So a few weeks ago I thought "We should get together not on the internet. There's so much great historical stuff we can see in and Around DC."

So all the public schools have started. The incredibly hot days of summer are over. Lets pick a place and a Saturday and all go there. I have a few ideas already, but let's see what people who want to go think about it.

• In Washington DC :

One of the Smithsonian museums. I'd say National Museum of American History, but there are some other semi-historical ones there but more focused as well. Natural History is also cool. ANd since they're free we could go to a lot of them.

The Mall and Memorials around it. Only problem with that is the Mall has been torn up and won't be back to normal till Next year.

• Virginia

Manassas National Battlefield. First battle field of the Civil War. There might even be bad history present in the displays there.

Harper's Ferry. Site of John Brown's raid. Also it's a nice little town and going late enough in September means the leaves will be turning so the drive there will look nice too.

Williamsburg. First capital of Virginia. Rather large site. Lots of 'Ye Olde iPhone Shoppee' as I remember.

Alexandria. Lots of very old houses and yuppies. A nice place to walk, assuming you can find parking (assuming you need parking)

Jamestown. First permanent English settlement. I've actually never been there, so might be interesting.

Yorktown. Last major battle in the US war of independence. Also someplace I've never visited.

• Maryland

Antietam. Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War. It was really interesting when I was there last, which was more than 20 years ago.

Baltimore. So there's Fort McHenry (never been) and the Inner Harbor. The Inner Harbor doesn't seem to be so much historical as other places though.

In general I'm in favor of either Washington DC or someplace close to it. If anyone doesn't have a car or feel like driving they can always Metro/MARC/VRE(lol) to the District. Someplace like Manassas or Antietam means if you don't have a car you're sitting out no matter what.

Anyhow opinions and interest in comments. K thx bye.