While we were at the Gateway Arch I got a stamp for the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail. In this area is where Lewis & Clark went down the Mississippi River on their travels. Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
Missouri: Riverboat Cruise Along the Mississippi River
While we were in Missouri and seeing the Gateway Arch National Park. Our last activities for that day was taking a riverboat cruise along the Mississippi River. There is a walkway that you take to get to the river. At the dock they had a little shop and a bar for a drink before going…
Happy Birthday National Parks!!
Today we are celebrating the 106th year of the National Parks. 8/25/1916-8/25/2022. Thank you for having all 423 National Parks. They are amazing to see. Can’t wait to see more in the future. Happy Birthday!!.
Missouri: Gateway Arch National Park #8 (Part 3)
This summer of 2022 I got to see the Gateway Arch National Park for the third time. The last time I was there was the summer of 2015 and it was called Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The Park turned to a National Park in 2018. This trip was different experience. We got to do three…
Missouri: Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park #106
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,…
Missouri: Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site #105
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…
Illinois: 1908 Springfield Race Riot Archeological Site
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…
Illinois: Lincoln Home National Historic Site #104
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….
Illinois: Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area (Part 2)
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.
Illinois: Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site
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…