Clara Barton National Historic Site, MarylandUnited States. National Park Service
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Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland
United States. National Park Service
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912; Clara Barton National Historic Site (Md.)
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National
Military Park, P.O. Box 679, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401. At Chatham
Manor, across the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg, you can visit
the house where Clara Barton provided relief and comfort to the wounded
during the battle of Fredericksburg. Exhibits in the Manor about
Barton’s role include a letter written to a cousin describing the battle
scene and her work. Chatham Manor is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It
is closed January 1 and December 25. The main visitor center for the
park, which contains the battlefields of Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House, is on
U.S. 1 (Lafayette Avenue) in Fredericksburg. A self-guiding automobile
tour connects all the battlefields.
[Illustration: Reenactment at Fredericksburg]
Johnstown Flood National Memorial, P.O. Box 247, Cresson, Pennsylvania
16630. The park is located along U.S. 219 and Pa. 869 at the site of the
South Fork Dam, 16 kilometers (10 miles) northeast of Johnstown,
Pennsylvania. Located at the dam site are a small visitor center,
restroom, interpretive trails, and a picnic area with tables and cooking
grills. If you drive to Saint Michael on Pa. 869, which closely follows
the shore of the 1889 lake, you will pass some of the Queen Anne
cottages and the clubhouse that were part of the resort at Lake
Conemaugh. Grandview Cemetery in Johnstown contains the graves of many
victims, including 777 who were never identified. The park is open daily
except Thanksgiving, December 25, and January 1.
[Illustration: Aftermath of Johnstown flood]
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Box 1830, Manassas, Virginia 22110.
During the battle of Second Manassas, Clara Barton arrived in Fairfax
Station, Virginia, by train with supplies for caring for the wounded.
She joined a Federal field hospital that had moved into the hamlet ahead
of the Union retreat. At St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Fairfax
Station the Union doctors set up a hospital. Barton arrived at the same
time and contributed medical help. She never reached the battlefield
that is preserved in today’s park. St. Mary’s Church still stands at
11112 Fairfax Station Road, Fairfax Station, Virginia, and a plaque on
its wall honors Barton’s work.
[Illustration: Statue of Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson at Manasses]
National Park Service Sites Commemorating American Women
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York 12538.
Eleanor Roosevelt used “Val-Kill” as a retreat from the cares of her
busy and active life. At the cottage, built in 1925 in a pastoral
setting, she entertained friends and dignitaries and promoted the many
causes in which she was interested.
[Illustration: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site]
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