Historic Site Gallery

Civil War musician playing a banjo

Confederate soldier reenactor playing a banjo in camp, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee.
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Pioneer name in Register Rock on the Oregon Trail, 1855

Oregon Trail traveler's name carved into Register Cliff by the North Platte River near Guernsey, Wyoming.
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Water well excavated at Jamestown, Virginia

Archaeological excavation of an early well within Jamestown Fort, Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia.
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