SUFFOLK, Va. — The National Park Service say a National Heritage Area represents much more than the land it covers; it tells the story of a region and the people who lived in it. The proposed Great ...
Civil War history is part of the preservation story at several National Wildlife Refuges, including the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Suffolk.
The Great Dismal Swamp, as the name given to it by mosquito-swatting British colonists implies, isn’t always hospitable to humans. Although it’s now part of a popular national wildlife refuge and ...