National Park Service Announces Visitor Center Holiday Closures

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Date: December 19, 2007
Contact: Mike Andrus, 804  226-1981 x.30

In observance of the upcoming holidays, Richmond National Battlefield Park and the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site visitor centers will close early on December 24, and will remain closed all day on December 25, 2007. They will also be closed on January 1, 2008, New Year’s Day.

Visitor centers at the Chimborazo Medical Museum, Tredegar Iron Works, Cold Harbor and Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site will close at 2:00 pm on December 24, and will reopen at 9 am on December 26. Park offices will also be closed December 24, 25 and January 1. Park grounds will remain open sunrise to sunset throughout the holidays.

Did You Know?

Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States during the CIvil War

President Abraham Lincoln visited the Richmond area twice during the war.  In July 1862 he met with General McClellan at Harrison’s Landing on the James River.  Lincoln came to Richmond on April 4, 1865 and walked the streets of a city still smouldering from the evacuation fires.