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The following note was my Facebook post from October 19, 2017.  It sums up what it is like for us to travel for one day or many days:

“I am just thankful today.  I am not surprised that we have thirty-four photo albums from this past trip, thirty of which are from different sites we visited. Some albums are short, and some are quite long. Keep in mind that old bladders and arthritis are constant companions that force us to stop precisely every 2.5 hours. So, we don’t gripe about it. We make the best of the situation and plan to stop at places we will enjoy rather than stopping at various forms of commercial rest stops for travelers. Our main goal is to spend time with our children. With their work schedules and commitments, we must plan to amuse ourselves during work hours. So, we do.

We spent months doing research to find the best route to travel to include stops we want to make. We are looking for discounts or better yet, free admission. We go into a trip with the idea of living it to the fullest because you do not know if it will be the last time, you can make such a trip, physically or economically.

Yes, we do take tons of pictures partly because we can with our little point and shoot digital cameras. We do take so many pictures mostly because I cannot visit everything, or I cannot get close enough to see things clearly when we are visiting a historic site or attraction. We review the places together on the computer later, so Dave can share his experiences with me.

I am thrilled to have the additional mobility of using a travel scooter. I can participate more. The tradeoff of visiting authentic historic locations is that they are often just not handicapped accessible. No matter. It is still a day out of the house enjoying the beautiful weather and interacting with people (The dog and cat are great companions, but their vocabulary is limited).

I am glad to have been able to see so much on this trip. We definitely work as a team during the whole time we travel. Thanks so much to my husband because he became my caretaker on a trip. Every time you see me on a scooter he has gotten his workout. He has been setting up and dismantling the scooter several times a day by lifting pieces that can weigh up to sixty pounds or more.

So, I am going to start uploading small excerpts of photo albums from the trip. Thanks to all who are interested. It was arduous work, but we had a wonderful time, and we really enjoyed ourselves”.

Jones Travel Update – July 2017

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Dave and I were able to squeeze in a long weekend trip in mid-July 2017 after the move to Quakertown. After four months of working day and night to finish the move, it was a much-needed getaway.  We traveled to the south-eastern shore of Maryland.  For years, we had wanted to check out Point Lookout, MD.   A vivid memory of this trip in mid-July, on a beautiful summer weekend, is that it really was as hot as hades.

Point Lookout is the historic site of the Civil War Prison, Camp Hoffman, which is also referred to as Camp Lookout. This Prison Camp was created in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg at the direction of Abraham Lincoln.  This is where my 3x great grandfather George Scott Fugitt (Miller family line) was held prisoner after he was caught stealing a horse. All over his records, it is labeled “Horse Thief”, which, at that time, was a notorious crime.  He enlisted as a Confederate soldier (Private,12th Virginia Cavalry, Company C) on June 6, 1862 at Harrisonburg, VA.  He was captured on Sep 1, 1863 near Winchester, VA. He is on a list of prisoners on Sept. 6, 1863 transferred from Baltimore, MD out to Fort McHenry.  He was then transferred farther east to Point Lookout as of Sept. 10, 1863 where he remained a prisoner from until he was exchanged on January 17, 1865.  We did get to see the location of where he would have lived there (in tents, by the way). We could not walk on that ground, as we have at various Revolutionary War or Civil War Battlefields, because that section of the Camp is now under water.

There is natural scenery, shore birds, monuments, historic markers and a Confederate Cemetery at Point Lookout State Park. Additionally, there is a historic lighthouse, that operated from 1830 to 1966, which the markers tell us, might be haunted.   We learned that this point of land where the Potomac River meets the Chesapeake Bay was used in early times by Native Americans.  It functioned as a lookout for British ships during the American Revolution and the War of 1812.  From July 19 to 27, 1813 between 2,000-3,000 British soldiers camped there and conducted raids of St. Mary’s County, MD.  This was a Union stronghold during the Civil War. In April 1865, John Wilkes Booth made his escape through Eastern Maryland near here after he shot President Abraham Lincoln. This is a tour route people can follow through the countryside to trace Booth’s escape route and capture.   For a time, after the Civil War and into the early 1900’s, this site became a Resort.  Passenger steamboats would bring visitors to this place via the Potomac River and via the Chesapeake Bay. Historic markers tell the story as none of those buildings remain.

