Trip: 2
(A history lesson at every stop)
Visited from Nov 8, 2021 to Nov 17, 2021
(Group 12)
I never expected the history lessons I was to receive in visiting this group. History of fights between British and Spanish, of slavery and freedom, of massacres for which a subsequent fort was actually named. I expected places like Cumberland Island National Seashore to just be an isolated island with nice beaches, not a historic soap opera featuring lives of the rich and famous. I visited three state historical parks as part of this trip. If this is a sample of future trips, I can't wait to continue my journeys.
Read my blog entry about this trip.
Park units visited during this trip
Click on any of the parks listed below to see the page specific to that park.
The park page will have my comments about the site, photos and links to both the NPS official page and my blog entry for the park.
The interactive map in the top right of this page shows the location of each unit. You can zoom in and move around on the map. The rectangle icon in the top right will expand the map to full screen. Clicking on any unit in the map will open a small information window. The map and icons on it are based on the same information found in the Google Earth KML files, which you can create and download from the Home page.
- Nov 8, 2021: Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (Saint Augustine, FL)
- Nov 9, 2021: Fort Frederica National Monument (Saint Simon Island, GA)
- Nov 9, 2021: Fort Pulaski National Monument (Savannah, GA)
- Nov 11, 2021: Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park (Charleston, SC)
- Nov 12, 2021: Charles Pinckney National Historic Site (Mount Pleasant, SC)
- Nov 12, 2021: Reconstruction Era National Historical Park (Beaufort, SC)
- Nov 14, 2021: Fort Caroline National Memorial (Jacksonville, FL)
- Nov 14, 2021: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (Jacksonville, FL)
- Nov 15, 2021: Cumberland Island National Seashore (Saint Marys, GA)
- Nov 16, 2021: Canaveral National Seashore (New Smyrna Beach, FL)
- Nov 17, 2021: Fort Matanzas National Monument (Saint Augustine, FL)
Other parks visited during this trip
The places listed below are not part of the National Park Service's official 431 sites, but were visited during this trip.
Click on a line to see more information about that park along with a link to the park's official web page.
- Nov 15, 2024: Fort Mose Historic State Park (Saint Augustine, FL)
- Nov 15, 2024: McLeod Plantation Historic Site (Charleston, SC)
- Nov 15, 2024: Fort King George State Historic Site (Darien, GA)
- Nov 15, 2024: Fort Morris State Historic Site (Midway, GA)
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