Tom and I got up bright and early, ready see the Harriet Tubman National Historic Park. I have three lists that I use to keep track of the National Park sites we visit. One list is in my Passport book and the sites are listed by region. A second list is on my iPad, where …
From National Parks
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Our second stop for the day was the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site is in Kinderhook, New York. Although it was in a different state, it was just over the border from Massachusetts. The presidential sites are always interesting because we learn more about the men who shaped our nation. Martin Van Buren was …
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
After getting so many stamps in one day, Tom and I slowed down and just got two the next day. The first stamp was for Springfield Armory National Historic Site in Massachusetts. This was an important stop for Tom, who deals with historic weapons all the time in our work in the national parks. We …
Adams National Historical Park
Adams National Historical Park was not on our schedule for the first day off the ship. However, when we got to the car at Saugus Iron Works, I looked at my notes for the sites we wanted to visit in the area. We had planned on stopping with Saugus and heading to Adams the next …
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site was our sixth National Park site the day we arrived in Boston. All the sites had been very interesting, but it was turning into a long day trying to pack history into our brains. We were looking forward to heading to the hotel after Saugus Iron Works. Saugus Iron …
Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters
Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site was the next place Tom and I headed in our quest for stamps. The house, at 105 Brattle Street in Cambridge, is a historic home. When Henry and Fanny Longfellow bought the house in 1844, Henry was well-acquainted with its history. The Georgian mansion overlooking the Charles …
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
We didn’t have to travel far for the fourth stamp of the day. Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is less than ten minutes from the JFK House. Tom and I thought the name, Frederick Law Olmsted, sounded familiar, but we couldn’t figure out why. By visiting his house, Fairsted, we soon learned. Frederick Law …
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
After getting the first two fast stamps in Boston, Tom and I headed for the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site in Brookline, Massachusetts. The house is the birthplace of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, our 35th President. Brookline’s refusal to be annexed by Boston means that it is an exclave of Norfolk County. It is a …
Boston and Its Many National Park Stamps
We came to the last day of our cruise and disembarked in Boston. Tom and I were in Boston in 2015 with our friends Sandy and Eric Shaw. We camped at Salisbury State Beach Reservation and took the train in to Boston to walk the Freedom Trail. We did every stop along the trail and …
Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor, Maine
Lots of people love Acadia National Park. Until the day we visited on our cruise, Tom and I were not among them. We had been to Acadia in 1994 and it was wall-to-wall people. The roads were jammed with cars. We weren’t able to find parking anywhere close to where we wanted to go. The …