| The themes of this trip were (a) the Underground Railroad Movement, (b) The Civil War and (c) American Literature, taking in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland. The trip was for 31 days from mid May to mid June 2011, staying at ten locations used as bases to explore the surrounding areas:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – for Downtown Philadelphia, Independence National Park and Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site West Chester, Pennsylvania – for Kennett Square and Underground Railroad Museums York, Pennsylvania – for York, Pennsylvania State Capitol (Harrisburg), Gettysburg National Military Park and Lancaster Amish Area Winchester, Virginia – for Winchester, Frederick and Harpers Ferry National Historic Park Stanardsville, Virginia – for the Blue Ridge Mountains (Blue Ridge Parkway), Monticello, Montpelier, Lynchburg, Appomattox and Staunton Roanoke, Virginia – for Virginia Museum of Transportation and Booker T National Park Galax, Virginia – for Galax, Blue Ridge Mountains (Blue Ridge Parkway), Abingdon, Wytheville and Floyd Hillsborough, North Carolina – for Hillsborough, the site of Occoneechee Speedway and Burwell School Petersburg, Virginia – for Petersburg, Petersburg National Battlefield Park and Richmond Manassas, Virginia – for Frederickburg National MIlitary Park, Bull Run and Manassas Battlegrounds and the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum To put the trip into context, here is an annotated map showing the circular route and all ten locations:
__________________________________________________ The following photo galleries are based on the above ten locations (text in brackets refer to the image). Within each photo gallery all text in peach refers to the journey whilst text in white refers to the places and locations visited. |
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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania(Liberty Bell, Philadelphia) |
 West Chester, Pennsylvania(Underground Railroad Museum, West Chester) |
 York, Pennsylvania(Gettysburg National Military Park) |
 Winchester, Virginia(John Brown’s Fort, Harpers Ferry) |
 Stanardsville, Virginia(Monticello) |
 Roanoke, Virginia(Virginia Museum of Transportation) |
 Galax, Virginia(Our Lodge, Blue Ridge Mountains) |
 Hillsborough, North Carolina(Burwelll School, Hillsborough Historic District) |
 Petersburg, Virginia(White House of the Confederacy, Richmond) |
 Manassas, Virginia(Bull Run River, Manassas / Bull Run Battlefield) |
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