I think my next stop will be Philadelphia to see the liberty bell.
I was there when I was 16.... in Philly. Williamsburg is right down the road from me. I go often. The recreated colonial part is nice. In the summer they have reenactments. Jamestown settlement is close, and the Yorktown battlefield is only a few miles away. Virginia is one big battlefield and history museum. My father was big on taking us places like that for vacation, instead of the beach. My father was the fire chief at Fort Monroe, which has significant civil war history of it's own.