Richmond, Virginia

We met up with my mom in Richmond for an overnight adventure. Getting these last NPS stamps in Richmond have been on my list for a while wanting to get. Several were closed for Covid, but I was able to get what I could and we could still walk around the sites. First we visited the home of Maggie L Walker. She was the first woman to serve as president of a bank in the United States, St. Luke's Penny Bank (long since folded by mergers into other institutions), in 1902. The kids' favorite part was hanging out in the hotel with my mom where we watched the movie Soul together.  The next day we went to the Richmond Battlefield Cold Harbor visitor center where we went around the nice trail. The Battle of Cold Harbor was the final victory won by Lee's army during the war from May 31 to June 12, 1864 with the most significant fighting occurring on June 3rd.  It was one of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, and is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles.