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https://whattoseeinwashingtondc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/manassas.jpg1000753Taking your boys to visit battlefields helps bring history to life. They can see the real places these victories (or losses) happened, and maybe even reenact them. Here are five of the best to visit within two hours of DC.