While visiting Florida, I drove to the east coast to visit my cousin and his family. While brainstorming family things to do, we came up with the idea of visiting Gatorland in…
Category: Museums and Battlefields
Ringling Art Museum, Sarasota Florida
I was in Florida recently visiting friends. One of the stops was Sarasota Florida. While hanging out and enjoying the local food offerings, I did a little sight seeing. One of the…
Valley Forge Park, King of Prussia Pennsylvania
As you might have seen from one of my earlier posts, I recently attended HMGS’ Fall In convention in Pennsylvania. I decided to go up a little early, as I have never…
National Museum of Americans in Wartime 2019 Tank Farm Open House
My Outer Banks fun extravaganza was cut short by Hurricane Dorian last week.. So had to make lemonade out of lemons. As with all things in life, things just usually work out…
Queens of Egypt at National Geographic Museum
I recently took the tour of the Queens of Egypt display at the National Graphic Museum in Washington D.C. The showing has been on display this summer and was recently extended into…
U.S. Marine Corps Museum
I had a buddy come and visit me over the weekend and we had some time to kill. He had mentioned that he had never been to the US Marine Corps Museum…
Normandy Visit (Part Two)
Background The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Code named Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The…
Normandy Visit (Part One)
Background The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France, on 6 June 1944. The invaders were able to establish a beachhead as part of Operation…