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Charleston, SC (day 2)
1. Charleston Museum The Charleston Museum began with your typical local museum fare: objects from Charleston/Lowcountry history, including settlement, dealings with Native Americans, slavery/ plantations/ rice farming, and Civil War stuff. Then suddenly the museum collection goes in entirely different … Continue reading
Posted in art/architecture, history/memory, travel
Tagged boats, bones, capitol, civil war, flags, library, ruins, south carolina, statues, taxidermy
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Washington, D.C. (day 2)
For this day I had in my head a general walking plan of how to see everything I wanted before I had to catch the next train at 7:30pm. Goal #1: White House do not enter obscured by trees The … Continue reading
Posted in art/architecture, history/memory, travel
Tagged capitol, civil war, d.c., einstein, flags, library, lincoln, statues, vietnam, washington
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Professor Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe
The Union Army Balloon Corps was a branch of the Federal Army during the American Civil War, established by Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (1831-1913), appointed Chief Aeronaut by President Lincoln. It was a civilian operation. There were seven specially built, … Continue reading
Posted in history/memory, los angeles
Tagged american dream, civil war, public transit
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