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Northern Virginia From the colonial period the influence of George Washington and the founding fathers is found here in abundance. George Washington's t colonial estate, Mount Vernon, on the shore of the Potomac in southern Fairfax County. The history of Washington and the colonial and revolutionary war period can also be found nearby at other Washington related sites. The Civil War’s first conflicts were fought in Northern Virginia at Manassas (Bull Run) in 1861. The second Battle of Manassas occurred in the same area in 1862. e. The commander of the Confederate forces General Robert E. Lee, and his wife Mary Custis Lee, the great granddaughter of Martha Washington, lived in the family estate, now known as Arlington House, from 1831 to 1861. The home with a commanding view of the city of Washington, from the western side of the Potomac, and was to become the site of one of the most hollowed grounds in our nation. On, the site of the Custis Lee estate Arlington National Cemetery, serves as the final resting place of thousand who served and as a reminder of high the price of freedom. Along the Potomac on the eastern edge of Arlington Cemetery is the Pentagon, the world largest office building and a symbol of the emergence after World War II of the US as the leading non-communist nation in the cold war period.
Monuments/Memorials Arlington National Cemetery George Washington Masonic Memorial U.S. Marine Memorial Museums Alexandria Archeology Museum Fort Ward Museum and Park National Air and Space Museum (Dulles) National Marine Corps Museum The Newseum Other Places Of Interest Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run Colvin Run Mill Park George Washington's Mill State Park Green Spring Gardens Park and Horticulture Center Meadowlark Gardens Regional Park Shopping/Entertainment Northern Virginia Regional Shopping Centers	Historic Sites/Buildings Carlyle House Christ Church Frank Lloyd Wright's Pope Leighey House Gadsby's Tavern Gunston Hall Plantation Lee-Fendall House Lloyd House Alexandria Library The Lyceum Manassas National Battlefield Mount Vernon, the Estate of George Washington Patowmack Canal and Great Falls National Park The Pentagon Pohick Church River Farm Sully Plantation Woodlawn Plantation Performing Arts/Cultural Sites/Sports Arenas Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts