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Overlooking the Shenandoah River from the Chambers-Murphy Farm, where Stonewall Jackson got forces behind the Union on Bolivar Heights and captured over 12,000 Union soldiers in 1862 before rejoining Robert E. Lee for the Battle of Antietam. On the right is West Virginia, on the left is Virginia. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. (Nathanael Miller, 9 Jan. 2018)
Kukaniloko is known as the piko (geographic navel) of Oahu. It is one of the most important anicent sites on Oahu, and is the place where the ancient chiefs were born. It likes on the vast plain between the Ko'olau and Waiʻanaes ranges. It was the first ancient site to be recognized and protected in modern times when designated as such in 1925. When you visit, do not enter the central area and show respect for the peoples whose sacred place this is. Wahiawa, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 21 April 2018)
A Russian fur trading post existed on this site in Resurrection Bay before Seward was established in 1903. Named for William Seward, Secretary of State for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, Seward is the southern terminus for the Alaska Railroad and the historic starting point of the Iditarod Trail. William Seward succeeded in purchasing Alaska from Russia for the U.S. in 1867. Seward, Alaska. (Nathanael Miller, 5 Oct. 2018)
The tomb of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. Oak Ridge Cemetery. His body lies ten feet below the cenotaph in the burial chamber. Springfield, Illinois. (Nathanael Miller, 31 March 2018)
Wreckage of the CSS Chattahoochee, scuttled by Confederate forces in the Chattahoochee River in April 1865. The wreckage includes one screw (still on its shaft) and the ship's rudder, on display in a special frame just forward of the propeller on the wreck's port side. Originally founded in 1962, the museum relocated to the present facility in 2001. It is the only civil war museum in the nation exclusively dedicated to the story of the Union and Confederate navies. Columbus, Georgia. (Nathanael Miller, 17 March 2018)
Snowy day in my neighborhood as Washington is hammered by a series of blizzards. Silverdale, Washington. (Nathanael Miller. 10 Feb. 2019)
The U.S. Air Force Armament Museum was founded in 1975. It is the only musuem dedicated primarily to the armaments carried by the Air Force, and boasts a collection of over 30 aircraft (U.S. and a few foreign), as well as hundreds of examples of munitions used by aerial warfare through history. Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. (Nathanael Miller. 29 Dec. 2018)
The Driggs Skylark at the Grand Rapids Public Museum. The Driggs Aircraft Company was founded by Ivan Driggs in Lansing, Michigan in 1927, and this skylark is the only known example of the 21 ever built. Founded in 1854 as the "Grand Rapids Lyceum of Natural History" it's one of the oldest museums in the nation, and tells the story of Michigan's natural history as well as the diverse stories of the diverse peoples who have lived here. Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Nathanael Miller, 19 Dec. 2017)
USCG Station Tillamook Bay. This was Barbara's first duty station. She used to help crew unit 47254, a 47-foot motor life boat which is still attached to Station Tillamook Bay. She also painted a mural in the station that is still there today. Garibaldi, Oregon. (30 December 2019; Nathanael Miller)
Freemont Street was the original Las Vegas Strip. Partially turned into a pedestrian forum now, it includes numerous historic neon signs from long-gone hotels. Las Vegas, Nevada. (Nathanael Miller, 16 Oct. 2018)
Known to the Hawaiians as Le'ahi, Diamond Head is a 300,000 year old tuff cone formed from an explosive erutpion. The crater is 3,520 feet in diameter and summits at 761 feet. The summit is the site of a lost heiau (ancient Hawaiian temple of other sacred site), and was used for coastal defense by the U.S. Army through the first half of the 20th century. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 18 April 2018)
Austin Lantz leads a tour of the Oliver Mansion, originally named Copshaholm, was completed in 1896 by Joseph D. Oliver, head of the Oliver Chilled Plow Works and designer of the revolutionary chilled plow. It's a 38-room Romanesque Queen Anne house designed by architect Charles Alonzo Rich. It is maintained by the Northern Indiana Historical Society's The History Museum. South Bend, Indiana. (Nathanael Miller, 17 Dec. 2017)
The Quarterdeck flags and well deck fragment from USS Ponce (LPD 15) with USS Arizona (BB 39). Arizona was hit by an armor-piercing bomb that detonated her forward magazines during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The ship exploded, killing 1,177 of the 1,512 sailors on board at the time (about half of the lives lost during the attack). Of these dead, 1,102 are still aboard. Arizona was commissioned in 1916 and decommssioned in 1942. The memorial was built in 1962 and is visited by about 2 million people annually. Ponce was in commission from 1971 - 2017. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 20 April 2018)
Elkhorn is a real-live dead Old West mining ghost town. Established in 1872, the town boomed during the 1890s and died when the mine played out and the railroad left in the 20th century. Two structures, Gillian and Fraternity Halls, are maintained as part of Elkhorn State Park (both built in the 1890s). Many of the graves in the cemetery are of children killed by a late 19th century diptheria outbreak. There are about a dozen people still living there today. Elkhorn, Montana. (Nathanael Miller, 21 August 2018)
The Shrine Room in the Indiana War Memorial. Begun in 1926 and completed in 1965, the Indiana World War Memorial design is based off the design of the ancient Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, completed in 351 B.C. It's 210 feet tall and contains a massive shrine room, underneath of which is a 30,000 square foot museum depicting the history of Indiana's involvement in all the nation's wars. Indianapolis, Indiana. (Nathanael Miller, 20 Dec. 2017)
