Day 1

Begin at Historic Tredegar Iron Works, home of the American Civil War Center and Richmond National Battlefield Park Civil War Visitor Center.

The American Civil War Center’s  exhibition In the Cause of Liberty  tells the national story of the Civil War through three perspectives: Union, Confederate and African American.

Explore the emancipation story at the Manchester Slave Trail and the Lumpkin’s Jail site.   For 40 years prior to the Civil War, Richmond was the nation’s center for the export of slaves.

The Reconciliation Statue, which  signifies an apology for slavery, is one of only three located worldwide and is the only one in the U.S. 

Day 2

Begin your day at the Virginia State Capitol,  meeting place of the Confederate Congress and where Gen. Robert E. Lee accepted his commission in the Confederate Army.

See the largest collection of Confederate artifacts in the nation and Jefferson Davis’ home when you visit The Museum and White House of the Confederacy.

After lunch, drive along Monument Avenue, the nation’s only avenue designated a National Historic Landmark. Most monuments are dedicated to Confederate leaders.

The Virginia Historical Society, whose headquarters was constructed as a shrine to the Confederate dead, is your afternoon destination. An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia,   relates personal experiences of Virginia’s free and enslaved men, women, and children.

Day 3

Visit Jackson Ward, a 40-block neighborhood once known as the “Harlem of the South.”

Take a Canal Cruise  on the canal designed by George Washington. Don’t miss the Henry “Box” Brown  exhibit along the canal. In 1849, Brown, a slave who worked in a Richmond tobacco factory, shipped himself to Philadelphia in a box.

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