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Attn. GPS Users - Advice for Seeking Directions to the Park
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May 18 Concert Cancellation
Due to rainy weather, the May 18 concert scheduled at the General Grant's Headquarters Unit in Hopewell has been postponed. "Johnny Jones and Friends" will perform at a later date once one has been agreed upon. Thank you.
Standards of Learning
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The following standards of learning objectives appy to the state of Virginia only. Educators within the state can plan an educational visit to the Battlefield that will fulfill certain standards set by the state. Prisoners of Petersburg History and Social Sciences: K.1, 1.1, 1.2, 3.13, 4.1, 4.4, 4.7, 5.7, 5.9, 11.6, 11.17 Portrait of a Soldier English: 3.1, 4.1, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2History and Social Sciences: 3.12, 3.13, 4.1, 4.4, 4.7, 5.3, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 11.6, 11.17 A City Under Siege English: 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1History and Social Sciences: 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.10, 4.1, 4.2, 5.6, 5.7, 5.9, 11.6, 11.15, 11.17 Woe to the Wounded English: 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1History and Social Sciences: 3.13, 4.4, 4.7, 5.7, 5.9 A Slave, A Plantation, A War English: K.1, K.2, K.3, 1.1, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1History and Social Sciences: K.1, K.5, K.6, 1.1, 1.2, 2.9, 3.3, 3.7, 3.10, 3.13, 4.1, 4.4, 5.3, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 11.6, 11.17 |
Did You Know?
Richard Eppes, owner of Appomattox Plantation, which is currently part of the Grant's HQ Unit of Petersburg National Battlefield, noted that it took 8,320 pounds of bacon each year to feed his 127 enslaved people in 1860.