide a unique Civil War Home Front walking tour.  The tour is the only National Park Service interpretive program devoted to civilian experiences during the Civil War. Rangers lead visitors through the village center and by many of Woodstock’s historic homes and sites.

The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth preserves the home of the 30th president of the United States.  The site, a National Historic Landmark, contains Coolidge’s home and the cheese factory established by his father. The historic site is featured in a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary American Presidents.

Several access points to the Appalachian National Scenic Trail can be found in Vermont. The trail, which runs from Georgia to Maine, is a 2,175-mile hiking path that traverses scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant lands. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to the preservation and management of trail.

Prospect Hill Cemetery Soldiers' Lot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery. The soldiers' lot is managed by the Recreation and Parks Department of the town of Brattleboro.

Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce contains information on accommodations and attractions in the area.

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park Service, is located in Woodstock, roughly 65 miles north of Brattleboro. The only national park in Vermont, the site preserves a managed forest and progressive dairy farm established by Frederick Billings. The park explores the story of conservation and stewardship through a series of exhibitions, guided tours, and walking and hiking paths through the Vermont landscape. Park rangers provide a unique Civil War Home Front walking tour. The tour is the only National Park Service interpretive program devoted to civilian experiences during the Civil War. Rangers lead visitors through the village center and by many of Woodstock’s historic homes and sites.

President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth preserves the home of the 30th president of the United States.  The site, a National Historic Landmark, contains Coolidge’s home and the cheese factory established by his father. The historic site is featured in a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary American Presidents.

During the summer of 1777, British and American troops fought at the town of Bennington, 40 miles west of Brattleboro. The Revolutionary War battle is the subject of an online lesson plan, The Battle of Bennington: An American Victory.  The lesson plan explores the importance of the battle and its impact in the overall war for independence.  The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Alexandria National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Alexandria Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association provides additional visitor information.

The Office of Historic Alexandria preserves the city's historic and cultural resources and operates several historic museums in the area.

The Potomac River adjacent to Alexandria is a part of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, the first national water trail, which traces Smith's explorations throughout the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

The Alexandria Heritage Trail and the Mount Vernon Trail, each a part of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, pass through Alexandria.

George Washington Memorial Parkway, a unit of the National Park Service and a National Scenic Byway, passes through Alexandria.

The Alexandria National Cemetery was documented using the standards established by the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey.

The Raid on Alexandria is a featured site along the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail, which traces four major events that figured prominently in the development of the National Anthem.

Located just south of Alexandria is Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate, which is featured in a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary American Presidents.

Arlington National Cemetery: This is the Department of Defense official website for the cemetery.

Arlington Convention and Visitors Service offers additional visitor information.

Arlington Chamber of Commerce offers additional visitor information.

Visitors to Arlington National Cemetery may also be interested in the United States Marine Corps War Memorial, also referred to as the Iwo Jima Monument, the Netherlands Carillon, or Arlington House: The Robert E. Lee Memorial, all parts of the National Park Service’s George Washington Memorial Parkway.  

The District of Columbia is home to more than three dozen National Park Service units, including the Lincoln Memorial, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, and the Washington Monument.

Numerous historic places to see are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Washington, DC.

Ball's Bluff National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Loudon County Visitors and Convention Association offers additional visitor information.

Loudon County Chamber of Commerce offers additional visitor information.

Ball's Bluff National Cemetery is a part of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area. Balls Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Journey through Hallowed Ground.

Ball’s Bluff National Cemetery was documented using the standards established by the National Park Service’s Historic American Landscapes Survey.  

Ball’s Bluff National Cemetery is located opposite the Potomac River from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, a part of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail.  Journey Through Hallowed Ground, a national scenic byway, passes through Leesburg.  

Surrounding the national cemetery is the Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park, which is dedicated to preserving the site of the battle for future generations.

City Point National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

City of Hopewell Tourism Department provides additional visitor information.

Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Richmond Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information for the Richmond metropolitan area.

Numerous historic places to see in and around Richmond are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Richmond.

