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The wheel is original and the axle is restored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/b58d00b0-e216-4c26-ac55-dce54703b285/5.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-Three - Make it stand out The casting room at the bottom of the furnace, where molten iron ore was formed into molds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/adb47d4f-ddaf-4009-a637-00a78dfbb114/6.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-Three - Make it stand out Visitors to the museum are encouraged to touch these iron products. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/6a7aa0f7-5c00-4576-ab67-799352da4a72/7.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-Three - Make it stand out A display case in the museum showing minerals mined at the furnace site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/12068099-c7dd-4f5c-bdf8-e31a9736949d/9.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-Three - Make it stand out Welcome to Cornwall Iron Furnace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-Three https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/surf-city-disaster monthly 0.5 2026-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/a42140db-1926-4a64-a966-f8ee842b2421/1.+The+Surf+City.jpeg Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-Two - Make it stand out The Steamer Surf City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/277bbf2e-ea70-4aba-919c-9ba67e89f77d/2.+Surf+City+Intended+Route.png Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-Two - Make it stand out The Surf City’s intended route https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/39ad9db8-e6e3-497a-be26-152c2b1fb4db/5.+Surf+City+Ad1.jpeg Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-Two - Make it stand out The Surf City’s schedule from the Danvers Mirror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/6375efc5-9418-4309-a1ba-4a9c3402a8de/3.+Surf+City+Point+of+Disaster.png Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-Two - Make it stand out The point of disaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/9263a43a-2508-41f9-853d-27b141a789b4/4.+Surf+City+Herald+Illustration.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-Two - Make it stand out The Boston Herald’s drawing of the capsized Surf City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/efdea85e-7e10-4dd6-8033-0fa9fe0f1259/6.+Ram%27s+Horn+Beacon+from+the+Willows.++Beverly+is+in+the+background.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-Two - Make it stand out Ram’s Horn beacon from the Salem Willows today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-Two https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/lynnhaven-house-virginia-beach-va monthly 0.5 2025-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1743281015886-LIZX2GX6OLIBXFRXOR5W/Lynnhaven+%231.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-One - Make it stand out The Lynnhaven House in Virginia Beach celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2025. Currently, the house is undergoing extensive restoration, but tours are available, (all photos by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/216eed62-082b-454c-8780-da7f5abed5a0/Lynnhaven+%232.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-One - Make it stand out Museum Interpreter Peggy Watkins points to the English bond brickwork dating from the original builder Francis Thelaball II. Note the vertical bricks of the jack arch over the window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/09d8a3a8-7cf6-4100-8b1f-aea827b0459e/Lynnhaven+%234.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-One - Make it stand out In the parlor of the Lynnhaven House, our guide explains that the cooking was probably done in the massive fireplace here. The casement window in the back is original to the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/8cd9b336-a6cb-4c68-be36-0524dde9b4ae/Lynnhaven+%233.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-One - Make it stand out Light was provided into the upper chambers by dormers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/f55326a3-42d4-495e-ae33-a11688752f05/Lynnhaven+%235.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-One - Make it stand out The exposed beams in the parlor ceiling show the planed floorboards above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/2682526e-3a2b-4c28-9416-a2043777638f/Lynnhaven+%236.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-One - Make it stand out The staircase is original to the house. The balusters are made from white ash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/2c4907de-ad26-403a-b68f-75de5f3cda10/Lynnhaven+%237.png Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-One - Make it stand out 1755 Map of Virginia showing Princess Anne County. The Lynnhaven House is on the west bank of the Lynnhaven River, above the second S in Princess. (“A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia …, 1755,” Retrieved from Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, https://www.loc.gov/item/74693089). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty-One https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/eichelbergers-distillery-dillsburg-pa monthly 0.5 2025-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/0203dc3f-0b2f-446d-bada-47605e155d99/Eichelberger+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty - Make it stand out “Mary,” one of the stills at the Eichelberger Distillery in Dillsburg, PA. (Photo Credit: Gettysburg Images for Dills Tavern, Eichelberger Distillery) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/203b6e5d-1815-4d53-b05c-359e67de40c6/Eichelberger+%232.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty - Make it stand out Guide James Nellis stands at the entrance of the Eichelberger Distillery. Note that the stone walls of the building are composed of sandstone repurposed from a barn circa 1810. