The American Civil War Museum

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(05-07-2019 09:50 AM)GustD45 Wrote:  My wife wants to take me there for my birthday. Personally I'd love to see it and the Confederate WH

Definitely let her take you there. The White House has been nearly swallowed up by parking garages and buildings related to the nearby university, but if it is like it was when I was there years ago, it's lovely. I must admit that seeing the Davis desk and imagining Lincoln at it with his feet up (if the story is true) made me angry -- just like the photos of a former President with his feet up on the historic desk in the Oval Office that JFK resurrected.

I also got a tad emotional upon seeing the outside railing where the Davises' young son fell to his death. If you spend a weekend in Richmond, try to take in the Valentine Museum also. I hope Betty Ownsbey will chime in here. She's our pure-bred Richmond gal and a great historian on the city.