The Historic Richmond Foundation is dedicated to preserving the unique historic and architectural heritage of the state capital.

The City Point National Cemetery was documented using the standards established by the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey.

The tour route for the Petersburg National Battlefield begins at Grant's Headquarters in City Point.

Cold Harbor National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Numerous historic places to see in and around Richmond are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Richmond.

The Cold Harbor National Cemetery and the nearby Gathwright House have each been documented using the standards established by the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey.

The Cold Harbor Battlefield, located adjacent to the national cemetery, is included in the Richmond National Battlefield Park, a unit of the National Park Service that preserves several battlefields and historic sites related to the 1862 Peninsula Campaign and the 1864 Overland Campaign around the former Confederate capital.

Located in the Jackson Ward neighborhood in downtown Richmond, the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, was the home of an important leader of the early Civil Rights Movement and the first woman to charter a bank in the United States.

The home of John Marshall, the influential Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835, is located in downtown Richmond. His home is now a museum dedicated to the Chief Justice's life operated by Preservation Virginia. Marshall's home is the subject of an online lesson plan titled "The Great Chief Justice" at Home. The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

The Historic Richmond Foundation is dedicated to preserving the unique historic and architectural heritage of the state capital.

The Museum of the Confederacy is the home to the world's most comprehensive collection of artifacts, manuscripts, and photographs from the Confederate States of America.

The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond is open to the public.

Culpeper National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Visit Culpeper provides additional visitor information.

Culpeper Chamber of Commerce provides addition visitor information.

Culpeper National Cemetery is a part of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area. Culpeper National Cemetery is featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Journey through Hallowed Ground.

Danville National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Danville Tourism provides additional visitor information.

Danville-Pittsylvania Chamber of Commerce provides addition visitor information.

Fort Harrison National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Fort Harrison Battlefield, located adjacent to the national cemetery, is included in the Richmond National Battlefield Park, a unit of the National Park Service that preserves several battlefields and historic sites related to the 1862 Peninsula Campaign and the 1864 Overland Campaign in and around the former Confederate capital.

Numerous historic places to see in and around Richmond are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Richmond.

Located in the Jackson Ward neighborhood in downtown Richmond, the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site was the home of an important leader of the early Civil Rights Movement and the first woman to charter a bank in the United States.

The home of John Marshall, the influential Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835, located in downtown Richmond. His home is now a museum dedicated to the Chief Justice's life operated by Preservation Virginia. Marshall's home is the subject of an online lesson plan titled "The Great Chief Justice" at Home. The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

The Historic Richmond Foundation is dedicated to preserving the unique historic and architectural heritage of the state capital.

The Museum of the Confederacy is the home to the world's most comprehensive collection of artifacts, manuscripts, and photographs from the Confederate States of America.

The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond is open to the public.

The Fredericksburg National Cemetery is a component of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park, the second largest military park in the world.  The park is a unit of the National Park Service that preserves and interprets the battlefields of four major engagements in the area: the battles of Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania and the Wilderness.  The Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg battlefields both have on-site visitor centers with films and exhibitions relating to the battles.  The Spotsylvania and Wilderness battles do not have visitor centers, although historians are present during the summer and on weekends in the spring and early fall. The park also includes four historic buildings: Chatham Manor, Salem Church, the “Stonewall” Jackson Shrine, and Ellwood Manor.

Greater Fredericksburg Tourism Partnership provides information on attractions and accommodations in the region.

Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program provides a summary of the battles commemorated by the national military park.

The historic residence Chatham Manor is the subject of an online lesson plan, Chatham Plantation: Witness to the Civil War.  The lesson plan explores the history of the manor, the families who lived there, and how the Civil War affected the Fredericksburg region.  The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Fredericksburg National Cemetery is a part of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area.

Glendale National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Glendale National Cemetery was documented using the standards established by the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey.

Glendale National Cemetery is located adjacent to the Richmond National Battlefield Park, which preserves several battlefields and historic sites related to the 1862 Peninsula Campaign and the 1864 Overland Campaign around the former Confederate capital.

