I woke up on July 4th, finally figuring out what had been running around in the back of my mind since the preceeding evening. It was a song that described the first battle at Manassas (or Bull Run as the Yankees called it) found on the old "Johnny Horton Makes History" album. I can't tell you how many times I listened to The Battle of Bull Run as a kid. Although we had considered skipping a visit to Manassas, once I realized the connection to this classic country music song, a stop was definitely required.
We were glad we did. Although we didn't have time to do everything there, we took the walking tour with a ranger guide who provided a great description of the first battle of Manassas (which was also the first battle of the Civil War). We also looked at the exhibits for that battle and the audio visual display about the battle. We only viewed the audio visual display and the indoor exhibits about the second battle because it had gotten late in the day and really hot outside.
The drive through northern Virginia was lovely. Debby said it was exactly what she thought it would look like...lots of grassy fields, fences and tree. We rolled into Fairfax and essentially, we were at our stopping point for the day.
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