Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
On December 16, 1773, Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Mohawks and dumped British tea into Boston Harbor. They were protesting what…
The Governor’s Palace at Colonial Williamsburg
The muskets gleam in a circle overhead, like newly polished spokes of an enormous carriage wheel. Their extended bayonets sparkle uniformly silver…
Museums on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Last week I enjoyed a kind of homecoming as I played tourist in my adopted home city of Washington, D.C. I started…
U.S.S. Missouri at Pearl Harbor
After spending much of the day at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial and Museum, my travel companion and I sped off for a…