We also stopped at the Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge, both the North Tract and the South Tract, which are separate Parks.  Just a small note, we had to fill out a form for access at the North Tract as this section is regulated by the US Army.  There is close monitoring of the traffic into the site as there is still unexploded ordinance left over from Military Training that took place years ago.    As you would expect, your entry pass warns you not to touch any ordinance you might find.   We got pictures of some beautiful butterflies, which is about as opposite from military shells as you can get.

The next stop that weekend was at a Dinosaur Park outside of Laurel Maryland.  It was a pleasant surprise that there was an active dinosaur fossil site this close to home.  It’s the darnedest thing.  The site is nestled at the end of a street next to an industrial park. Originally the area was part of an iron ore mine. Like so many locations, development of the land dramatically changes the appearance from what the unchanged area would have looked like.  Dave got to tour the active fossil retrieval site. I started to say dig, but visitors are not allowed to dig there.   They can find fossils exposed from natural weathering and they have the chance to talk to Paleontologists at the site on certain Saturdays.  We planned our trip to visit the area on one of these Saturdays.

We also made a stop in Laurel, MD, to visit Montpelier Mansion. This historic home and gardens was built in 1773 by Thomas Snowden. We read that George and Martha Washington often stayed here as they traveled back and forth from Mount Vernon to Philadelphia or New York or other places in their years of public life.   The house and grounds were lovely. You will find stories up and down the East Coast about how “George Washington Slept Here”.  In this case, the story was true.

On our way back home, we finished up our weekend with a stop at Arlington National Cemetery in Alexandria, VA, just outside of Washington, DC.  We stopped specifically to visit Arlington House, inside Arlington National Cemetery, which is also managed by the National Park Service.  It was the home of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee (Great Granddaughter of Martha Washington). There is history attached to the house beyond the Civil War punishment of Confederate General Robert E. Lee by Union Major General Montgomery Cunningham Meigs. It was Meigs in 1864 who recommended turning the grounds of the Custis-Lee Mansion into a Cemetery for Union Soldiers.  The history of the house connects to three prominent families in American History: Washington, Custis, and Lee.

We wanted to get a tour before Arlington House closed for years for much needed repairs and modernization of some features to better accommodate handicapped visitors. The house had not been updated in 50 to 70 years.  Dave did get to take the tour. He had arrived too late to tour the house, on a previous stop when traveling home from a visit to Scott and Leah, so we came back to visit again.  As it was a group of four people, the Park Ranger took them to areas of the house not normally seen by visitors. Dave got to see graffiti in the attic. He also saw a table with a water stain in the pantry on the main floor.  That ring stain was purposely left alone.  It is the spot for many years, where the staff would place his nightly glass of buttermilk, which Robert E. Lee then took up to bed.  The tour was well worth the wait for Dave.  He was very excited to tell me the details.   Once the structure is renovated, I may even get to use my scooter to visit inside with him.

A little info about me and why I am creating a blog..….

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Rose Mary Yankulic Jones – Author Bio:  Revised 24 Jul 2025

I grew up in Masontown in Fayette County in Southwestern Pennsylvania.   After I graduated from Waynesburg College (now Waynesburg University) in 1981, I relocated to Bucks County in Southeastern Pennsylvania.   I’ve been married forty-one years as of June 30, 2025. My husband, Dave, the perpetual wisecracker, often reminds me that he is the best thing that ever happened to me.  But he knows he has to share top billing with our son and daughter.   So, currently I am a wife, mother, mother-in-law, and “grandmother” to two dogs, six cats, five chickens, and one turtle.

