Driven by the Past
A Road Trip through our National Parks
Monday, September 5, 2016
Notes from the Road, September 5, 2016
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As I write this, a brilliant sunset is unfolding over Washington D.C., with clouds left over from the Hurricane Hermine reflecting the dyin...
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Fort Stanwix National Monument, Rome New York
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The first year of the war went well for the patriots. They had chased the British out of Boston and almost captured Canada. King George res...
Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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It was one thing for a group of hotheads in Massachusetts to start shooting at the Redcoats in response to the Intolerable Acts and the Bos...
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...
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