Grant Wood Memorial Window at Cedar Rapids Veteran’s Memorial Building and So Much More
We thought we were going to see a stained glass window, a beautiful piece of art, but that was all. Little did we…
Category: Civil War history
The Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site – We Found It!
This past week, my mom and I toured the amazing Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site. Located in New Madrid, Missouri, home to the largest…
Amelia Island in a day
Beautiful, peaceful, scenic and I want to go back are my thoughts on Amelia Island. Needless to say, Amelia Island and the Fernandina…
The Oesterreicher-McCormick Homestead
While this cabin doesn’t look like much here, there is a lot of history in this home that is the second oldest in…
The Jefferson Davis capture sight
The stories abound about the capture of the President of the Confederate States of America. I have always been a bit fascinated by…