This neighborhood just isn’t like it used to be! No one can argue with how the Pioneer Square area of Seattle has changed over the last couple of decades. Before it was what you see now, there was a whole other neighborhood of streets and storefronts, all of which were destroyed in the Seattle fire [...]
Independence Day at the Iwo Jima Memorial
July 6, 2006 By Leave a Comment
IWASM: "Flight Attendants Past & Present"
June 23, 2006 By Leave a Comment
An exhibit entitled “Air Hostess ““ Honoring Flight Attendants Past & Present” opened June 5th at the International Women’s Air & Space Museum (IWASM) in Cleveland, Ohio. The exhibit will run through August. This look back at the history of Flight Attendants includes displays of scrapbooks, uniforms, and other artifacts, most of which are on [...]
Salem Witch Trials
June 2, 2006 By Leave a Comment
June 2nd, 1692, is generally recognized as the commencing of the Salem Witch Trials. Hindsight tells us that, despite the rampant hysteria running through the community at the time, none of these people (mostly women) were witches. Fear does crazy things to people. Salem, rather than denying it, or trying to distance itself from its [...]
Peace Arch Park
May 25, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Along the border between Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia stands the International Peace Arch. The arch stands 67 feet high, and is proudly rooted, one side in American soil, the other in Canadian. Straddling the longest undefended boundary in the world, the Peace Arch was dedicated in 1921, and was the first Monument built [...]
Mount Vernon: The Estate of George & Martha Washington
May 10, 2006 By Leave a Comment
On a recent sunny afternoon, a friend shared with me one of the most beautiful and peaceful places that I have been in a long while: Mount Vernon, the home and estate of George and Martha Washington. Located sixteen miles south of Washington DC, and eight miles south of Old Town Alexandria, Mt Vernon sits [...]
National Park Service
May 7, 2006 By Leave a Comment
National Parks? I couldn’t figure out why someone thought that I’d be interested in the website for the National Park Service. After all, that sounds an awful lot like camping and roughing it ““ definitely NOT things high on my to-do list. But after spending some time on the site, I discovered the Park Service [...]
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