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Cannonball Trail
401 East Freemason Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: (757) 441-1526 Freemason Reception Center
Children Welcome

This walk-it-yourself tour is a heritage trail, which connects historic sites woven among featured attractions in downtown Norfolk. The Cannonball Trail becomes, in effect, a "story-telling stage" for interpreting Norfolk's rich and multi-faceted history.

Cedar Grove Cemetery
Between Fort Lane and Effingham Street
Portsmouth, VA 23701
Phone: (757) 488-1397
Email: pamkloeppel@verizon.net

Established in 1832, Cedar Grove is the oldest city-owned cemetery in Portsmouth. Listed on the Virginia and national registers of historic sites, the cemetery is noted for its funerary art and the civic, business, maritime, religious and military leaders who are buried there. Historical markers placed throughout the cemetery allow for self-guided tours.

Cedar Hill Cemetery
105 Mahan St.
Suffolk, VA 23434
Phone1: (757) 923-3880 Suffolk Visitor Center
Phone2: (866) SEE-SUFK Suffolk Visitor Center toll free
Email: Tourism@city.suffolk.va.us
Children Welcome

Originally constructed as "Green Hill Cemetery," this 32-acre expanse of hilly terrain and ancient cedar trees has many stories to reveal. Located behind Riddick's Folly House Museum and Seaboard Station Railroad Museum Cedar Hill Cemetery (1802) is an official site of the Virginia Civil War Trails prorgram as it is the final resting place for many Confederate Generals and soldiers.

Historic St Luke's Church
Historic St. Luke's Church
14477 Benn's Church Blvd.
Smithfield, VA 23430
Phone: (757) 357-3367
Fax: (757) 365-0543
Email: stlukes@visi.net
Opens: 9:30:00 AM
Closes: 4:00:00 PM
Admission Fee
Children Welcome
Pets Welcome

Historic St. Luke's Church, c. 1632, affectionately known as "the Old Brick", is the "Oldest surviving church of English foundation in America" and the only original Gothic church in the USA. Originally an Anglican church, after the Revolutionary War it was consecrated Episcopal. British Soldiers and Confederates camped under our great oaks. Historic St. Luke's Church is a non-profit foundation; Historic St. Luke's Restoration, Inc. St. Luke's is a National Historic Landmark and Historic Shrine. Tours and Gift Shop hours are Tuesday - Saturday 9:30 to 4:00pm. Sundays 1:00pm to 4:00pm. April through October; Tuesday - Saturday 9:30 to 5:00pm and Sunday 1:00 to 5:00pm. We are available for Weddings.

J. J. Moore Visitor, Archives & Family Life Center
2216 Long Ridge Road
Chesapeake, VA 23322
Phone: (757) 421-3839 Information
Opens: 10:00:00 AM
Closes: 5:00:00 PM
Children Welcome

This is the only visitor center in the Commonwealth of Virginia with an Afro-Union and Afro-Virginian repository theme. Hours of operation are Monday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm. The archives room has a historical collection that serves as a repository of documents, pictures, and records of over 140 years of Cuffeytown, Gabriel Chapel Church; and Afro-Union, Afro-Virginian, and Afro-Norfolk County Military, Political, and Educational histories. The archives are open by appointment only. The Cuffeytown Historic Cemetary is located near by.

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