I was exposed to a lot of history being brought up in the Boston area. Most of it had to do with the Revolutionary War period. It’s all about the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere, etc., up there. As I discussed in my last post, now I’m interested in learning more about the Civil War so I’ve been going out to and taking pictures of, historical sites here in Virginia. I even joined a history meet-up group. (No easy step for an introvert!) What I realized while walking with my group last weekend is that where the Revolutionary War was about the U.S. creating itself, the Civil War was about the U.S. defining itself. That’s important to think about, especially in this election year.

 Example of historical architecture of some VA homes 

I’m going to look into the history of this” free black” community

Ghosts in the doorways   

Next up for me are sites in Washington, DC . Oh by the way, I said in my last post that I’d let you know about any comments I heard about the Civil War. To be honest, during my meet-up I was too busy thinking to listen to anyone. (LOL!)