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/64430018-fa50-44e9-99dc-a4e3eaebbb82/Eichelberger+%233.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty - Make it stand out James Nellis explains the process of distilling during a tour of the Eichelberger Distillery. He stands in front of “Mary,” the larger of the two stills on the premises. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/554df12e-36ee-49d4-8720-4a67f64f319a/Eichelberger+%234.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty - Make it stand out A bottle of Eichelberger’s Old Monaghan rye whiskey at the tasting table in the distilling room. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/b3c779be-a416-49f2-ab65-a0c072ba15fd/Eichelberger+%235.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty - Make it stand out A group tasting in the taproom of Eichelberger Distillery. (Photo Credit: Gettysburg Images for Dills Tavern, Eichelberger Distillery) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/4078fb42-95d7-4245-9bc6-464fda196918/Eichelberger+%236.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty - Make it stand out Clair Zeiders, a carpenter/woodworker at the Wheelwright Shop at Dills Tavern, shows a documents box he made. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/e7df0e16-c1bf-44cc-a97d-b948eb1e4925/Eichelberger+%237.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty - Make it stand out Dills Tavern in Dillsburg, PA. The original tavern, on the right side of the building, dates from 1794. Today NYCHAPS conducts tours in the tavern. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1a92dac6-a0d3-4075-91e3-3094a0df45f8/Eichelberger+%238.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty - Make it stand out A docent shows a dining area during a tour of Dills Tavern. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Thirty https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/washingtons-burges-trail monthly 0.5 2025-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/d69fa1fb-f96b-488c-a9df-6fefe76eb567/Burgess+Trail+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out Junius Brutus Stearns’ depiction of the marriage of George and Martha Washington January 6, 1759, at her White House plantation on the Pamunkey River. Washington would take his seat at the House of Burgesses the following month. (Courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/2ae087de-e8d3-4946-b2ae-31de66de44c6/Burgess+Trail+%232.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Talleysville, Virginia. This was the church of Martha Custis and her first husband. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/f7e794bd-9ddf-43ac-b77a-f41ca5d28b73/Burgess+Trail+%233.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out The interior of St. Peter’s. The church was heavily damaged during The Civil War and was reconstructed in the 1960s. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/f85946a0-ed23-43d0-996f-2ebea5128c83/Burgess+Trail+%234.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out George Washington as Colonel in the Virginia Regiment, oil on canvas by Charles Willson Peale, 1772. This portrait was painted when Washington served as a member of the House of Burgesses and depicts him as a young man. (Courtesy of Museums at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/2d553d38-27f0-4f66-a6ef-f96ca047ba0a/Burgess+Trail+%235.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out Martha Dandridge Custis, oil on canvas by John Wollaston, 1757. At the time of this portrait, 26-year-old Martha Custis was still married to Daniel Parke Custis. (Courtesy of Museums at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/9a59aa79-c7fa-401b-bb46-d22cf62549a6/Burgess+Trail+%236.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out Engraving of the Capitol of Virginia in Williamsburg by Henry Howe, 1845, where Washington served as a burgess. This building was Virginia’s capitol from 1753 to 1779. The view is looking east from Duke of Gloucester Street. It burned down in 1832. {{PD-US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/c6ff6191-1cd2-447a-9b16-69fd081d31b6/Burgess+Trail+%237.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out The Old Mansion at Bowling Green. Washington stopped here while serving in the House of Burgesses. (Virginia Department of Historic Resources) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/711e79d8-bedd-4f5d-a723-5c410de7f4c6/Burgess+Trail+%238.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out The bridge over King and Queen Swamp, connecting Caroline and Kind and Queen Counties. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/5bee4b9e-b160-4d57-8783-fc2811d296a1/Burgess+Trail+%239.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out Roadside markers highlighting Park Church and Newtown. Washington often passed Park Church on his journeys between Fredericksburg and Williamsburg. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/d46855b0-b5d6-4e04-98db-a5afeda1ee8b/Burgess+Trail+%2310.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out The King William County Courthouse built in 1725. This is the oldest county courthouse in the United States in continuous use. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/6e0bec23-75ee-4c38-a52f-5f377159ef37/Burgess+Trail+%2311.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out St. John’s Church near Sweet Hall. Washington passed by this church on his way to and from Williamsburg. Note the molded brick pediment above the door. The church was built circa 1734. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/15945768-6846-48ba-9a42-11e95224b25f/Burgess+Trail+%2312.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out Elsing Green, built by Martha Washington’s uncle in 1719. This Queen Anne style manor house sits on a bank of the Pamunkey River. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/8bc2143f-eed5-473e-a564-70859d61fcb5/Burgess+Trail+%2313.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out Hickory Neck Church, north of Toano, James City County. Washington passed by this small church just north of Williamsburg. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/40c1bad5-5c2c-4b5f-9a51-b5ff6cf874cc/Burgess+Trail+%2314.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine - Make it stand out New Kent Ordinary on the New Kent Highway, built circa 1735, across from the New Kent Courthouse. 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Augustus Mitchell, 1834 https://www.loc.gov/item/2012593332, (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Nine https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/enduring-legacy-sjgz3 monthly 0.5 2024-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/5c53f0a4-1366-4b14-9af5-813f2c4a4bbf/Fort+Monroe+Women+%231.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Eight - Make it stand out Emily Hoffman, Visitor Engagement Manager at Fort Monroe Authority, gives an overview of the “Impactful Women” tour. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/0ee16614-66fe-4eae-befe-6ad48836ec0f/Fort+Monroe+Women+%233.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Eight - Make it stand out A photograph of Charlotte White, the “Pie Woman,” taken in the 1880s. (Courtesy of Fort Monroe Authority Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/4006eba8-43d7-47b8-bc48-476698103e19/Fort+Monroe+Women+%232.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Eight - Make it stand out Fort Monroe from the air, 2004. (U.S. Army photo, {{PD-US}}) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/92ad2d76-e7c5-434a-9d1c-81e5144150a5/Fort+Monroe+Women+%234.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Eight - Make it stand out A stop along the “Impactful Women” tour under the live oaks of Fort Monroe. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/b36b4603-25c3-4bdd-9dff-03d0bcc9ba5a/Fort+Monroe+Women+%235.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Eight - Make it stand out A WAC recruiting poster. (Source: Women of World War II. {PD-US}) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/ced81592-b8fa-45e2-ac86-02f1d451ce9e/Fort+Monroe+Women+%236.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Eight - Make it stand out Harriet Tubman, 1868-69 by Benjamin F. Powelson. This is a carte-de-visite (visiting card) of Tubman’s taken several years after her service at Fort Monroe. (Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress. {{PD-US}}) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/4b95c451-c1c1-4c96-9946-a2482b9e2a6c/Fort+Monroe+Women+%237.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Eight - Make it stand out Army Nurse Corps recruiting poster. (Source: National Archives and Records Administration, and Women of World War II. {{PD-US}}) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Eight https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/jailed-for-teaching-black-children monthly 0.5 2025-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/75e6765e-50d7-4bbd-92be-1906475c1795/Margaret+Douglass+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Seven - Make it stand out Image of Margaret Douglass about 1854. This image appeared in her Personal Narrative, decrying her treatment and that of her students in Norfolk. {{PD-US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/cfa4501d-fba8-4db8-803e-c7629403a74b/Margaret+Douglass+%232.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Seven - Make it stand out This section of James Keily’s 1851 map of the City of Norfolk shows the approximate location of Barraud Court (blue line) between Granby Street and Martin’s Lane, north of Plume Street. Approximately the site of today’s Dominion Enterprises Building. City Hall is on the upper right. (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/f5d511c1-f526-4575-8c69-eac90d28308e/Margaret+Douglass+%233.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Seven - Make it stand out The former Norfolk City Hall and Circuit Court (circa 1905) was the site of Margaret Douglass’ trial. (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Co. Collection, LC-DIG-det-4a12467) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/d2334a1c-dee6-4cf1-8864-9fcb5278718c/Margaret+Douglass+%234.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Seven - Make it stand out Christ Church (circa 1971) was located at 421 East Freemason in Norfolk. Once the church of Norfolk’s elite, it was demolished in 1973. (Photo courtesy of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/a6651bec-cae1-4835-b7b5-db8647da273a/Margaret+Douglass+%235.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Seven - Make it stand out Margaret Douglass marker at the corner of City Hall Avenue and Granby Street, near the location of her home on Barraud Court. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/858e6c30-c68b-498a-9104-25234d05c86a/Margaret+Douglass+%236.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Seven - Make it stand out The Old City Hall today is home to The MacArthur Memorial. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Seven https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/a-well-traveled-statue monthly 0.5 2024-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/c7499ff6-9733-4527-b15b-1abbbc3ca1b8/Greenough%27s+Statue+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Six - Make it stand out Greenough’s George Washington statue today in the National Museum of American History. (Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/624c5abe-3240-4d97-873b-d2cd08d93070/Greenough%27s+Statue+%232.