Month: October 2019

The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, fought between North Carolina Patriots and Loyalist militia forces, demonstrates the bitter internal divisions that marked the American Revolution. The Loyalists, mostly Scottish Highlanders wielding broadswords, charged across a partially dismantled Moores Creek Bridge. Nearly a thousand North Carolina Patriots waited quietly with cannons and muskets poised to fire….

Philadelphia is an historic city, and we planned to hit as many sites as we could today. We set out early and drove into the city to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the front steps immortalized in the movie, “Rocky”. I convinced Alan to park out front, and he strode up the steps while…

With the rain and winds subsided, today we ventured out to Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site. Hopewell Furnace is comprised of 848 acres with historic structures to illustrate how the business, technology and lifestyle of an “iron plantation” helped of our nation grow into an industrial giant. The plantation operated from 1771 to 1883, cultivating…

Despite the rain and strong winds, we drove to Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the site of the former Scranton yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The site has wonderfully interactive displays detailing the birth and history of the steam engine locomotive. From the Visitor Center you can walk through…

Today we started off by visiting the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site. Martin Van Buren was our eighth president. His presidency was defined by the Panic of 1837 – the stock market crashed only a few months after he became president. Banks failed, people lost their jobs, and companies went out of business. The…

With the van healthy again we headed back up to Cooperstown and parked about a half-mile away from downtown since there isn’t any large eco-friendly parking in or near town. The National Baseball Hall of Fame has been someplace Alan has wanted to do for a very long time so today was his day. We…