Why rise at 5 a.m. to drive across Georgia from Macon to Plains, population 700? Among Plains’ residents are Rossalyn and Jimmy Carter, and the former President and Nobel Peace Prize winner was teaching Sunday school that morning.
We were thrilled and excited, but we had doubts. Would we be welcome in this small town? The [...]
Archive for February, 2008
President’s Day Week: Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
Posted in National Historic Site, tagged Georgia, Jimmy Carter, President, Presidential Site on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
President’s Week: Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s that time of year again…President’s Day and President’s Week! We have been counting down the days to when we can tell you about some of our favorite U.S. President-related National Park Sites and Presidential Libraries. First up is the long reviled and somewhat misunderstood Herbert Hoover.
Was he a great president? Not at all. Was [...]
Black History Month: Carter G. Woodson National Historic Site
Posted in Uncategorized on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy February. The month that has become synonomous with Black History. We wonder what the founder of Black History Month would think about his creation’s longevity and lasting importance. He would probably be brimming with pride.
Who created Black History Month, you ask?
Meet the latest addition to the National Park Service family and the Site [...]
Kosciuszko Week: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Posted in Uncategorized on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tadeusz Kosciuszko isn’t the only beloved American hero who challenged the Russians that’s celebrating a birthday this week. That’s right, today would have Ronald Reagan’s 97th birthday. His Dixon, Illinois boyhood home isn’t a National Park Site yet although its pending Park status was established by law six years ago today. Our didn’t take us [...]
Kosciuszko Week: Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today is February 4th, a/k/a Tadeusz Kosciuszko’s Birthday. Sure, we mentioned him everyday last week but that matters little. If you thought we wouldn’t honor our great Polish hero on his 262nd birthday than you would have been wrong.
Why should we continue to honor him? Well, after an early Revolutionary War setback, our dashing [...]
