Take history into your own hands with a self-guided driving tour of our Revolutionary War sites. Experience a Civil War or Revolutionary War reenactment at Sullivan’s Monument Park at the Newtown Battlefield Reservation. Drive past historic Underground Railroad sites- including the home of former slave John W. Jones who aided in the escape of over 800 slaves. As sexton for Woodlawn Cemetery, Jones respectfully buried nearly 3,000 Confederate soldiers who died in Elmira’s Civil War Prison Camp.

 

Chemung Valley Living History Center
Newtown Battlefield State Park, Elmira, NY  14901
(607)733-0950
www.chemungvalley.org

 

Chemung Valley History Museum
415 East Water Street, Elmira, NY  14901
(607) 734-4167
www.chemungvalleymuseum.org

 

The John W. Jones Home & Future Museum
1259 College Avenue, Elmira, NY 14901
www.johnwjonesmuseum.org

 

Newtown Battlefield State Park and Sullivan’s Monument
(607)732-6067 • (800)456-2267
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=175

 

Woodlawn National Cemetery
1825 Davis Street, Elmira, NY 14901
(607) 732-5411
www.cem.va.gov/CEMs/nchp/woodlawn.asp

 

The Friends of Woodlawn
(607) 734-3982
www.friendsofwoodlawnelmira.org