I feel very lucky to have spent the past half century, exploring history with my best friend.  Dave and I pack each day to the fullest extent possible when we get the chance to travel.  Our focus so far has been on visiting historic sites; national, state, and local parks; and museums, zoos, and aquariums in the Eastern Half of the United States.

Really, I only have had the time and technology to pursue family research since 2010.    Out of the dark cloud caused by corporate downsizing in 2011 and then disability in 2012, I found a “silver lining” in genealogy.   While I have had to adapt to limited mobility, I truly enjoy reading and writing.  I follow the example of lifelong learning from my Grandmother, Myrtle Mae Miller King, who took swimming lessons at age 75.  I carry the family history nuggets my Mother, Bessie Lee King Yankulic, dropped during my childhood as I continue to dive passionately into genealogy.

Since I started using Ancestry to do research back in 2011, in the pursuit of my family history, I have reconnected online with some long- lost cousins and friends.  I have gotten to know quite a few others I have not yet had the chance to meet, and I have also made many new friends along the way.    I have enjoyed dozens of conversations with friends and relatives. Like my cousin, Brenda King, I have a desire to document our family stories and history to pass down to future generations of our extended family.  I have been sharing discoveries with my family since 2013.

I have also been creating materials since 2014 to share with members of the various groups I have been able to join through my genealogy research.    In tribute, especially to my Grandmother, Myrtle Mae Miller King, I am very proud and humbled to represent our family in various lineage societies and genealogy groups.   The plan is for the list to grow as time and finances permit.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, member since 2014. My four times great- grandfather, John Arundell (1757-1822), from Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia enlisted as a Private in the 5th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A from 1776 to 1778.  He was chosen at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to be a member of General George Washington’s “Life Guard”, also known as the Commander In Chief’s Guard, in which he served for the remainder of the war from 1778 – 1783.

The United States Daughters of 1812, member since 2015.  Also connected via my four times great-grandfather, John Arundell (1757-1822), who lived long enough to serve in the Revolutionary War and then in the 4th Virginia Militia before the War of 1812 ended.

The Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, member since 2015. My two times great-grandfather, Corporal Benjamin Franklin Miller (1841-1905), 3rd Maryland, Company A, USA served from 1861 to 1864.

Bucks County Genealogy Society, member since 2016.  In addition to the Eastern Pennsylvania connections in my family tree, the search continues for information about my husband, Dave’s, ancestors who hail from Bucks County, PA and the surrounding areas.

Friend Family Association of America, member since 2017.  William Henry King (1896-1956), my maternal grandfather, descends from my three times great grandparents, John Green King (1796-1861) and Sarah Friend (1798 -1835). Sarah is the daughter of Joseph Friend and granddaughter of John Friend, who settled in Maryland.  Friendsville, Maryland is the home of many of these relatives to this day. Following the Friend line farther back in time takes us to the New Sweden colony in today’s southeastern PA, northern Delaware, and southwestern NJ.  Nils Larson Friend is the ancestor we would connect to in order to join some of our cousins in The Swedish Colonial Society.

Virtual Genealogical Society, member since 2018.  I joined this group as one of multiple ways to keep improving my research skills.

Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International, member since 2022.   My nephew and I independently began searching via Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Bohemian, and Ukrainian sources to try to expand what we know about my father’s family. Eastern European connections make up a big percentage of my DNA.  Seeing the faces in Ukraine on the television remind me vividly also of aunts and uncles who have passed away.

Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, member since 2024.

Historical Society of Bucks County, member since 2024.

Since starting genealogy research in 2011 with just a birth certificate and marriage certificate, I have embarked on a fantastic journey which continues to this day.   I have also been compiling a library of genealogical materials connected to the family, which now exceeds fifty documents. My plan is to share pictures, stories, and experiences along the way.  When I think about it, I have already been sharing my writing for several years, so this seems like the next step in the evolution of writing.   

