13 patrotic locations to visit

I used to pastor right off of route 66 in New Mexico in Thoreau

 

I have visited several of the places listed:
1) Pearl Harbor including the Arizona
2) The Alamo (and river walk)
3) I have seen the Archway from a plane window at their airport.
4) The Grand Canyon (also Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion, Arches and lots more)
5) Arlington National Cemetery (also Gettysburg)
6) Washington DC (including the Wall, and the Air and Space Museum.

Places some might add to the list:
1) Manzanar National Historic Site
2) Mount Rushmore
3) Wounded Knee

 

Washington, DC to see "The Great Wall of Congress"?

 

What have I been to?

D.C., the mall, memorials, and crossed over the Potomac to Arlington. But I didn't see the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower or Bunker Hill there, as in Green Acres.

Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell-- though it's not all it's cracked up to be.

Gettysburg-- I guess old J.Paul came through with a lot for that.

Vicksburg-- somebody had to rub it in.

Mt Vernon-- for some reason I kept looking for a cherry tree and didn't find it.

The Alamo-- though I found John Wayne's movie set near Bracketville more interesting than the redone chapel in downtown SA.

San Jacinto Monument-- 570 feet of remembering the Alamo and Goliad to a victory.

And Midnight's Grave at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. The horse no man could ever ride.

 

Yes, Alcott, your additions to our list of the Statue of Liberty and Mount Vernon (G. Washington's home) are spot on. I would also add T. Jefferson's home. I was particularly moved by its breakfast nook, where head busts of Jefferson's "good company" could be considered.

 

At Monticello, adorning pedestals between the windows in the breakfast nook are busts of what Jefferson called his "good company." They are his "gallery of worthies." I cannot for certain remember all the busts, but I think among them were G. Washington, J. Adams, B. Franklin, and Marquis de La Fayette. These people comprised Mr. Jefferson's "good company" and perhaps we should consider them more often.