Half a Century is over…. pictures by Keith Ladage
You wait and you wait and you wait for the Half Century of Progress to come around, then it is here, then whoosh,…
Category: Historical Travel
Museums, historical sites, historic figures
The Abraham Lincoln Hearse is at the Illinois State Fair Museum
I know Norm Claussen because of our shared love of old iron. Norm and Mike Hall head up the antique tractor display at…
Marilyn Monroe and Bement, Illinois
When my editor from Senior News & Times asked me to do a story about the 60th Anniversary of Marilyn Monroe coming to…
Eating my way through the Shoals!
It is dangerous to the figure to head south. When mom and I hit the road for the Muscle Shoals area to cover…
Green –Meldrim House where Sherman's Atlanta Campaign came to an end.
I don’t know if there is a prettier town than Savannah. The history and beauty of the City are compelling reasons enough to…