From 2014 to 2015, I was lucky to be asked to contribute research to two Miller Family History Articles (George Miller and Abraham Miller) at the webpage of the C&O Canal National Historic Site.                      http://candocanal.org/histdocs/G-A-Miller-Family-History.pdf                  http://candocanal.org/histdocs/Abraham-Miller-Family-History.pdf

From 2015 on, I have been compiling a list of descendants of William Henry King and Myrtle Mae Miller.  That work continues as I track updates on Social Media and seek updates from the family also.

In 2015, I created a combination cookbook and family memories book in collaboration with many family members — Mom’s Recipes, Family Time Feeds the Soul.  (A 2020 update was completed.  At some point, there should also be post-covid observations added to the book).

Since 2016, I have been contributing to Our King Family History Of The Past And Present. Authors are Brenda King and Rose Mary Jones. Because each generation produced a lot of relatives, this work has grown to multiple volumes.   This history includes the descendants back several generations to John King and Elizabeth Green, and relatives from her second marriage to Andrew Johnson. Our King line certainly goes back farther than that but, for now, we do not know more about it.

Fall 2016 brought my introduction to DNA research from my 2xcousin, Laura Schaffner. There are lots of contacts to explore in the future who are listed as matches on Ancestry DNA.  It seems like I get messages about once a month from relatives on all sides of Dave’s and my families. Several people have contacted me with more confidence that we are related because of DNA matches at Ancestry.com.

For Christmas 2016, I created a family history album of pictures with memories for Dave’s Mom.  Nana’s Photos- Vol I, II, and III grouped the pictures and stories by generations of Bernadette Jones’ Ancestors, Siblings, and Descendants.

In Summer 2017, my family tree research was included on pp. 35-36 in Stories Beneath the Stones.  This is a book about Richmond National Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.  The story of our relatives, John W. Mayhugh and his brothers (Richard W., James Edward, and Zachariah) is found in the section about Brother Against Brother in the Civil War. The author JoAnn Meaker says she tells the story of John W. Mayhugh when she gives tours of the Richmond National Cemetery.

In 2017, a DNA match related story is how I started talking to Laura Moss White, our cousin via the King/Friend family lines.  Many years ago, I heard the story that we had relatives who were kidnapped by the Indians.   I also heard there was a book written by a relative that included the story.  More recently, I found out that the book was written in 1967 by Evelyn Guard Olsen and then updated in 2014 by cousin, Patrick Smith.  I purchased a copy from the Friend Family Association Website.   After I had read the book, I saw Laura Moss White was a match on Ancestry DNA.  When I looked closely at our trees, I saw the name I recognized, Evelyn Guard Olsen.   I sent a note to Laura as the Ancestry program encourages one to do.  I just let her know I had enjoyed reading the book written by her grandmother.  Laura wrote back and told me she had memories of her Grandmother writing the book.  She also told me how her Mom, Dad, Aunt, and Uncle all helped when the book was being written.  We shared some emails and then had some lovely telephone conversations, which is amazing since Laura lives in California, and I live in Pennsylvania.    I look forward to our friendship growing over the years.   All of this inspired me to suggest writing a Companion Guide to Indian Blood, in which Laura and I could collaborate, and she could use in her lesson plans as a teacher.

I had the wonderful opportunity to help create and participate in a Flag Day program on June 10, 2018, at the historic Moland House in Warwick Township, PA.  The History of the US Flag from 1775 to 1959 was very well received, and I have been encouraged to share that program in different venues. For June 11, 2023, I helped once again to create a Flag Day Presentation for the Flag Day Program at the Moland House in Warwick Township, PA.  Shelly Bell and Beverly Schaefer presented the program.  This presentation was about the Flags of the American Revolution. In 2024, I helped prepare a DAR Flag Day program of US Flag Trivia that was shared by Beverly Schaefer.  In 2025, after a long absence, I presented the Flag Day program once again with Beverly Schaefer.  This program was the History of the US Flag and the Pledge of Allegiance.

