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.

Abraham Staats House, located in South Bound Brook, NJ
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Staats House

The Staats House, located in South Bound Brook, New Jersey, is an 18th-century Dutch Colonial home with strong ties to the Revolutionary War. Built by...
Caldwell Parsonage in New Jersey
Rev War  |  Heritage Site

Caldwell Parsonage

On June 7, 1780, along the retreat path of the Battle of Connecticut Farms, a combined Hessian and British force passed by the Caldwell Parsonage. On...
Nathan Hale Homestead Drone Shot
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Nathan Hale Homestead

Nathan Hale, Connecticut’s State Hero, was born on this property in 1755. He was recruited as one of America’s earliest spies, but was caught and...
Cemetery

Brookwood American Cemetery

Maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission, this cemetery contains 468 burials and 563 commemorations of WWI dead, including two...