Posts Tagged ‘Road Trip Through History’
Road Trip through History: The Colchagua Museum
We might not have gone to the Colchagua Museum in Santa Cruz, Chile, if one of our local hosts hadn’t recommended it so strongly. The guidebooks described it as a private collection that had been turned into a museum–something I always approach with the caution. Private collections fueled by a personal passion often create a…
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Road Trip Through History: Museum of Memory and Human Rights
The Bombing of La Moneda (the Chilean equivalent of the White House) on September 11, 1973, by the Junta’s Armed Forces. My Own True Love and I went to Chile over the holidays for a family wedding and a spot of adventure. We set off knowing where we needed to be when and no idea…
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Road Trip Through History: The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
More than a month ago I promised you a report on our visit to the LBJ Library. I fully expected to sit down and write it later that week. The fact that I wandered off into other historical by-ways is simply a reflection of how easily I’m distracted, not on the quality of the museum.…
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