This is a sketch of cannons on the upper deck of a fort.

Heritage Sites

The places highlighted here — formerly called the Civil War Discovery Trail â€” are not just any places. They are the celebrated sites and structures that bring the earliest chapters of the American story to life, such as battlefields, historic homes, stations on the Underground Railroad, cemeteries, and parks. Together, they constitute the essential stops on a trail to discovering not only America’s military history, but the political, social and human dimensions of the founding and forging of the United States.

Green woodgrain
Rev War  |  Museum

House in the Horseshoe

In spring and summer, bright flowers surround this plantation house named for its location on a horseshoe bend in the Deep River. The house (ca. 1770)...
A portrain of W.E.B. Du Bois
Civil War  |  Historic Site

Wheeler School

During the summers of 1886 and 1887, W.E.B. Du Bois taught 30 African American students in rural Wilson County during the Reconstruction period...
Community of Grove Historical Marker
Civil War  |  Historic Site

Community of Grove

After the Civil War, in the area that later became known as the Community of Grove, the Freedmen’s Bureau confiscated land for displaced newly freed...
1760s era lighthouse located at the Gateway National Recreational Area in Sandy Hook
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Sandy Hook

During the American Revolution, the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, constructed in 1764, stood as a pivotal landmark. Its strategic importance was underscored...
Equestrian statue of George Washington on the Boston Common
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Boston Common

A Rival Green Boston Common, referred to as a "trayning field," was a significant site during the American Revolution. Over 1,000 Redcoats camped...