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NATIONAL PARKMorristown National Historical Park Consisting of four units, two in Morristown and two 6 miles southwest, Morristown National Historical Park includes the Ford Mansion (Washington's Headquarters), the site of Fort Nonsense, Jockey Hollow and the New Jersey Brigade Area. Gen. George Washington selected this easily defensible site for his military headquarters and the main encampment of the Continental Army of the Middle Colonies in the “Hard Winter” of 1779-80.

NATIONAL PARKPetersburg National Battlefield The 2,659-acre Petersburg National Battlefield, 2 miles east of Petersburg via Washington/Oaklawn St. (SR 36), was established to preserve and interpret the battlefields where 10 months of grim trench warfare sapped the strength of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army and led to the fall of Richmond.

NATIONAL PARKRichmond National Battlefield Park Headquartered in Richmond with battlefields in Hanover, Henrico and Chesterfield counties, the park commemorates the struggle for possession of the Confederate capital. Seven Federal attacks on Richmond took place during the Civil War. The park, consisting of 13 units, preserves the sites of the two efforts that came close to success—Gen. George McClellan's Peninsula Campaign of 1862 and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign in 1864. Completely touring the park involves a 60-mile drive.

NATIONAL PARKSaratoga National Historical Park Ten miles southeast of Saratoga Springs on SR 32/US 4, the Battlefield of Saratoga National Historical Park embraces partially wooded country along the west side of the Hudson River. In addition to the 3,200-acre battlefield, the park is made up of three other areas: the Schuyler House in Schuylerville and the Saratoga Monument and Victory Woods in Victory Mills. The park commemorates the Battles of Saratoga, fought on Sept. 19 and Oct. 7, 1777, in which Gen. Horatio Gates' American forces defeated Gen. John Burgoyne's British forces.

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NATIONAL PARKThousand Islands National Park In the St. Lawrence River between Kingston and Brockville, the park consists of more than 20 widely scattered islands among the Thousand Islands

NATIONAL PARKValley Forge National Historical Park Extending east from the village of Valley Forge along SR 23, the 3,500-acre Valley Forge National Historical Park was the site of the 6-month winter/spring encampment by the Continental Army. From Dec. 19, 1777, to June 19, 1778, Gen. George Washington and 12,000 soldiers survived against terrible odds and kept the British Army contained in Philadelphia.

NATIONAL PARKWhite Mountains And White Mountain National Forest North of New Hampshire's central plateau, the White Mountains rise in dramatic relief, cloaked with forests and laced with streams. Among the ranges and ridges are the highest mountains in the Northeast, the Presidential Range, which culminate in the bare granite summit of 6,288-foot Mount Washington

NATIONAL PARKShenandoah National Park

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