Posted in National Military Park, tagged Battlefield, Revolutionary War, South Carolina, St. Patricks Day on March 17, 2009| Leave a Comment »
What better way to spend it than reading about the site of an important Revolutionary War battle where, on October 7, 1780, a ragtag force of Scots-Irish Appalachian mountain men obliterated the Loyalist battalion led by flashy British Maj. Patrick Ferguson?
Who doesn’t love Scots-Irish Appalachian mountain men?
Posted in National Historic Site, National Historical Park, National Memorial, tagged American Icon, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. on March 15, 2009| Leave a Comment »
I was having a conversation with someone the other day and they asked a very legitimate question, “where are you?”
liberty bell
Michael and I have been residing in Harrisburg, PA since we ended our trip in December 2005, just a few months ahead of schedule. Bags were unpacked, the ‘Tima got a car wash, items were pulled out of storage and a new home was found (a few blocks away from the old one).
Since then, one of us went back to work, one of us found a new job, we both wrote for a few other places, and in between we’ve gone back to some of our favorite park sites to give them a second look, like Independence Hall National Historical Park, the Liberty Bell and our beloved Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial.
New sites were given National Park site designations since we created our original list, like the Carter G. Woodson House National Historic Site in Washington D.C. This was one of our final stops, but our visit was still a little premature. The African Burial Grounds National Memorial in New York is another newbie we have to add to our “still to see” list.
Did we reach our goal of Every. Single. NPS site in the Continental United States?
Almost.
Did we reach our goal of rediscovering America and answering the question, “what, exactly, does it mean to be American?”
We’re not sure if America ever becomes a static answer, or if the discovery ever ends. We found a lot of different answers, and had the time of our lives trying.
And it ain’t over yet.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Update on March 14, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Too long.
Last summer, Michael took pains to transfer all of our posts from www.usa-c2c.com over here to their new home. And they’re almost all here. We had big plans. We would post every day! We said. We would stay up to date on National Park news and add our two cents. We affirmed. Well, things happen.
But now we are back. And just in time to get ready to celebrate that day we set off to see all of the National Park locations 5 years ago.
Wow.
Since then so many of you shared your stories with us, talked about your own plans to travel to the National Parks, shared your travel tips and road rules and hopefully now have a smooth USA-C2C long-sleeved T-shirt to show for it. Thanks so much for keeping in touch. And letting us know that www.usa-c2c.com was a resource for you. Because that was the hope.
www.usa-c2c.com is still there. Still up and running. But we’ll be focusing most of our attention here, at NationalParksOnline.net, where there is an easier search, a way to leave comments and all kinds of bells and whistles we didn’t have with the site we started so long ago.
For those who are keeping track, there are still a few sites left to see, still some more stories to tell.
What? You didn’t think we told you everything on the road, did you?
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