Manassas and the Battle of Bull Run

The city I work in is called Manassas. It is located about 20 miles away from me in the opposite direction (west) of DC, and I like the city because it is smaller, newer, and more rural than where I live. Last Friday, Tim met me after work and we explored the downtown area as well as the battlefield.

City Hall

They had a fun town pavilion and train that Tim took a picture by. I am at the cute train station that is still in operation.

The coolest shop downtown was an old used bookstore. There are always people on movies going in these places looking for books on ghosts. I had never been to a real one, but as you can tell from the picture, it didn't disappoint!

Manassas is famous because it is the location of the Civil War Battles of Bull Run (there were two). We quickly checked out the battlefield and were impressed with it's beautiful rolling hills and scenery. The pictures just don't do it justice. It's Fall here, and I am LOVING seeing the leaves change. -Hopefully it will be even prettier next weekend.

This is the spot where Thomas Jackson was nicknamed "Stonewall Jackson" by General B. E. Bee. Tim is standing next to his statue (posing like him), and the bottom corner of the collage above this tells the story.