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Civil War to Civil Rights: Downtown Heritage Trail

Washington DC

1250 H Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20005
United States

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The Center Loop, the heart of the downtown heritage trail along Seventh, F, and 10th streets, focuses on Washington at the time of the Civil War. This is the neighborhood of Clara Barton, Walt Whitman, and John Wilkes Booth, and an area often visited by Abraham Lincoln. The West Loop takes you into a former residential neighborhood. Jefferson Davis attended one of its churches before the Civil War, and President Lincoln attended another during the conflict. The East Loop continues the story of the struggle for equal rights for all citizens. Here Daniel Webster worked to hold the Union together, and in 1862, eight months before the Emancipation Proclamation, Washington's old City Hall was the site of "compensated emancipation" in the District.

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Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Washington, DC
Museum
National Museum of American History
Washington, DC
Civil War  |  Museum
African American Civil War Memorial and Museum
Washington, DC
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Washington, DC
Museum
U.S. Navy Museum
Washington, DC
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Washington, DC (DC-34)
Washington, DC
Civil War  |  Cemetery
United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery
Washington, DC
Civil War  |  Fort
Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site
Alexandria, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Silver Spring, MD
Civil War  |  Fort
Fort Washington Park
Fort Washington, MD
Museum
National Museum of the U.S. Army
Fort Belvoir, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
B&O Railroad Museum: Ellicott City Station
Ellicott City, MD
Museum
National Museum of the Marine Corps
Quantico, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Annapolis, Maryland (MD-128)
Anna, MD
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Annapolis, Maryland (MD-156)
Annapolis, MD
Rev War  |  Museum
National Museum of the Marine Corps
Triangle, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Woodbine, Maryland (MD-51)
Woodbine, MD
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker at Leesburg, Virginia (VA-117)
Leesburg, VA
Civil War  |  Fort
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
Baltimore, MD
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Buckland, Virginia (VA-134)
Gainesville, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Frederick, MD
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Fredericksburg, Virginia (VA-126)
Fredericksburg, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Jeffersonton, Virginia (VA-93)
Jeffersonton, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
Pry House Field Hospital Museum
Keedysville, MD
Rev War  |  Museum
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Park
Piney Point , MD
Civil War  |  Museum
Warren Rifles Confederate Museum
Front Royal, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum
Winchester, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
Seminary Ridge Museum & Education Center
Gettysburg, PA
Museum
Gettysburg Beyond the Battle Museum
Gettysburg, PA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Havre de Grace, Maryland (MD-10)
Havre de Grace, MD
Civil War  |  Battlefield
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
Middletown, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
Point Lookout State Park and Civil War Museum
Scotland, MD
Rev War  |  Fort
Fort Frederick State Park
Big Pool, MD
Historic Site
Conococheague Institute at Rock Hill Farm
Mercersburg, PA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Orange, Virginia (VA-94)
Orange, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and Hall of Valor Museum
New Market, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
Virginia Museum of the Civil War
New Market, VA
Civil War  |  Fort
Fort Delaware State Park
Delaware City, DE
Civil War  |  Museum
U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center
Carlisle, PA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Gap, Pennsylvania (PA-171)
Gap, PA
Civil War  |  Museum
Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags Collection
Harrisburg, PA
Civil War  |  Museum
The State Museum of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, PA
Civil War  |  Museum
The Valentine Richmond History Center
Richmond, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
The American Civil War Museum–White House of the Confederacy
Richmond, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker at Richmond, Virginia (VA-108)
Richmond, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar
Richmond, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Wilmington, Delaware (DE-87)
Wilmington, DE