Photo of the Week - Manassas National Battlefield Park
These photos were recently taken about an hour west of Washington, DC, at Manassas Battlefield Park in Manassas, Virginia, the site of the first Battle of Manassas in 1861 during the Civil War. Also called the first Battle of Bull Run. A year later, a second battle on the same site occurred. Over 80,000 soldiers from both sides died between the two battles.
______________________________________________
Technorati Tags: Washington DC, DC, Washington, travel, Washington DC travel, vacation, b5 media, tourist information, local attractions, site seeing, The DC Traveler, DC travel information, Manassas battlefield, Civil War reenactment, Civil War, Virginia, Fall colors
1 Comment
[...] an hour west of Washington, DC is Manassas, Virginia, home of the Manassas Battlefield National Park, the site of two famous civil War battles. But just a short drive from the park is one of the [...]