Tim Murphy
Bethlehem Steel
The rusting blast furnaces that tower over Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, once powered the largest shipbuilding company and second-largest...
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Tim Murphy
- Aug 11, 2019
- 11 min
Fort Mifflin: The Fort that Saved America
Tucked away from the sprawl of Philadelphia International Airport stands one of the most significant forts in American history. Fort...
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Tim Murphy
- Jul 21, 2019
- 8 min
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
The American Revolution was far from a unified affair. Fierce partisan warfare between Loyalist (Tory) and Patriot sympathizers ravaged...
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Tim Murphy
- Jul 14, 2019
- 6 min
Grandfather Mountain
Grandfather Mountain is the highest peak in the Blue Ridge Range, towering prominently over the highlands of North Carolina at 5,946 feet...
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Tim Murphy
- Jul 7, 2019
- 4 min
The Blowing Rock
The Blowing Rock is a small park in western North Carolina that has entertained tourists for nearly ninety years, while its legend has...
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Tim Murphy
- Jun 30, 2019
- 7 min
The White House of the Confederacy
Located at 1201 E. Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia, the former Executive Mansion of the Confederate States stands rather unassumingly...
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Tim Murphy
- Jun 9, 2019
- 9 min
Shirley Plantation
Shirley Plantation is America’s oldest family-owned business dating back nearly four hundred years. The estate has been actively farmed...
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Tim Murphy
- Jun 2, 2019
- 8 min
The George C. Marshall House
In the realm of international relations and policy, few can compare to the respect and influence garnered by General George C. Marshall....
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Tim Murphy
- May 26, 2019
- 20 min
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Over the course of American history, no one person's celebrity has ever garnered the national esteem bestowed to George Washington:...
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Tim Murphy
- May 5, 2019
- 26 min
The Richmond Battlefields
Richmond, Virginia: the contentious capitol of the Confederacy. Its preeminence as a prosperous city of commerce and industry made...
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Tim Murphy
- Mar 3, 2019
- 9 min
Bennett Place
As the Civil War entered its fourth year in 1864, little progress had been made to quell the rebelling states. President Abraham Lincoln...
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Tim Murphy
- Feb 23, 2019
- 4 min
Chimney Rock State Park
The anomalous geologic formations of Chimney Rock have been captivating the inhabitants of North Carolina’s Hickory Nut Gorge for...
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Tim Murphy
- Feb 17, 2019
- 11 min
Historic Brattonsville
There are few historic sites in America that accurately reflect our nation’s greatest triumphs while simultaneously recognizing some of...
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Tim Murphy
- Feb 3, 2019
- 10 min
The Biltmore Estate
Measuring nearly 179,000 square feet, the Biltmore Estate is the largest privately owned home in America. Constructed between 1889 and...
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Tim Murphy
- Dec 21, 2018
- 7 min
Historic Tredegar Iron Works
Richmond, Virginia, was the political and industrial capitol of the Confederacy—at its center was the Tredegar Iron Works. This massive...
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Tim Murphy
- Dec 16, 2018
- 7 min
Belle Isle
Amidst the roaring rapids of the James River and the towering skyline of downtown Richmond, Virginia, Belle Isle stands out as one of the...
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Tim Murphy
- Nov 25, 2018
- 8 min
The Wright Brothers
For millennia, people have been fascinated by the concept of human flight. From the Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus to the designs of...
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Tim Murphy
- Nov 17, 2018
- 11 min
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
The Roanoke Colony was England’s first attempt at establishing a permanent settlement in the New World. In August 1587, over 110...
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Tim Murphy
- Nov 12, 2018
- 5 min
Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
Thomas Jefferson spent decades as a faithful public servant to the American people. He authored the Declaration of Independence, was the...
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Tim Murphy
- Nov 4, 2018
- 8 min
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove Plantation
The Civil War was about slavery. That statement simplifies our nation’s most tumultuous era to its very basic structure. It’s easy to...
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