The Museum’s new building at Tredegar Iron Works is not only a world-class destination in itself, but also the de facto headquarters for the other important Civil War sites on Richmond’s historic waterfront. The Museum’s tours and programs highlight the connections between Tredegar and some of those other sites. This article is the first in a projected series of magazine articles about those connections. If you leave the American Civil War Museum parking lot, turn to your right, and walk along the James River for 1/4 mile, you come to a curious, undulating footbridge suspended from the highway bridge over the James. The path provides pedestrian access to Belle Isle, the jewel in the crown of the city’s James River Park System.
ON THE W ATERFRO N BELLE ISLE
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B Y JO H N M . COSKI
PHOTO: PENELOPE M. CARRINGTON
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