Things have really been happening here at Fort Frederica National Monument. Split rail fences going up. Dead trees taken down. Things being built and fixed. We may not have many rangers here, but the volunteers and maintenance staff are really going to town on different projects. This last week volunteers Denise and Bob Verba put …
From National Parks
Kingsley Plantation at Timucuan Historic Preserve
Last week Tom and I headed to Kingsley Plantation at Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve near Jacksonville, Florida. Although we visited Timucuan in 2017 (read the post here), we had not been to the Kingsley Plantation area. One of their rangers visited us a couple of weeks ago and told us about their living history …
Sailor, a Bark Ranger at Fort Frederica
A couple of years ago I wrote about the Bark in the Park event at Fort Frederica. We had our second Bark in the Park a couple of weeks ago (last year was canceled because of the government shut-down). We had about 40 dogs and their human companions show up for the parade. After the …
Historic Preservation Team at Fort Frederica
During the last month, the Historic Preservation Team for the southeast region of the National Parks has been working at Fort Frederica. The foundations of houses and the fort ruins are almost 300 years old and require periodic work. The team at Fort Frederica is part of the Masonry Team. The Historic Preservation Team that …
Back at Work at Fort Frederica National Monument
Tom and I have now been back at work at Fort Frederica National Monument since January 2. We are doing our usual two days of living history (Saturdays and Sundays) and two days of manning the desk and projects. So far that is the only usual thing about what we are doing. There have been …
New Visitor Center at Cuyahoga Valley
One of our favorite things about being in Ohio is doing stuff with Mom and Dad. In November we made a trip to see the new Visitor Center at Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We didn’t really plan on seeing the new visitor center, but we were going to Cuyahoga Valley National Park and we wanted …
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
The last thing we did while we were in Philadelphia was visit the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site. Although Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston and raised in Virginia, he lived in six different houses in Philadelphia over various times. The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site is housed in the only house …
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
After our visit to Independence Hall, Tom and I walked the mile to the Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial. The memorial is only open Saturdays and Sundays from noon until four, so it has very limited hours. Visiting the Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial was very important to Tom. Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a brilliant military engineer who …
Independence National Historical Park
While Tom and I were in Harrisburg, we took a carefully planned trip to Philadelphia to see Independence National Historical Park. The trip was carefully planned because we drive a huge truck. We looked at various ways of getting to the Old Town section of Philadelphia. Train from Harrisburg. Parking at a commuter lot outside …
Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland
Tom and I have been to Antietam National Battlefield several times. But, despite our previous visits, I did not have the stamp for Antietam in my Passport book. So after visiting Catoctin Mountain and Harpers Ferry, we swung by Antietam just long enough to get a stamp and stroll through the Visitors Center. Antietam National …