Touring America's Parks with Shayne!
National Parks, State Parks & Other Places
While I was at the Gateway Arch I got this stamp for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The Old Courthouse is important for the National Unground Railroad Network to Freedom. At this courthouse there was a lot of legal challenges for the slaves. The masters use to auction the slaves of on the…
While I was at the Lincoln home I got this stamp for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A important person named Jameson Jenkins helped out a lot of slaves to get their freedom and he played a role in the Underground Railroad. Why it’s important because Jameson Jenkins and his family lived only…
The first time I went to a National Park was when I went with my mom and dad. Later on in life I went to a lot of parks with my dad. He use to work for the National Park Service in Alaska, Colorado and New Mexico. When I would visit him in his home…
On our last day of being in Missouri we drove to a little town called Saint Charles. In the town there is a museum called the Lewis & Clark Boat House and Museum. This place shows a great display of all the things that Lewis and Clark did on the trail. In this town Lewis…
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)
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…
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!!.
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…
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…