With 400 years of European, American and African-American heritage, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground is a National Heritage Area with a National Scenic Byway running through it.  From Gettysburg to Monticello, it’s known as Where America Happened™. 

It contains more history than any other region in the nation and includes the largest single collection of Civil War sites in the nation including: Aldie, Antietam, Appomattox Court House, Ball’s Bluff, Brandy Station, Bristoe Station, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry, Kelly’s Ford, Manassas, Middleburg, Monocacy, Rappahannock Station, Spotsylvania Court House, Thoroughfare Gap Upperville, Wilderness and more.

Plus, there are two World Heritage sites, 49 National Heritage districts, 9 Presidential homes, 13 National Park units, hundreds of African American and Native American heritage sites, 30 Historic Main Street communities, sites from the Revolutionary War, French-Indian War, War of 1812.

We invite you to visit the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area and National Scenic Byway: Walk on the battlefields; Explore the vibrant, historic downtowns; Taste the vibrancy of the farms and vineyards that sustain the rural agrarian landscape that our forefathers created and; Enjoy the natural beauty that made this region home to so many of our Founding Fathers.  It’s only by visiting these remarkable places that the stories of past generations become real.

Take the Journey to Where America Happened. 

Visit www.HallowedGround.org and start your journey today.