Petersburg National Battlefield
September 13, 2024 @ 10:00 EST Site Visit #161 Traditional American history teaches that the U.S. Civil War ended with … Continue reading Petersburg National Battlefield
Trip 14 has started!
Forty-four! That is the number of National Park official sites I hope to visit in two weeks on my 14th … Continue reading Trip 14 has started!
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
June 15, 2024 @ 10:00 EDT Site Visit #157 It’s the perfect script for a Hollywood “feel good” movie. Huge … Continue reading Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
June 9, 2024 @ 13:30 MDT Site Visit #156 This would be our third site on this trip dedicated to … Continue reading Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Minidoka National Historic Site
June 9, 2024 @ 10:30 MDT Site Visit #155 This was my second visit to a concentration camp. No, there … Continue reading Minidoka National Historic Site
A Change of Plans
June 8, 2024 @ 21:30 MDT We were relaxing in the hotel in Orem, Utah, after a morning at Dinosaur … Continue reading A Change of Plans
Dinosaur National Monument
June 8, 2024 @ 08:15 MDT Site Visit #154 When I was in elementary school near Pittsburgh, Pa., our class … Continue reading Dinosaur National Monument
Fort Laramie National Historic Site
June 7, 2024 @ 09:00 MDT Site Visit #153 I’ve visited several frontier forts over the past few years, and … Continue reading Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Scotts Bluff National Monument
June 6, 2024 @ 13:00 MDT Site Visit #152 Rising from the plains of western Nebraska are buttes and bluffs, … Continue reading Scotts Bluff National Monument
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
June 6, 2024 @ 09:00 MDT Site Visit #151 In the late 1880s, Nebraska rancher James Cook finds a bone … Continue reading Agate Fossil Beds National Monument