There is a gap in my writing timeline from 2020 – 2023.  Activity stopped and the world really changed due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19).   At some point when we are further removed in time from 2020, I think I will be ready to talk about my Covid experiences.

After being hospitalized in October 2020, having surgery on both feet, having acute kidney failure, and various other systemic issues, I needed skilled nursing care.  I was sent to a nursing home during the time of mass covid infections.  Every Friday infected people were sent to the nursing homes from the local hospitals.  We were quarantined repeatedly for months.

After spending time at two different nursing homes, and having two different surgeries within a year, it took me over a year to get back home again.  I did not stop fighting to reach that goal. I was so lucky that I had family who wanted me back home and a place to go.  Many people at the nursing home were there simply because they had nowhere else to go.  To this day I am working on recovery from the permanent physical changes caused by Covid.   I am making what some would call slow progress.  I persist. I don’t often get discouraged because it is progress.   Maybe, at this point, I would say it is more of an adaptation to living with more physical impairments than a recovery.

When I look over my list of things I want to write about, I should not be surprised that I have up to 40 topics.   I still have lots to say.  As I move farther away from a full invalid existence to a more normal daily life, I am sure I will start writing more frequently.

I am not special or unique. Everyone has issues in their life. Some days your focus may be one second at a time, then one minute, and then one hour.   Soon enough days are passing by without special notice.  My note to everyone is just to keep going and do the best you can each day.

Until next time……

Jones Travel Update 2017 -October Trip

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We were lucky to take two trips this year. Some friends and relatives have asked me to share history tidbits and the pictures we take in our travels.  Some of you may have seen photos on Facebook.  I am still processing pictures from the October trip, so I will share more of those over time.

Here is a summary of our trip in October. That is followed by a chart listing different sites we visited.  Dave and I can talk easily about each stop at length.  As I mentioned before, we must stop every few hours when we drive so we try to make the most of our time.   We will stop sometimes at places we have visited before, but we also plan to visit new places each time we travel.  We traveled south from Pennsylvania and we passed through Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina to reach Georgia. We stayed at Villa Rica, Georgia, west of Atlanta, for the rest of our first week of the trip.   Then, after staying in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for the next week, we headed north via Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Maryland to get back to Pennsylvania.

The nickname for this trip became the Three Presidents Trip because we got to stop at the Jimmy Carter Historic Site when we passed through Plains, GA.   We also stopped at Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Little White House at Warm Springs, GA.  Those two places, in Southern Georgia were not far away from where we were driving or staying.  Finally, we made it to the planned stops during the drive North. We visited two towns in Kentucky to see Abraham Lincoln’s Birthplace (Hodgenville) and then, a few miles down the road at Abraham Lincoln’s Boyhood Home (Elizabethtown).

The trip started and ended at venues with family connections.  On Friday September 29, 2017, at the Frontier Culture Museum, in Staunton, VA, the volunteer at the 1740’s homestead used the life of Jost (Heydt) Hite for the history they teach visitors. We did not know this in advance. We believe that Jost Hite, who helped settle the Shenandoah Valley near Winchester VA, is my 6x Great Grandfather (King family line).  The volunteer had a lively discussion with Dave and I about Jost Hite and the way settlers lived.  She remarked on how singer Tim McGraw was related to Jost Hite. We added that his father, famous Baseball Pitcher, Tug McGraw is our relative too.    The last attraction on our trip on Sunday, October 15, 2017, was a tour of Friendsville, MD which was founded by John “Old John” Friend, Sr. This John Friend is my 5x Great Grandfather (King family line).  We learned after we got back home that Friendsville, MD is unique in that, with a few exceptions, every person who lives there is a descendant of the town founder.

