Memorial Day at Cold Harbor, Virginia

We visited the battlefield and cemetery at Cold Harbor to honor Memorial Day this year. In case you didn’t know, Cold Harbor was the last large Confederate victory. In a failed attempt to break through and take Richmond, the Union lost 6,000 soldiers compared to a Confederate loss of about 1,500. After this battle the conflict moved on to Petersburg, which turned into a protracted siege that eventually ended the war. Most of the Confederate casualties were buried in Hollywood cemetery in Richmond, the Union soldiers were buried here, near where they died.

National blow a bubble day

The employee entrance to the hospital is covered with this supportive chalk graffiti