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Six - Make it stand out Horatio Greenough by Rembrandt Peale, 1829. National Portrait Gallery. (CC0 1 CC0 1.0 Deed | CC0 1.0 Universal | Creative Commons) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/77bc8f74-5283-44b0-80ea-1da01ab56999/Greenough%27s+Statue+%233.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Six - Make it stand out Map of Washington Showing Washington City Canal, 1851, by S. Augustus Mitchell. (Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/6f79a207-824b-49aa-b598-5aac346e0613/Greenough%27s+Statue+%234.jpeg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Six - Make it stand out A portrait of Captain William Easby. (NH 54952 – Courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/4d04239e-067b-4ec2-8d72-bc0b2f7fc88e/Greenough%27s+Statue+%235.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Six - Make it stand out A photograph (circa 1875) showing Greenough’s statue at the head of East Capitol Street. First Street bisects East Capitol Street in the center of the photo. The future site of the U.S. Supreme Court is above First Street to the left and the Library of Congress above First Street to the right. This photo was taken shortly after the statue was moved to this location. (Courtesy of John DeFerrari) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/57cbcaf1-71e0-48b0-8427-383a024da9eb/Greenough%27s+Statue+%236.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Six - Make it stand out View of the Washington statue and pedestal on the U.S. Capitol grounds (date unknown). The pedestal was later used as a corner stone for the Capitol Power Plant. (Courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society, Image ID: 86720. www.wisconsinhistory.org) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/3313be55-5105-487b-96f2-375550115a92/Greenough%27s+Statue+%237.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Six - Make it stand out Portrait of Elliott Woods, Architect of the Capitol (1902-1923). Woods pressured Congress to move Greenough’s statue of Washington off the capitol grounds to an indoor location. (Architect of the Capitol {{PD-US}}) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/9e671027-3af2-418a-8e77-4b8e1fd643bd/Greenough%27s+Statue+%238.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Six - Make it stand out A 1920 photo of Washington’s statue in the apse of the Commons (sometimes known as the chapel) in the west wing of the Smithsonian Castle. The statue was moved here in 1908. (Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/ee5db63f-a022-46a1-9738-ad601f915f46/Greenough%27s+Statue+%239.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Six - Make it stand out Greenough’s statue of Washington being prepared to move to the Museum of History and Technology (today’s National Museum of American History) in 1962. A window and frame on the south wall of the Commons was removed to get the statue through. (Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/bbe28d2e-96e6-4362-9487-b19845ae4969/Greenough%27s+Statue+%2310.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Six - Make it stand out Once the statue was removed from the Smithsonian Castle, it was hoisted by a crane onto a flatbed truck for the journey across the National Mall to today’s National Museum of American History, where it remains today. (Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Six https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/lady-bae-korean-legation monthly 0.5 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/3716d0e8-872b-463d-9405-c496e051fd26/Korean+Legation+Photo+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Five - Make it stand out Mrs. Ye Cha Yun, Lady Bae, wife of the Korean chargé d’affaires. She lived at the Korean Legation in Washington, D.C. from 1889 to 1893 and became a familiar figure in the city. (Courtesy of Old Korean Legation Museum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/98209fd0-f764-46c1-b010-f6377b4fcfc0/Korean+Legation+Photo+%232.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Five - Make it stand out Mr. Ye Cha Yun. He led several positions at the Korean Legation in Wahington, D.C., including translator, secretary, and chargé d’affaires. (Courtesy of Old Korean Legation Museum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/526a928f-2afc-4041-9e3f-38af79eefff3/Korean+Legation+Photo+%233.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Five - Make it stand out The Old Korean Legation Museum on Logan Circle in Washington, D.C. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/8c85980c-7770-4d07-b86d-7aae4ab38eb3/Korean+Legation+Photo+%234.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Five - Make it stand out Photographs at the Old Korean Legation Museum of Ye Cha Yun (left) and Lady Bae (far right). The other woman is Mrs. Ye Wan Yong, wife of an earlier chargé. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/f4c217d6-799e-416a-a887-f7873f65e770/Korean+Legation+Photo+%235.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Five - Make it stand out The photograph taken in 1889 at Mount Vernon shows Lady Bae standing in the row second from left. Her husband is to her left. The other woman in the photo is Mrs. Ye Wan Yong. (Courtesy of The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/610a6563-02fa-4b1c-bf92-14fa24e7695b/Korean+Legation+Photo+%236.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Five - Make it stand out Ye Washon’s headstone at Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/f651a9ca-3357-4105-b542-e87b1bcb104e/Korean+Legation+Photo+%237.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Five - Make it stand out The parlor at the Old Korean Legation Museum. The furnishings are reproductions based on photographs from the 1890s. Mr. and Mrs. Ye would greet visitors in this room. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/d3b7de97-8776-4b46-99ea-5e886096f38d/Korean+Legation+Photo+%238.