Tim Murphy
The Battle of Fredericksburg
1862 was a calamitous year for the Union Army of the Potomac. George B. McClellan’s failed Peninsular Campaign and inability to vanquish...
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Tim Murphy
Jul 24, 202218 min read
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, his family’s 3,000-acre plantation in Albemarle County, Virginia. His father,...
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Tim Murphy
May 29, 20227 min read
The Cape Henry Lighthouses
Long before the installation of maritime navigation aids, coastal Virginia was a vast wilderness unadulterated by European...
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Tim Murphy
Mar 6, 20227 min read
West Point Foundry Preserve
Prior to the Revolutionary War, the American colonies—rife with natural resources—were practically devoid of any large-scale industrial...
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Tim Murphy
Jan 30, 202212 min read
High Bridge Trail State Park
“There have been higher bridges not so long and longer bridges not so high, but taking the height and length together, this is, perhaps,...
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Tim Murphy
Oct 31, 20218 min read
The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum stands in commanding silence over the town of Weston, West Virginia—an imposing relic of America’s...
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Tim Murphy
Oct 17, 20217 min read
The Roanoke Canal Trail and Museum
Inadequate infrastructure was a prevailing problem in 18th Century America, particularly in the Piedmont regions. While land and...
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Tim Murphy
Sep 26, 20213 min read
Barboursville Ruins
The decrepit brick facades and Doric columns of Barboursville were once the epitome of Jeffersonian architecture in Orange County,...
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Tim Murphy
Sep 19, 20216 min read
Berkeley Plantation
Berkeley Plantation is the Old Dominion’s beau ideal colonial homestead. It features the oldest three-story brick home in Virginia and...
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Tim Murphy
Aug 28, 202112 min read
John Tyler's Sherwood Forest
On April 4, 1841, America’s tenuous political climate nearly reached its breaking point. William Henry Harrison, the nation’s ninth...
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Tim Murphy
May 29, 202121 min read
Franklin Delano Roosevelt National Historic Site
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) is widely recognized as one of the most influential politicians in American history. During his...
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Tim Murphy
Feb 13, 202111 min read
The Statue of Liberty
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. These illustrious words, synonymous with the Declaration of Independence, are emblematized...
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Tim Murphy
Jan 31, 202118 min read
Ellis Island: America's Gateway
On January 1, 1892, Annie Moore—a teenage émigré from Ireland—stood upon the deck of the steamship Nevada. The salty sea air that had...
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Tim Murphy
Jan 10, 202114 min read
Paterson Great Falls
Paterson, New Jersey, was America’s first planned city of industry and innovation. The brainchild of Alexander Hamilton, Paterson offered...
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Tim Murphy
Aug 9, 20204 min read
Brotherhood: America's Oldest Winery
The extensive vinicultural history of New York’s Hudson Valley has been celebrated for over three hundred years. When French and Dutch...
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Tim Murphy
Jul 12, 20209 min read
Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright’s legacy has become synonymous with awe-inspiring architecture. Over the course of his seventy-year career, Wright...
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Tim Murphy
May 10, 202012 min read
Fort Necessity
The Ohio Country was the gateway to the Northwest Territory—a vast expanse of seemingly boundless natural resources spanning from the...
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Tim Murphy
Mar 15, 20206 min read
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historical Park
The community of Hyde Park, New York, has an extensive and storied history of affluence and regality. For centuries, the town—positioned...
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Tim Murphy
Mar 1, 20208 min read
Ohiopyle State Park
Nestled in the sprawling wilderness of southwest Pennsylvania sits the tiny borough of Ohiopyle, whose population barely exceeds fifty...
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Tim Murphy
Feb 23, 202010 min read
The Citie of Henricus
May 1611—Jamestown was a floundering colony. Supply shortages, famine, disease, starvation, and Indian warfare constantly burdened the...
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