Numerous historic places to see in and around Richmond are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Richmond.

Hampton National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Hampton Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Hampton Section and the Phoebus Section of the Hampton National Cemetery were documented using the standards established by the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey.

Hampton University, a historically black college founded in 1868 and the alma mater of Booker T. Washington, surrounds the Hampton National Cemetery.

Fort Monroe is designated as a National Historic Landmark. The landmark file text and photographs are available through the National Park Service. The fort, and more than a dozen buildings on the grounds, were documented using the standards established by the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey.

The Hampton and the Virginia Peninsulas are parts of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, the first national water trail, which traces Smith's explorations throughout the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

Hampton VA National Cemetery: This is the official Department of Veterans Affairs website for the cemetery.

Hampton Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Fort Monroe is designated as a National Historic Landmark. The landmark file text and photographs are available through the National Park Service. The fort, and more than a dozen buildings on the grounds, were documented using the standards established by the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey.

The Hampton and the Virginia Peninsula are parts of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, the first national water trail, which traces Smith's explorations throughout the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

Poplar Grove National Cemetery is a component of the Petersburg National Battlefield, a National Park Service unit that protects, preserves, and interprets the historic resources associated with the Union’s siege of Petersburg during the last months of the Civil War. The Eastern Front visitor center in Petersburg introduces the siege of Petersburg and its impact on the war.  Other components of the park include General Grant’s Headquarters at City Point in Hopewell, VA and the Five Forks Battlefield in Dinwiddie

The official tourism website of the Commonwealth of Virginia provides information on attractions and accommodations in the Petersburg area.  The website also provides information on Virginia’s Civil War trails.

Petersburg Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program provides a summary of the Siege of Petersburg. Additional information regarding the battle is available from the Civil War Preservation Trust.

Richmond National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Richmond National Cemetery is located near the Richmond National Battlefield Park, a unit of the National Park Service that preserves several battlefields and historic sites related to the 1862 Peninsula Campaign and the 1864 Overland Campaign around the former Confederate capital.

Numerous historic places to see in and around Richmond are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Richmond.

Located in the Jackson Ward neighborhood in downtown Richmond, the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site was the home of an important leader of the early Civil Rights Movement and the first woman to charter a bank in the United States.

The home of John Marshall, the influential Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835, is located in downtown Richmond. His home is now a museum dedicated to the Chief Justice's life operated by Preservation Virginia. Marshall's home is the subject of an online lesson plan titled "The Great Chief Justice" at Home. The lesson plan was produced by the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places program, which offers a series of online classroom-ready lesson plans on historic places. To learn more, visit the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

The Historic Richmond Foundation is dedicated to preserving the unique historic and architectural heritage of the state capital.

The Museum of the Confederacy is the home to the world's most comprehensive collection of artifacts, manuscripts, and photographs from the Confederate States of America.

The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond is open to the public.

Seven Pines National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

The Seven Pines National Cemetery is located near the Richmond National Battlefield Park, a unit of the National Park Service that preserves several battlefields and historic sites related to the 1862 Peninsula Campaign and the 1864 Overland Campaign around the former Confederate capital.

Numerous historic places to see in and around Richmond are featured in the National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary for Richmond.

Located in the Jackson Ward neighborhood in downtown Richmond, the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, was the home of an important leader of the early Civil Rights Movement and the first woman to charter a bank in the United States.

The home of John Marshall, the influential Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835, is located in downtown Richmond. Marshall's home is the subject of a Teaching with Historic Places lesson titled "The Great Chief Justice" at Home. His home is now a museum dedicated to the Chief Justice's life operated by Preservation Virginia.

The Historic Richmond Foundation is dedicated to preserving the unique historic and architectural heritage of the state capital.

The Museum of the Confederacy is the home to the world's most comprehensive collection of artifacts, manuscripts, and photographs from the Confederate States of America.

The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond is open to the public.

Staunton National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Staunton Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

Shenandoah National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive National Scenic Byways are located 15 miles east of Staunton.

