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.

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...
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Touro Synagogue

The Touro Synagogue is the United States first and oldest Synagogue. The Synagogue and its original congregation were both extremely important for the...
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...
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)...