“They need to find libraries, museums, and preserve enough knowledge so they won’t go in to a thousand year dark age.”
AGREE!!
They are suppose to be in and near Alexandria, VA. The Smithsonian and huge libraries not that far away. That’s where I would be.
Was down visiting Yorktown one spring break. My kids were with dad inside trying on costumes and I ran into the Herbalist. Spent about 2 hours with her learning about medical practice back then. It was fascinating. Lot of survival skills lost.
They are right next to the Potomac. If they get an outpost on the Potomac, they can get a sailboat, and travel all around Chesapeake Bay, and even out to the Atlantic up and down the coast. They can bring together everyone on the coast and rebuild the country. They wouldn’t be in much worse shape than the colonists at that point.