Staunton National Cemetery is in the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Heritage Area.

Winchester National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Winchester-Frederick County Convention and Visitors Bureau provides additional visitor information.

Top of Virginia Regional Chamber of Commerce provides additional information.

The Appalachian National Scenic Trail passes ten miles east of Winchester.

Winchester National Cemetery is in the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Heritage Area.

Yorktown National Cemetery: This is the National Park Service official website for the cemetery.

Yorktown National Cemetery is a part of Yorktown National Battlefield at Colonial National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park Service. Colonial National Historic Park also includes Historic Jamestowne, the first successful English colony in the New World, Colonial Parkway, a 23-mile national scenic byway across the Virginia Peninsula, and the Cape Henry Memorial, which marks the landing point of the Jamestowne colonists.

York County Chamber of Commerce offers additional visitor information.

The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and the Williamsburg Area Destination Marketing Committee offer additional visitor information.

The James and York Rivers surrounding the Virginia Peninsula are included the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, the first national water trail, which traces Smith's explorations throughout the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

Grafton National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Grafton National Cemetery was documented using the standards established by the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey.

Two state parks, Tygart Lake State Park and Valley Falls State Park, are located within ten miles of Grafton.

Forest Hill Cemetery Soldiers' Lot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery. The soldiers' lot is located in the Forest Hill Cemetery, located in Madison. A downloadable walking tour map and guide is available online.

Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau includes information on attractions and accommodations in the vicinity.

Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Ice Age National Scenic Trail, one of the nation’s eleven national scenic trails, stretches over 1,200 miles through much of northern, central, and eastern Wisconsin. Predominantly an off-road hiking trail, the route follows the edges of the last continental glacier in North America and passes through various landscapes and habitats. The National Park Service administers the trail in cooperation with a variety of partners at the state and local level. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources maintains an online interactive mapping service for creating and printing detailed maps of the trail.

Forest Home Cemetery Soldiers' Lot: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery. The soldiers' lot is located in the Forest Home Cemetery, located in Milwaukee. The website also contains a history of the cemetery and provides self-guided tour information.  The cemetery’s unique mausoleum, called the Halls of History, features exhibits and displays on Milwaukee history.

Greater Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau offers comprehensive resources for planning a trip to the area. 

Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The Ice Age National Scenic Trail, one of the nation’s eleven national scenic trails, stretches over 1,200 miles through much of northern, central, and eastern Wisconsin. Predominantly an off-road hiking trail, the route follows the edges of the last continental glacier in North America passing through various landscapes and habitats. The National Park Service administers the trail in cooperation with a variety of partners at the state and local level. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources maintains an online interactive mapping service for creating and printing detailed maps of the trail.

Wood National Cemetery: This is the Department of Veterans Affairs official website for the cemetery.

Greater Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau offers comprehensive resources for planning a trip to the Milwaukee area. 

Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce provides additional visitor information.

The National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are the subject of a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The itinerary features the 11 homes built after the Civil War, including the Northwestern Branch in Milwaukee.

The Northwestern Branch, now the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, is open to the public, and visitors can drive through and walk on the grounds, visit the cemetery, and view the historic buildings.  Most of the buildings are closed to the public, however the library (Building 3) is open and features an exhibition about Clement J. Zablocki. The main facility building (Building 111) is also open to the public.  No visitor parking is available.  During the Reclaiming Our Heritage event (held each year the weekend after Memorial Day), many of the historic buildings are open for guided tours. For additional information, please visit the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center website. Please respect the privacy of veterans utilizing the facility.

The Ice Age National Scenic Trail, one of the nation’s eleven national scenic trails, stretches over 1,200 miles through much of northern, central, and eastern Wisconsin. Predominantly an off-road hiking trail, the route follows the edges of the last continental glacier in North America passing through a diversity of landscapes and habitats. The National Park Service administers the trail in cooperation with a variety of partners at the state and local level. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources maintains an online interactive mapping service for creating and printing detailed maps of the trail.