Driven by the Past
A Road Trip through our National Parks
Monday, August 29, 2016
Minute Man National Historical Park at Concord, Massachusetts
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“Lay down your arms, ye damned rebels, lay down your arms!” With that terse warning from Major Pitcairn of the British Army, his guard of 1...
Notes from the Road, August 29, 2016
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I went to a birthday party on August 25 th and fell in love with a French woman. I have seen her several times over the years, but this t...
Friday, August 26, 2016
Happy Birthday National Park Service!
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I went to a birthday party yesterday at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Yes, the NPS turned 100. Lady Liberty continues to draw peo...
Monday, August 22, 2016
Road notes for August 22, 2016
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Last week, after I left the Women's Rights NHP at Seneca Falls, I drove east looking for the Erie Canal. I crisscrossed it several tim...
Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Farmington, Pennsylvania and Boston National Historical Park, Boston, Massachusetts
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Like many of us, George Washington fumbled his early attempt at leadership. In fact, he botched it so bad that he launched a world war. We ...
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Chillicothe, Ohio
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The mound at Seip earthworks (Photo by Hunner) After visiting the Wright Brothers and their inventions in the 20 th century, I dropped...
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