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Showing posts with label Great Americans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Americans. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Top 10 Great Americans
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Valley Forge
Our family truly enjoyed our visit to Valley Forge in eastern Pennsylvania. I gave my boys a special assignment to find our everything they could about a man named Frederick Von Steuben. If you do not know who he is, then try the magic Google or Wikipedia! Our kids all did a pretty good job of ferreting out information on Von Steuben.
The encampment at Valley Forge is an amazing story of our nation's birth and serves as a lesson to each of us that freedom always comes with a price and that price always involves suffering on someone's part. One of the best moments we shared during our visit was when we saw the famous painting of General Washington on his knees in the snow next to his horse, praying for God's guidance and for the troops. All of the boys were looking in awe at our first President as we admired the painting. Good moment.
The encampment at Valley Forge is an amazing story of our nation's birth and serves as a lesson to each of us that freedom always comes with a price and that price always involves suffering on someone's part. One of the best moments we shared during our visit was when we saw the famous painting of General Washington on his knees in the snow next to his horse, praying for God's guidance and for the troops. All of the boys were looking in awe at our first President as we admired the painting. Good moment.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Crossing the Delaware
This post has been removed because it is part of our new book - Napkin Dreams!Thursday, April 12, 2012
Air Mobility Command Museum
We are sorry, but we have removed this post becuase it is a part of our new book entitled Napkin Dreams.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Fort McHenry
This post has been deleted because it is in our new book entitled Napkin Dreams. It can be found on Amazon.com
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Mt. Vernon
Our family joined thousands of others, including about thirty tour buses full of high school groups, at Mt. Vernon. Patsy and I visited here 15 years ago in the fall and had a wonderful time, with sparse crowds and plenty of elbow room. Spring break may not be the best time to visit any of the Washington DC area sites.
Oh well, we still learned a bit about our first President George Washington and his wife Martha. Mt. Vernon is more than the home of the Washingtons. It is a living farm, nursery, and a museum educating visitors to the life of the Washingtons, the Revolutionary War, the beginning of our nation and Colonial life. Their movies are very well done and give you a very vivid idea of the life of their subjects.
Our kids loved the various animals on the farm area and especially the baby lambs, goats and pigs.Visiting the home of Washington you can see why he loved this place with its amazing overlook of the Potomac River and serene feel of the place in spite of thousands of teenage tourists!
Oh well, we still learned a bit about our first President George Washington and his wife Martha. Mt. Vernon is more than the home of the Washingtons. It is a living farm, nursery, and a museum educating visitors to the life of the Washingtons, the Revolutionary War, the beginning of our nation and Colonial life. Their movies are very well done and give you a very vivid idea of the life of their subjects.
Our kids loved the various animals on the farm area and especially the baby lambs, goats and pigs.Visiting the home of Washington you can see why he loved this place with its amazing overlook of the Potomac River and serene feel of the place in spite of thousands of teenage tourists!
We loved these two bulls who were chewing cud in unison!
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Manassas Battlefield
This post has been deleted because it is in our new book entitled Napkin Dreams. It can be found on Amazon.com
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Billy Graham Library
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Gullah days at Charles Pinckney NHS
The Charles Pinckney Historical Site in Mt. Pleasant is currently hosting a Saturday series on the Gullah culture that is a part of the history of the African American community in the coastal area of the southeastern United States.
Our family stopped to learn and appreciate this unique culture. We learned how this culture has a unique way of speaking and there is even a New Testament translated into the Gullah dialect when we visited Wycliffe Translators in Orlando. During our visit to Charles Pinckney we learned further how Christianity was fully embraced by this culture when they were brought over as slaves, and how their faith helped shape their culture and gave them the resolve to walk through the dark days of slavery and later segregation.
A male choir from a local church sang some songs for the crowd gathered at the site and we also heard from a local artisan who makes sweetgrass baskets. These amazing baskets are weaved from local grasses and pine needles and have been a hallmark of the local culture for over three hundred years. All over Mt. Pleasant and Charleston you can see sweetgrass baskets for sale at roadside stands and at the Charleston outdoor market.
Also on display was a cast-net maker and a toy and quilt maker who displayed and talked to visitors about their craft. We also took the time to learn a little about Charles Pinckney, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first governor of South Carolina. His home was pretty modest, we were expecting a huge, sprawling mansion. I guess back then all the politicians weren't mega-millionaires.
Our family stopped to learn and appreciate this unique culture. We learned how this culture has a unique way of speaking and there is even a New Testament translated into the Gullah dialect when we visited Wycliffe Translators in Orlando. During our visit to Charles Pinckney we learned further how Christianity was fully embraced by this culture when they were brought over as slaves, and how their faith helped shape their culture and gave them the resolve to walk through the dark days of slavery and later segregation.
A male choir from a local church sang some songs for the crowd gathered at the site and we also heard from a local artisan who makes sweetgrass baskets. These amazing baskets are weaved from local grasses and pine needles and have been a hallmark of the local culture for over three hundred years. All over Mt. Pleasant and Charleston you can see sweetgrass baskets for sale at roadside stands and at the Charleston outdoor market.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Fort Pulaski
We are sorry, but we have removed this post becuase it is a part of our new book entitled Napkin Dreams.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Key West
This post has been deleted because it is in our new book entitled Napkin Dreams. It can be found on Amazon.com
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Suwanee River State Park
This post can now be found as part of our new book Napkin Dreams, which can be purchased on Amazon.com
Value - 7 - We paid $24 a night for a cement back-in site with full hook-ups.
Facility fun - 8 - Hiking trails, playground, some ranger programs. Grills at every site.
Staff - 10 - Checked in by a ranger who was exceptionally friendly!
Nearby attractions - 6 - Not far from Tallahassee and other northwest Florida points.
Natural surroundings - 9 - Campground is nestled in the midst of lots of tall trees. Somehow our satellite still worked!
Value - 7 - We paid $24 a night for a cement back-in site with full hook-ups.
Bathrooms - 9 - Nice bathrooms, plenty big, clean and modern.
Roominess - 8 - Pretty big sites.
Facility fun - 8 - Hiking trails, playground, some ranger programs. Grills at every site.
Cleanliness - 8 - State Park clean.
Facility usefulness - 5 - Laundry facility.
Overall - 9 - Very pretty park with modern facilities!
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