As you can see below, there was a real mixture of history, nature, arts and science to experience.  There were things we did not get to do because they were closed, or our timing varied from what we expected, so we had to drop them. The weather made us rearrange some planned days, so we had to pick and choose in some cases.  We rarely get through a trip without some sort of change to the itinerary.  An example from this trip was the drive west of our son Scott’s home to a few towns about an hour away near the Mississippi border.   We found the museum we planned to visit but it was closed for Columbus Day.  It never occurred to us that places might be closed because I found no note on the visitor information on the various web pages. We did not think our plans for the day were unusual because, where we live, you can go to places every day of the year, holidays or not. So, we had a very scenic drive that Monday through the Alabama countryside trying to get into places that were closed for Columbus Day.

In the last few years, I have started to make charts or spreadsheets like the one below to help during the trip and to put together trip scrapbooks after we get back. We recently have decided to go back and organize the data from earlier trips.  It will be neat someday to see our travelogue from the last few decades.    Someone else may want to use those lists as a possible itinerary for a vacation trip.  You just never know.

Here’s a recent story.  When we get back from a trip, Dave will share some details with his coworkers.  They have joked around for years that they want to travel with us because of the list of places we visit.   Early this December, Dave’s Supervisor asked me to make a list of local sites that were having holiday activities.  Her brother was coming to town for a weekend, and she was frustrated in her search to find details of local things to do.  I totally understood her frustration as it is sometimes hard to pinpoint those details in a web search. I spent some time to put together a list of suggestions.   One of them was something going on in the town where she lives.  It turned out well.   Justine thanked Dave half a dozen times and sent home a gift for me, which was appreciated and completely unexpected.

Stop# Day Date Place Name Location Note
1. Fri 9/29/17 Frontier Culture Museum Staunton, VA Outdoor Museum-Old World & New World Farms & Homesteads
2. Sat 9/30/17 Ninety -Six National Historic Site Ninety -Six, SC Revolutionary War Battlefield
3. Sat 9/30/17 Augusta Museum of History Augusta, GA Town history through the decades
4. Sun 10/1/17 Andersonville National Historic Site Andersonville, GA Confederate Civil War Prison, National Cemetery, & National POW Museum
5. Sun 10/1/17 Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Plains, GA Multiple Stops Available- visited Plains High School Museum, passed Current Family Compound
6. Sun 10/1/17 National Infantry Museum Columbus, GA Indoor and Outdoor Exhibits.  Very modern displays.
7. Mon 10/2/17 Zoo Atlanta Atlanta, GA One of 3 places in USA to see Pandas. Vast Gorilla & Elephant Exhibits.
8. Tue 10/3/17 Georgia Aquarium Atlanta, GA Hundreds of fish species. One of 3 aquariums in the World to see Whale Sharks– world’s largest fish.  Nice mix of animals.  Beluga Whales, River and Sea Otters, Penguins, Various Jelly Fish
9. Wed 10/4 Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Little White House National Historic Site Warm Springs, GA Compound of Museum, Roosevelt Cottage, Servant Cabin and Guest Cabin, Geology Display in Park Grounds, Memorial Exhibit.  Visit also to Warm Springs Pool that polio stricken FDR frequented.
10. Wed 10/4 Wild Animal Safari Park Pine Mountain, GA Vehicle Safari area that brings together animals from different continents.  Includes a walkabout area at visitor center where visitors can get close to some animals.
11. Thurs 10/5/17 Pickett’s Mill Battlefield Dallas GA State Civil War Site. Walking trails for Union Confederate or Union point of view
12. Thurs 10/5/17 Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site Cartersville, GA 54 acres archaeology site with Museum, Indian Mounds, Nature Trails.
13. Thurs 10/5/17 Booth Western Art Museum Cartersville, GA All Cowboys & Indians.  Pleasant surprise for this part of the USA.
14. Thurs 10/5/17 Tellus Science Museum Cartersville, GA Traditional Science Museum. Dinosaurs. Great mining & minerals exhibit.
15. Thurs 10/5/17 Allatoona Pass & Allatoona Pass Battlefield Cartersville, GA State Civil War Site
16. Fri 10/6/17 Stone Mountain Park Stone Mountain, GA Amusement Park, Family Fitness Theme, Dinosaur Trail, Scenic RR, Historic Village, 60’ High Carving in Stone Mountain of Confederate Generals & Museum of the Carving.
17. Tues 10/10/17 Southern Museum of Flight: Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame Birmingham, AL SE US Civilian, Military, & Experimental Aircraft.

