TET: May - Mexico, Mothers, Memorials

[USS Monitor]

I've been to Antietam a few times. Worth seeing, but you don't need more than a day.

Lots of Revolutionary War stuff up here in Mass, but it's very different from the big battlefields-turn-historical-parks like Antietam or Gettysburg.

I haven't spent a whole lot of time in New England, unfortunately. The South has a lot of historic sights though.

Most places do have historic sites, just different kinds of history depending where you go. The South has a bunch of Civil War battlefields I wouldn't mind visiting, plus old cities like Savannah and New Orleans.

[Pax Nerdvana]

Been to Antietam, Fredericksburg, Petersburg, Chancellorsville/The Wilderness and Spotsylvania. I lived for a number of years in Morristown, NJ, quite close to where George and the Army camped. There's not much to see, really, though Fort Nonsense was close to my house. It was built partly as make-work for the troops and partly to keep an eye out for the British sallying from the direction of New York.

I remember being at the Bloody Angle and it was a beautiful summer day, wildflowers blooming in the grass, trees all around. It was hard to imagine thousands of men trying to kill each other in that idyllic place.

I have taken the kids to jockey hollow to hike, there are a couple reconstructed cabins, and a small farm but that is about it. Lovely place for a spring or fall hike

Why are battlefields great for hiking? I've hiked in the area near Harper's Ferry before, and it's breathtakinly beautiful.

[Pax Nerdvana]

I haven't spent a whole lot of time in New England, unfortunately. The South has a lot of historic sights though.

Most places do have historic sites, just different kinds of history depending where you go. The South has a bunch of Civil War battlefields I wouldn't mind visiting, plus old cities like Savannah and New Orleans.

The South does have most of the major battlefields outside of Gettysburg.

[Farnhamia]

Been to Antietam, Fredericksburg, Petersburg, Chancellorsville/The Wilderness and Spotsylvania. I lived for a number of years in Morristown, NJ, quite close to where George and the Army camped. There's not much to see, really, though Fort Nonsense was close to my house. It was built partly as make-work for the troops and partly to keep an eye out for the British sallying from the direction of New York.

I remember being at the Bloody Angle and it was a beautiful summer day, wildflowers blooming in the grass, trees all around. It was hard to imagine thousands of men trying to kill each other in that idyllic place.

I have taken the kids to jockey hollow to hike, there are a couple reconstructed cabins, and a small farm but that is about it. Lovely place for a spring or fall hike

It's a very pretty place. I haven't lived there in over ... ... 30 years but I liked Morristown. I even did little Ancestry family trees for several of the families that lived in the house. Did that for my half of a brownstone in Park slope, too, and this house in Denver. It's interesting to think of the people who've passed through the place you live.

[Farnhamia]

I have taken the kids to jockey hollow to hike, there are a couple reconstructed cabins, and a small farm but that is about it. Lovely place for a spring or fall hike

Why are battlefields great for hiking? I've hiked in the area near Harper's Ferry before, and it's breathtakinly beautiful.

Partly, I think, because in the US, at least, the Parks Department does a very good job of maintaining them.

[Pax Nerdvana]

I have taken the kids to jockey hollow to hike, there are a couple reconstructed cabins, and a small farm but that is about it. Lovely place for a spring or fall hike

It's a very pretty place. I haven't lived there in over ... ... 30 years but I liked Morristown. I even did little Ancestry family trees for several of the families that lived in the house. Did that for my half of a brownstone in Park slope, too, and this house in Denver. It's interesting to think of the people who've passed through the place you live.

It is. Just thinking about the people who walked there years or decades before you were born.

[Ethel mermania]

I have taken the kids to jockey hollow to hike, there are a couple reconstructed cabins, and a small farm but that is about it. Lovely place for a spring or fall hike

Why are battlefields great for hiking? I've hiked in the area near Harper's Ferry before, and it's breathtakinly beautiful.

Gettysburg is beautiful as well. I think it's because you need space and views to fight a battle, very difficult to maneuver and control a battle in a tangle of woods or mountains

[Pax Nerdvana]

Why are battlefields great for hiking? I've hiked in the area near Harper's Ferry before, and it's breathtakinly beautiful.

Partly, I think, because in the US, at least, the Parks Department does a very good job of maintaining them.

That they do, especially with their horrible, terribly underfunded budget. Or that's what I've heard anyways.

[Ethel mermania]

Why are battlefields great for hiking? I've hiked in the area near Harper's Ferry before, and it's breathtakinly beautiful.

Partly, I think, because in the US, at least, the Parks Department does a very good job of maintaining them.

