Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Washington D.C. “In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression – everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God...
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Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation In Remembrance of those who perished and in celebration of those who survived, stroll through one of the finest Holocaust memorials I have ever born witness to. Located at 1933-1945 Meridian Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139, it is open daily with free admission. http://www.holocaustmmb.org/ From the...
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John F. Kennedy Library and Museum My Mother was not a huge fan of history; she always said she was much more interested in the present than the past – the older I get, the more I understand her point. However, I still love history. Recently, I came across this ticket stub,...
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The Bushong Farm and Homestead A Part of the Virginia Civil War Museum We spotted the Bushong Farm, off of the freeway, and decided to pull over to see what we might see. It was late in the afternoon, and time did allow for us to tour the Virginal Civil War Museum,...
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Jekyll Island I remember being stopped, at a red light, with my window rolled down, and listening to a subtle clanking, which caused me to look around, until I found its source; it was a shutter being blown by a gentle wind, back and forth. I had arrived in Brunswick,...
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Pershing Park “In their devotion, their valor, and in the loyal fulfillment of their obligations, the officers and men of the American Expeditionary forces have left a heritage of which those who low may ever be proud.” ~ General John J. Pershing ~ The General John J. Pershing Park, which...
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The Big Swinger Polaroid Cameras at MIT We went to see an exhibit on technology, at MIT, in Boston; I was expecting this to be an outing more centered on Kate’s interest and not that I would see my first camera – well not mine, but one just like mine....
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Shanksville 9-11 On a very cold winter day, we ventured to Shanksville Pennsylvania, the site where flight 93 crashed, on September 11, 2001. We had arrived in the area the night before, spending the evening in Somerset, from which the path to the site is clearly marked. It was a dreary...
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Birthplace William Rainey Harper Recently we were driving through southern Ohio, when we decided to get off of the interstate, and do a bit of exploring. In New Concord, on Main Street, I saw this rather rustic looking building, and decided we should park and take a look. As we were getting out...
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President Benjamin Harrison’s Home Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, though our twenty-third President was born in Ohio, the son of Congressman John Scott Harrison, President Benjamin Harrison home is open to the public, and worth a visit! President Harrison was a local attorney and lay worker in the Presbyterian Church, when the Civil War...
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