August 8, 2008
Civil War walking tours in Richmond
The National Park Service has 3 Civil War walking tours remaining this month: Industrial Work Force Tour tomorrow, Richmond’s Civil War Prisons walking tour on 8/16, and Walking Tour of Historic Tredegar Iron Works on 8/23. [via]
Saturday 8/9/2008 2PM Industrial Work Force Tour
Ranger Susie Sernaker will lead a tour of the Tredegar Iron Works, canal and Brown’s Island focusing on the contributions of the female, black and foreign-born workers in the industrial heart of the city of Richmond during the Civil War. The tour meets at 470 Tredegar Street at 2 p.m.
Saturday 8/16/2008 2PM Richmond’s Civil War Prisons walking tour
Ranger Mike Gorman will lead a tour to Belle Isle, a notorious camp for Union prisoners of war. The program will begin at 2 pm at the Tredegar Iron Works.
Saturday 8/23/2008 2PM Walking Tour of Historic Tredegar Iron Works
Ranger Randy Cleaver will lead a tour of the men and machines of the Tredegar Iron Works. The programs begins at 2 pm at 470 Tredegar Street.
I love seeing Richmond up close at the pedestrian level. It is the best way to experience a city. While I have not been on the particular walking tours listed here, I did have the pleasure of taking a walking tour last weekend, sponsored by the Museum of the Confederacy, on Jefferson Davis and Richmond. The anecdotes about the Confederate president were really interesting and I liked finding out the history behind the buildings and locations I pass by every day. I will definitely put this tour on my “must do” list for visiting friends.