This is a sketch of cannons on the upper deck of a fort.

Heritage Sites

The places highlighted here — formerly called the Civil War Discovery Trail — are not just any places. They are the celebrated sites and structures that bring the earliest chapters of the American story to life, such as battlefields, historic homes, stations on the Underground Railroad, cemeteries, and parks. Together, they constitute the essential stops on a trail to discovering not only America’s military history, but the political, social and human dimensions of the founding and forging of the United States.

Cemetery

AMBC Manila Cemtery

23 Medal of Honor recipients, who died during the Battle of the Phillippines (1941-42), lay at rest here at Manila American Cememtery and Memorial.
Johnson Ferry House at Washington Crossing State Park
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Johnson Ferry House

Resting Before Attack The Johnson Ferry House, a gambrel-roof farmhouse and tavern dating to approximately 1740, is nestled within Washington Crossing...
Battlefield

ABMC Meuse-Argonne

The 47-day long Allied offensive was the final one during World War I and was fought until the Armistice of November 11, 1918.
Facade of the Old Dutch Parsonage in New Jersey
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Old Dutch Parsonage

The Old Dutch Parsonage, located near the Wallace House, was built in 1751 for the Reverend John Frelinghuysen with funds from three Dutch Reformed...
Abraham Staats House, located in South Bound Brook, NJ
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Staats House

The Staats House, located in South Bound Brook, New Jersey, is an 18th-century Dutch Colonial home with strong ties to the Revolutionary War. Built by...
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Camp Security

The last of the Revolutionary-era POW camps The largest extensions of Camp Security were constructed in York, PA in 1781 to house a portion of the 7...