When we wrote about Gettysburg National Military Park in 2006, we admitted that it was indeed an “iconic American destination,” but warned you to wait until the new $100M Visitors Center opened in 2007-2008 to visit since the its “current infrastructure matches neither the area’s historical prominence nor its 2M people per year tourist influx.”
Since [...]
Archive for January, 2008
New Visitor Center To Open At Gettysburg National Military Park
Posted in National Military Park, tagged Cyclorama, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Visitor Center on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Week: Lincoln Memorial
Posted in National Memorial, tagged I Have A Dream, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, National Mall, Washington D.C. on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday was last Tuesday, his holiday is this Monday. At which National Park Sites can I celebrate his life in the meantime? Two days ago we suggested his birthplace in Atlanta and today we suggest the Lincoln Memorial, home to one of his most famous speeches: The I Have a Dream [...]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Week: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged African American History, Atlanta, Civil Rights, Georgia, Martin Luther King on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Day. Wait a sec, I don’t have off work until Monday. What gives? Well, today is his official born on date, January 15, 1929. He would have been 79. What should you do to celebrate, either today or Monday?
Today has already happened so there’s little wiggle room there. But [...]
