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Pamplin Historical Park is a 424-acre private sector historical park located near Petersburg, Virginia.The park preserves open space near Richmond, Virginia in Dinwiddie County, Virginia and serves the dual use of preserving a significant fragment of the Petersburg Breakthrough Battlefield, a National Historic Landmark, and key components of the Third Battle of Petersburg.
High Bridge Trail State Park is a rail trail in Southside Virginia converted from a rail line last belonging to Norfolk Southern. The first section of the High Bridge Trail opened in 2008 with the most recent extension into The Town of Pamplin completed in Spring 2024. [ 2 ]
The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, part of Pamplin Historical Park, is located in Petersburg, Virginia.A Civil War museum that has won a number of US and international awards and recognition, [1] the museum is Duty Called Me Here [2] as well as The Civil War Store, The Pamplin Board Room, and the Remembrance Wall.
The battlefield is the subject of two separate, overlapping designations. In 2003 "Petersburg Breakthrough Battlefield Historic District at Pamplin Historical Park" was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, encompasses about 422 acres (171 ha), including all of Pamplin Historical Park and three adjacent residential properties. [6]
In 1995, Greene became the first executive director of the Pamplin Historical Park. He also became the first director of the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, when the museum opened in 1999. From that time on, he directed both institutions concurrently. [3] [4] [7] [11] The park and museum are both located in Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Robert Boisseau Pamplin Jr. (born September 3, 1941) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and minister. He is also noted as an educator, historic preservationist and author. [1] [2] [3] A longtime Oregonian, Pamplin is chairman, president and CEO of R.B. Pamplin Corporation, a family-owned company headquartered in Portland.
Pamplin City is a town in Appomattox and Prince Edward counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. The population was 138 at the 2020 United States census . The Appomattox County portion of Pamplin City is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area .
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