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The Surrenders, Part II

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How America’s Two Largest Surrenders in the Civil War Turned Out to be Victories – For Both Sides. To read:  Part I:  Part II Shortly after 10 p.m., on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth walked up the back stairs of the Ford Theatre in Washington D.C. and entered the private box overlooking the stage.  There was […]

Cruising With the Real Pirates of the Caribbean

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Entrance to the Pirate Museum of Nassau “Are ye a pirate, sir? Well then, sign aboard,” says the man in the tricorn hat, brandishing a flintlock pistol as he beckons visitors into the Pirates of Nassau Museum. Called “the best pirate attraction in the world” by British pirate historian David Cordingly, the museum in downtown […]

Columbia River Gorge is Open for Business – and as Beautiful as Ever

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The beauty of the Columbia River Gorge in November 2017, two months after the fire. September 2, 2017, started off wonderfully in the Columbia River Gorge.  It was the beginning of Labor Day weekend in one of the nation’s most beautiful scenic areas.  Located just an hour east of Portland, Oregon, this was a busy […]

The Surrenders! Part I

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How The Two Large Military Surrenders at Appomattox and Bennet Place Turned Into Victories — for Both Sides A historically accurate representation of Lee and Grant at Appomattox at the national park site. After four years of bloody fighting and nearly 700,000 deaths, America’s great Civil War came to a sudden and unexpected end in […]

Ten Things You Probably Don’t Know About Charleston, SC

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That Will Make You Want to Visit The backstreets of the historic district Everyone knows Charleston, SC, is one of America’s most historic cities, but there’s a lot more than history occupying the town’s 1,600 pre-Revolutionary War buildings, including new breweries, distilleries and clubs. Charleston has become a Williamsburg with bars. And James Beard award-winning […]

Nine Colorful Characters Who Made History in Estes Park, Colorado

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Sitting at the edge of Colorado’s No. 1 attraction – Rocky Mountain National Park – the little resort village of Estes Park lies in one of the world’s most beautiful locations, and as such, it has been attracting visitors for more than 150 years. In addition to the millions of tourists who have passed through, […]

Following The Great Locomotive Chase

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A 120-Mile Journey Tracing the Civil War’s Greatest Adventure Monument to the General in Chattanooga National Cemetary I started where it ended, in the rolling hills of the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Tennessee. There, under a great bronze statue of the steam locomotive The General, is a monument to one of the Civil War’s most […]

Traveling With Mark Twain in Hawaii

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Waikiki Beach was the Royal Coconut Grove when Twain arrived in 1866. In 1866, Mark Twain was virtually unknown without a single published book. He had bright red hair and he talked and gestured in such an animated way that people meeting him for the first time often thought he was drunk. And then he […]

George Washington’s New York

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Fraunces Tavern is the oldest establishment in New York serving food and drink and a favorite of George Washington George Washington was not really a New Yorker. He was born, raised and died in Virginia. He spent much of his public life, as both a president and a general, in his favorite city of Philadelphia. […]

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