Fighting for Uncle Sam, Read About the Buffalo Soldiers in the Frontier Army as you travel along!
On a recent trip to Cedar Rapids I immersed myself in African American Military history with the book, “Fighting for Uncle Sam, Buffalo…
Category: Civil War history
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…
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…