Posts Tagged ‘Road Trip Through History’
From the Archives: Road Trip Through History-Driving the Ypres Salient
Normally I’d hesitate to describe something as a road trip that begins with a transatlantic flight. The driving tour of the Ypres Salient* is an exception. The Belgian town of Ieper (Ypres in French, “Wipers” in British Tommy) was the center of a series of bloody battles in World War I. The kind of battles…
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Road Trip Through History: The Old Slave Mart
Restored plantations are favorite history-nerd attractions when you travel in the American south.* It is harder to find historical road trip stops that deal with the slave labor behind the plantation gloss. The Old Slave Mart in Charleston, South Carolina, is a museum devoted to the history of the slave trade. Before the American Civil…
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Road Trip Through History: Fort Sumter
My Own True Love and I are spending a long weekend in Charleston, South Carolina. For me, it’s a vacation/work sandwich. Yesterday we bopped around together doing history-buff stuff.* Today he heads off for twenty-four hours with his grandson’s Cub Scout troop aboard the USS Yorktown while I settle in for a day of reading…
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