Touring America's Parks with Shayne!
National Parks, State Parks & Other Places
Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park cam part of the parks in 2020 to preserve the history of the oldest European settlement in Missouri. Ste. Genevieve is located in the Mid-Mississippi River Valley that was established by 1750. There are three places that you can tour at the park. They only showed us the two buildings,…
A Place Called Home Me and my mom visited the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in St. Louis, Missouri. Ulysses S. Grant was a commanding general of the US Army during the Civil War. Also he was the 18th president of the United States. He championed civil rights for African Americans. He was from…
Before driving back to the hotel in Missouri we stop by a Archeological Site that was getting help from the National Park Service. There are archeologists working on a dig from the 1908 Springfield Race Riot. They found the neighborhoods of where some of the black people homes were destroyed. They found different artifacts in…
Husband, Father, Neighbor, and President While me and my mom were in Springfield, Illinois. We stopped at the Lincoln Home. This was the home of Abraham Lincoln and his family for 17 years before he became President of the United States. When they first move in it was one floor and with one bedroom house….
My second stop was seeing the Lincoln Home NHS. I got this stamp of Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area from the Lincoln Home that is located in Springfield, Illinois.
On 7/13/2022, While we were in Missouri me and my mother went on a road trip to see the Oak Ridge Cemetery that is located in Springfield, Illinois. I bet your wondering “Why would we go to a cemetery?“ Oak Ridge Cemetery is the location of the Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site. This is the…
I just got back from a awesome trip from Missouri and Illinois. For my birthday me and my mom went to Illinois to see some parks. It took us a couple of hours to get there. Weather was perfect. My first stop was seeing Lincoln Tomb. I got this stamp of Abraham Lincoln National Heritage…
7/12/2022 – Me and my mom both got up at 2 in the morning. It was hard. Got ready and about 3:15 am to the airport. We got to the airport at a prefect time. We were catching the first flight out of Tucson, AZ. Luckily no delays going to Dallas, TX. We got to…
Over the years I just collected pictures, brochures, stamps and postcards. Now I have started collecting more things. When I went to DC in 2021 I started to collect pins and magnets. So now I collect, pictures, brochures, stamps, post cards, pins and magnets. Every once in awhile I do buy a shirt. I have…
Today is a time to celebrate the USA. America is 246 years old today. Also Happy 4th of July. What are you going to celebrate America?