Leesylvania State Park

In April 1985 the Virginia State Park framework formally committed another stop in Northern Virginia. The commitment conveys to the realization the fantasies of nearby students of history and individuals from the Society of the Lees of Virginia. Their exertion in the course of recent years has protected for open delight an interesting verifiable site.

Leesylvania State Park, on which is found Freestone Point, is a 508 section of land stop with very nearly 3 miles of water facing on the Potomac River amongst Neabsco and Powells Creeks. It has a rich history going back to early Indian settlements. The previous house site of Henry Lee II, father of Light Horse Harry Lee and granddad of Robert E. Lee, is on stop grounds.

A greenery secured meadow denotes a Lee family grave site. Disintegrated earthworks on a 110 foot feign neglecting the Potomac demonstrate the area of a Confederate battery involved amid the Civil War. Today, as one of the most up to date and northernmost state parks, Leesylvania is being created as both a verifiable site and a recreational office. As Park Service improvement keeps on setting up the site for the community, it is beneficial to review Leesylvania's fluctuated history.

Archeological confirmation demonstrates that Leesylvania's lush gorges and shoreline assets early pulled in Indians to the site. While an extensive archeological study has not been finished, it is likely that transient Indian populaces went by the site as far back as ancient circumstances. The Potomac River and its contiguous springs gave the motivation to such visits. The seaward waters abounded with angle provoking the principal European pilgrim to compose that the "wealth of fish Iying so thick with their heads above water.