Richmond, Virginia. This is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was the capital of The Confederate States of America during The Civil War. The city was founded and 1737 and is currently a big city of over a million people in the greater Richmond area. We focused on The Civil War aspects of the city and can report that the former White House of The Confederate States of America is well preserved and President Jefferson Davis well remembered. We visited the Museum of the Confederacy next door which has an impressive collection of Civil war artifacts and pays tribute to General Robert E. Lee and General Stonewall Jackson, among others. The museum also houses a full collection of the battle flags carried by Confederate soldiers in to battle. Some of these were captured by Union soldiers during the war and then later returned as a gesture of respect and reconciliation.

The Confederate White House (now surrounded by Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital)

Confederate Battle Flag carried on the battle field

Another battle worn flag

Robert E. Lee's hat on display at The Museum of the Confederacy next door to The Confederate White House

Richmond's Old City Hall

Interior of Old City Hall

In 1865, when the Confederate Army fled Richmond, it blew up its munitions and inadvertently set the city on fire.  Ironically, it was the advancing occupying Union army that doused the fire

Photo of Richmond after the fire

The Virginia Capitol, seat of the State government 

Buz and Ned's Real Barbecue, Richmond, Virginia

Perfect baby back ribs