Heading south

Second trip to the Annapolis, MD capitol. No tour this time either. Last year, construction and this year, a power failure.

The capitol grounds. Annapolis also served as the US capitol for about 10 months beginning in Nov. of 1783.

The capitol of New Jersey in Trenton.

Virginia's capitol in Richmond.

A Washington monument on Virginia's capitol grounds. That beautiful building behind is the old city hall!

In the Raleigh, North Carolina capitol building's old library.

On the grounds of the North Carolina capitol. Statue of the three presidents from NC.

Massachusetts high point--Mount Greylock. That tower is a recycled light house, erected as a Veteran's War Memorial.

Ebright Azimuth--What a name for the highest point in Deleware. You can probably see the exhaustion in our faces from this climb.

Show off!

Civil War history galore in Virginia.
This is near Fredricksburg.



In Richmand, VA. Maggie Walker NHS. She was the first woman bank president and was African/American.

Also in Richmond at the Tredegar Iron Works. This place supplied the Confederate Army with munitions and is part of the Richmond National Battlefield Park. Richmond was the Confederate Capital and was basically under seige the whole war. Richmond fell only after a 10-month seige took Petersburg, its supply/railroad hub.

In Richmond's Hollywood cemetery, a monument to the Confederate dead. Dennis is in the picture too, but is wearing stone colored clothes.

Petersburg National Battlefield. This is a mine shaft burrowed below Conferderate weapons cache, filled with powder, and exploded. 1700 pound cannons were tossed around, a large crater was created, and the Union attacked! They charged into the crater and could not climb the other side. Soon, over 1000 dead and wounded filled the crater.

George was quite well off. We toured the grounds of his parents' plantation.