It’s almost exactly 198 years ago that John Adams died (July 4, 1826), and 18 years since the HBO miniseries “John Adams” caught the public imagination and led to a widespread reconsideration of America’s much-maligned second president. The hoopla around that series has died down but the Adams’s home is still open to the public.
It’s all very well visiting grand historic homes and grand museums, but sometimes a very ordinary-looking old structure can grab the imagination and unexpectedly suck you in. That was my experience with the Mingus Grist Mill at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Easily the most prominent “man on a horse” statue at Virginia’s Manassas National Battlefield Park is that of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. Weirdly, it’s a.) only been around since 1940, and b.) looks nothing like the real Jackson—or his horse.
Alexander Hamilton’s storming of Redoubt #10 was only a small part of a battle that, over the course of nearly three weeks, had relatively little to do with storming barricades and lots to do with big cannons blasting away at each other.
There’s a scene in “Saving Private Ryan” that absolutely wrecks me every time I watch the film. And I couldn’t keep that scene out of my head the day I visited this place.
When I finally got around to visiting Harding’s home in Ohio I was reminded about the 29th president’s contrast with Abe Lincoln as well as my own long-standing ignorance of the Teapot Dome scandal.
Near Harpers Ferry is a large piece of masonry that represents something quite rare: a memorial specifically dedicated to the war correspondents and artists who covered the Civil War.
Point Park, on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee is known for its stunning views of Chattanooga and the Tennessee River, almost 2,000 feet below. It also has an amazing entrance, entirely built of […]
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