Civil War and More in Newport News

Civil War Re-enactments - Newport News
Civil War Re-enactments - Newport News
Address
Newport News Tourism Development Office
Fountain Plaza Two, 700 Town Center Drive, Suite 320
Newport News, VA 23606
Region Hampton Roads
Locality Newport News City
Phone: (757) 926-1442
Phone2: (888) 493-7386
Fax: (757) 926-1441
Email tattoh@nngov.com
Website www.newport-news.org

Day 1
Visit the world of the 19th-century at Young’s Mill, Warwick Court House, and Battle of Dam No. 1.

Day 2
Journey back in time at the Monitor and Merrimack Overlook, the Victory Arch and the Virginia War Museum. Now, explore maritime history in a whole new way at The Mariners’ Museum, America’s National Maritime Museum, home to the premier Civil War attraction in the country --- the USS Monitor Center.

Day 3
Tour Lee Hall Mansion, one of the last remaining antebellum homes on the Virginia Peninsula and Endview Plantation, with its living history programs and re-enactments. Finally, tour Fort Monroe and Casemate Museum located in Hampton.

Day 4
For a change of pace, visit the Virginia Living Museum, where you will stroll the boardwalk along a wooded lake for an up-close safari into the lives of many native animals.




Last Updated: 10/21/2010 1:36 PM
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