Tuskegee Airmen Featured
18. Tues 10/10/17 Sloss Furnaces National Historic Site Birmingham, AL Former Pig Iron Blast Furnace and Railyard with Museum.  One of the first industrial sites in the US to be preserved and restored for public use.
19. Weds 10/11/17 Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham, AL Ancient through Modern Art.  Main exhibit is Wedgewood Pottery, more styles than you have ever heard of.
20. Weds 10/11/17 McWane Science Center Birmingham, AL Family Friendly Science Center.  Four floors of mixed, hands-on exhibits and traditional museum displays. Minerals. Fossils. Dinosaurs. Native American Artifacts. Aquarium.
21. Weds 10/11/17 University of Alabama Natural History Museum Tuscaloosa, AL National Fossil Day celebration. Fair/Exhibit held in great hall among the fossil collection
22. Thurs 10/12/17 University of Alabama, North Lawn Hall Tuscaloosa, AL Kristi Curry Rogers lecture on her research- Dinosaurs of Madagascar & microscope use to see how dinosaurs grew so big.  Part of ALLELE seminar series, focusing on teaching the Alabama public about evolutionary sciences.
23. Thurs 10/12/17 Birmingham Zoo Birmingham, AL Fun Halloween Decorations. Over 230 Animal Species. Highlight- African Animals Collection –Big & Small Cats, Elephants, Birds, Giraffes.  Zoo Staff walking an African Serval Cat stopped within one foot of us.
24. Thurs 10/12/17 Birmingham Botanical Gardens Birmingham, AL Short visit means we must return here. Fabulous formal rose garden; greenhouse with cacti, succulents, ferns, fruit trees, etc; ponds/ waterlilies; education center.
25. Fri 10/13/17 Fort Donelson National Battlefield Park Dover, TN Confederate Fort, Two Confederate (Upper and Lower) River Batteries on Cumberland River armed with heavy seacoast artillery, Dover Hotel Surrender House, Battlefield Tour, National Cemetery.  General Ulysses S. Grant earned nickname here; US. (Unconditional Surrender)
26. Sat 10/14/17 Mammoth Cave National Park Cave City, KY World’s longest known cave system- over 400 miles. Dave took Domes and Dripstones Tour. He wants to go back again to take other tours.
27. Sat 10/14/17 Dinosaur World Cave City, KY Museum, life sized dinosaurs in natural setting.
28. Sat 10/14/17 Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park Hodgenville, KY Museum about early life. The first Lincoln Memorial.
29. Sat 10/14/17 Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home Historical Park Elizabethtown, KY Knob Creek Farm where Abraham Lincoln resided with his parents, Thomas and Nancy, and sister Sarah from 1811 to 1816 before the family moved on to Indiana. Displays created from documented memories of Abraham Lincoln.
30. Sun 10/15/17 Friendsville History Tour.  (Town founded by my 5x gg John “Old John” Friend, Sr.) Friendsville, MD 18 stops with sign markers. Picture taken in front of   Friend Family Association of America Heritage Museum and Genealogical Library

 

The Journey Begins

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Thanks for joining me!      As we go along, I expect the categories to be:

  • Family Research
  • Interesting History Tidbits
  • Just Thinking 
  • Out and About
  • Photos
  • Travel
  • What’s For Dinner?

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