Albus the Crab visits the bust of John Ross. John Ross was the principle Cherokee chief from 1828–1866, serving longer than any other person. He led the nation through the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma and then led the effort to rebuild and reclaim their society. The Cherokee National Heritage Center is built on the site of the Cherokee Female Seminary (three columns of which are still standing at the center's entrance). The seminary builiding was opened in 1851 and burnt down in 1887. The modern heritage center tells the story of the Cherokee Nation, with an emphasis on the Trail of Tears' impact on the Cherokee and other nations. Park Hill, Oklahoma. (Nathanael Miller, 6 April 2018)
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl Crater. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 19 April 2018)
The Quarterdeck flags and well deck fragment of USS Ponce (LPD 15) with the prow of the nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser USS South Carolina (CGN 37). In commission from 1975 - 1999, South Carolina was built in Virginia, but scrapped in Bremerton. The prow went on display in Bremerton's Memorial Plaza in 2009. Ponce was in commission from 1971 - 2017. Bremerton, Washington. (Nathanael Miller, 11 September 2018)
Human face possibly wearing a headdress. The Leo Petroglyphs were probably created by the Fort Ancient culture, circa 700 years ago. Carved and painted on exposed portion of the Black Hand sandstone bedrock that underlies much of east-central Ohio. Jackson County, Ohio. (Nathanael Miller, 6 Jan. 2018)
First lit in 1874, the Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse is still known as "Two Lights" because it consisted of a pair of towers. The eastern tower is still an active aid to navigation, the western tower was deactivated in 1924 and briefly served as a military lookout tower during World War II before sold to a private ower. It is not lit anymore. Cape Elizabeth, Maine. (Nathanael Miller, 24 July 2018)
The Pacific Aviation Museum occupies historic spaces on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. Its most iconic structure is the old Ford Island Control Tower. The tower was under construction when Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941. Exhibits include the wreckage of a Japanese plane that crashed on the Island of Ni'ihau, one of only two fixed-wing Wildcats, and a civilian plane that was caught in the middle of the Japanese formations as they approached Pearl Harbor. My uncle, Clarence Silva, did the murals that hang in the museum's exhibits. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 20 April 2018)
The Pacific Aviation Museum occupies historic spaces on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. Its most iconic structure is the old Ford Island Control Tower. The tower was under construction when Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941. Exhibits include the wreckage of a Japanese plane that crashed on the Island of Ni'ihau, one of only two fixed-wing Wildcats, and a civilian plane that was caught in the middle of the Japanese formations as they approached Pearl Harbor. My uncle, Clarence Silva, did the murals that hang in the museum's exhibits. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 20 April 2018)
Known to the Hawaiians as Le'ahi, Diamond Head is a 300,000 year old tuff cone formed from an explosive erutpion. The crater is 3,520 feet in diameter and summits at 761 feet. The summit is the site of a lost heiau (ancient Hawaiian temple of other sacred site), and was used for coastal defense by the U.S. Army through the first half of the 20th century. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 18 April 2018)
Fort Zachary Taylor. Built in 1845 and decommissioned in 1947. The fort was central of the Union blockade and in making Key West the only Southern city that never left Union hands. Reconfigured over the years, it was going to be pretty much leveled until Howard S. England discovered the largest cache of on-site Civil War cannons. The Civil War guns had been used as fill during reconstructions during the late 19th century. Some cannons are left partially exposedin the late-19th century Battery Oscela. (Nathanael Miller, 25 July 2017)
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National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl Crater. Honolulu, Hawaii. (Nathanael Miller. 23 April 2018)
Albus the Crab at the Henry M Jackson Visitors Center in Paradise are of Mount Rainier. Mount Rainier the highest peak of the Cascade volcanoes, rising 14,411 feet above sea level. It is also considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in North America. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. (25 Aug. 2019; Nathanael Miller)
The new Tennessee State Museum building opened in October 2018. Telling the story of the Tennessee from prehistoric times through the modern era, its vast collection is well worth a visit. Featured artifacts include one of Daniel Boone's rifles; a rare 13-star U.S. flag with the original 6-pointed stars first mandated by Congress before the flag was changed to 5-pointed stars; a coat made by future-president Andrew Johnson when he was still a tailor; chairs used during Civil Rights sit-ins; and outfits and instruments used by Dolly Parton, Tina Turner, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. Nashville, Tennessee. (Nathanael Miller. 21 Nov. 2018)
The National Corvette Museum. Founded in 1994, it showcases the history of the Corvette. It's signature Skydome was the site of a 2014 sinkhole that swallowed 8 historic cars. All 8 were recovered, but only two were fully restored. Bowling Green, Kentucky. (Nathanael Miller, 10 Dec. 2017)