Located
a few miles north of Manassas on route 28 the
Hilton Washington Dulles Airport hotel is the
perfect choice for you and your family while you
are visiting Northern Virginia for the Civil War
Sesquicentennial Celebration.
The National
Park Service and the Virginia Sesquicentennial of
the American Civil War Commission is inviting the
public to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the
First Battle of Manassas on July 21, 2011. Invited
speakers include Robert F. McDonnell, Governor of
Virginia, along with local, state, and federal
officials. Dr. Edward L. Ayers, president of the
University of Richmond and historian of the
American South, will give the keynote address
titled "The Battle of Manassas: America's Brief
Civil War.
In the summer of 1861,
enthusiastic volunteers in colorful uniforms
gathered to fight the first major land battle of
the war. Confident that their foes would turn and
run, neither side anticipated the smoke, din and
death of battle. Nearly one year later, both sides
met again on the same battlefield with the
Confederates winning a solid victory bringing them
to the height of their power.
Northern Virginia
Battlefields
(All a short drive from the Hilton Washington
Dulles Airport)
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