James Bowen's photos
Rural Virginia
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British Canon at Yorktown
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National Gallery
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Marines Memorial
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Although this pose (?) was made famous when the Marines had dealt with Iwo Jima, the statue was supposed to represent the bravery of all marines.
Korean War Memorial
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Mclean House, Appomattox CH
Appomattox Court House
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I always assumed that the Lee surrender to Grant occured at the court house in Appomattox.
Sadly I was wrong. Viriginians used to call all their county seats court house, so the town was actually called Appomattox Court House because it's the Appomattox county seat and has the local courthouse there.
Technically then, I suppose that that makes this the Appomattox Court House Court House
Judith Henry's House, Manassas
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One of the first battles of the American Civil War took place in Judith Henry's fields. She was killed in the crossfire, aged 85.
Stone Bridge, Bull Run
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The Union troops crossed this bridge at the First Battle of Bull Run. When they were repulsed and retreated over this bridge, it was supposed to be absolute chaos.
The Confederacy would later destroy the bridge. It was rebuilt after the Civil War.
Bull Run, Manassas
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Mary Washington's House
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Mary Washington, George Washington's mother, lived in this Fredericksburg VA house for the last 15 years of her life.
Kenmore House
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British Positions, Yorktown
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Jamestown Barracks
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To defend the Jamestown colony, the inhabitants of Jamestown needed soldiers. They would have lived in (completed) buildings that would look somewhat like this.
Jamestown Graveyard Marker
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At the start of the Jamestown colony, the death rate was enormous (convicts elected to be hanged, rather than go there). When they were excavating the Jamestown site, they found a number of bodies buried in this area.
It's believed the remainder might have been washed out to see by erosion.
Presbyterian Church, Dover DE
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Old Building, Dover DE
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Current Delaware State House
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