Indeed, park service is one group of folks i don't mind giving money too.

[New Emeline]

Partly, I think, because in the US, at least, the Parks Department does a very good job of maintaining them.

That they do, especially with their horrible, terribly underfunded budget. Or that's what I've heard anyways.

Our landscapes and national parks are one of the best things about the US in my opinion. Pity they aren't taken care of.

[Pax Nerdvana]

Why are battlefields great for hiking? I've hiked in the area near Harper's Ferry before, and it's breathtakinly beautiful.

Gettysburg is beautiful as well. I think it's because you need space and views to fight a battle, very difficult to maneuver and control a battle in a tangle of woods or mountains

That would make sense. I've always wanted to go to Gettysburg, but have never had the opportunity to go there.

[New Emeline]

Government departments I actually like:
National Parks Service
NASA
CDC seems good
uhhh what else

[Pax Nerdvana]

Partly, I think, because in the US, at least, the Parks Department does a very good job of maintaining them.

Indeed, park service is one group of folks i don't mind giving money too.

Yeah, the Park Rangers are good people from what I've heard. They need a better budget. They truly need the money, not some other agency.

[New Emeline]

I need to visit more national parks.
Glacier is my favorite so far.

[Pax Nerdvana]

Government departments I actually like:
National Parks Service
NASA
CDC seems good
uhhh what else

Fund NASA. They need money to find us a way off this rock. Earth is dying, and it's probably too late to fix anything, so we need a backup plan for when climate change strikes.

[New Emeline]

Government departments I actually like:
National Parks Service
NASA
CDC seems good
uhhh what else

Fund NASA. They need money to find us a way off this rock. Earth is dying, and it's probably too late to fix anything, so we need a backup plan for when climate change strikes.

I agree. And I don't want corporations to be the only ones with a foothold in space.

[Ethel mermania]

Indeed, park service is one group of folks i don't mind giving money too.

Yeah, the Park Rangers are good people from what I've heard. They need a better budget. They truly need the money, not some other agency.

All the federal parks i have been too are pretty well maintained. Downtown we have the statue of liberty and federal hall, both are gorgeous.

[Pax Nerdvana]

I need to visit more national parks.
Glacier is my favorite so far.

I love Utah as a whole. Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument is beautiful, in that desert way. I would love to go to Glacier before it melts.

[USS Monitor]

I have taken the kids to jockey hollow to hike, there are a couple reconstructed cabins, and a small farm but that is about it. Lovely place for a spring or fall hike

Why are battlefields great for hiking? I've hiked in the area near Harper's Ferry before, and it's breathtakinly beautiful.

Harper's Ferry is nice.

[Farnhamia]

Gettysburg is beautiful as well. I think it's because you need space and views to fight a battle, very difficult to maneuver and control a battle in a tangle of woods or mountains

That would make sense. I've always wanted to go to Gettysburg, but have never had the opportunity to go there.

Better hurry, Secretary of the Interior Zinke has authorized the sale of 75% of the park to a developer. Something to do with Walmart or one of them stores. I'm kidding, I'm kidding!

[Pax Nerdvana]

Fund NASA. They need money to find us a way off this rock. Earth is dying, and it's probably too late to fix anything, so we need a backup plan for when climate change strikes.

I agree. And I don't want corporations to be the only ones with a foothold in space.

Yeah. NASA is the future. Or at the very least, SpaceX.

Yeah, the Park Rangers are good people from what I've heard. They need a better budget. They truly need the money, not some other agency.

All the federal parks i have been too are pretty well maintained. Downtown we have the statue of liberty and federal hall, both are gorgeous.

They do a good job with what they have, yeah.

[New Emeline]

I need to visit more national parks.
Glacier is my favorite so far.

I love Utah as a whole. Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument is beautiful, in that desert way. I would love to go to Glacier before it melts.

There are still some glaciers there. I think the main appeal there is the mountains though. They're just breathtaking. Especially Going To The Sun Road.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Goodness me, I need to work with my poor circulation. I get chilled too easily and that's not good. I may act like a cat but I lack the floof cats have.

[Ethel mermania]

Goodness me, I need to work with my poor circulation. I get chilled too easily and that's not good. I may act like a cat but I lack the floof cats have.

,or move to a warmer climate, this winter is never going to end.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Goodness me, I need to work with my poor circulation. I get chilled too easily and that's not good. I may act like a cat but I lack the floof cats have.

,or move to a warmer climate, this winter is never going to end.

Tell me about it. It certainly seems and feels that way.