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Five - Make it stand out The dining room at the Old Korean Legation. Sometimes the furnishings would be cleared out during receptions to allow guests to dance. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Five https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/white-murder monthly 0.5 2023-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/3e13f287-aff4-4c4c-89d4-4e54253663ff/White+Murder+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four - Make it stand out Courthouse Square in Salem. The White murder trial was held on the second floor. This building was demolished in 1839. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/076f9243-f84f-45e2-8c2f-d5063061eb89/White+Murder+%232.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four - Make it stand out Portrait of Captain Joseph White, 1824, by James Frothingham. This was painted just six years before White’s death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/63edb4f4-cb5e-417d-90df-37c388c03646/White+Murder+%233.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four - Make it stand out Today’s Gardner-Pingree House. Captain White was murdered in his bedroom on the second floor, left windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/8daee92d-66cb-4588-b9a4-d1d3dadcf36a/White+Murder+%234.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four - Make it stand out The three defendants in the White murder trial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/e2187161-a3fc-4496-a6b5-6dcb968b1411/White+Murder+%235.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four - Make it stand out A floorplan of the Joseph White house. White was murdered in the bedroom above the Keeping Room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/e07419e4-9fd8-4230-b418-1a9c1bb7cf1a/White+Murder+%237.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four - Make it stand out Map of the important scenes in the crime. White’s house is labeled “J” and the Howard Street Church “A.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/ecfeb8c5-e0c0-445f-ab8a-aecabc1f19f4/White+Murder+%236.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four - Make it stand out This 1851 map of Salem gives a sense of the small world that Salem was at the time. White’s mansion is labeled “D. Pingree” just above the X is “Essex.” The Howard Street Church is located at the southern end of the Howard Street Cemetery. And the County Jail is just to the left of the cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/996e291f-ce8f-458a-ab29-ab286d800dfb/White+Murder+%238.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four - Make it stand out This 1820 map shows the location of the courthouse (labeled #2) in the middle of Court Street (now Washington Street). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/80d0421f-690b-4995-9ad4-012a1e16e105/White+Murder+%239.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four - Make it stand out Portrait of Daniel Webster about four years after the trial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/3f2afe7a-8506-4d67-a87e-c42a2ad9f4b6/White+Murder+%2312.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four - Make it stand out A view of the old Salem jail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/a7d47251-2e05-4302-930e-1e06fbbb3170/White+Murder+%2313.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four - Make it stand out The Howard Street Cemetery with a view of Salem Jail in the background. Both Knapps were buried here in unmarked graves. Their victim, Captain White, is buried here as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/e37ac66e-a8cf-456c-a337-ba62e79405fc/White+Murder+%2310.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four - Make it stand out Stephen White’s mansion on Washington Square North, just a short distance from his uncle Joseph’s house. Today it is private residences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/36466676-f999-4c3c-b758-4a152cf5c201/White+Murder+%2311.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four - Make it stand out This was the Federal Street home of Samuel Putnam, a judge in the Joseph White murder trial. Today it is owned by PEM and available to be rented for events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Four https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/wheatley monthly 0.5 2023-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/c2d037b7-0a70-4a55-8d1b-5c8bdb8c5ceb/Wheatley+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Three - Make it stand out This statue of Phillis Wheatley is part of the Boston Women’s Memorial on the Commonwealth Avenue mall. (Courtesy of Michael Bergmann) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/de44843f-288e-4da1-8dd4-1354c32e039c/Wheatley+%232.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Three - Make it stand out The Old State House is dwarfed by modern buildings. The Wheatley’s house was located to the left of the closest pedestrian crossing sign. (By Jax4260 – Own Work, Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International — CC BY-SA 4.0) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/fe25e8d9-618c-4ccb-bd19-ac24364055c9/Wheatley+%233.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Three - Make it stand out Looking down State Street through a window in the Old State House. (Photo courtesy of Katie Turner Getty) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/b9ae1018-ff2b-4c43-8152-4fad84861923/Wheatley+%234.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Three - Make it stand out A Plan of the Town of Boston, 1775. Griffin’s Wharf can be seen to the east below Fort Hill. (By Sir Thomas Hyde Page. Library of Congress, G3764.B6S3 1777 .P3 Faden 32. Modifications by Durova). {{PD-US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/d05eb16c-8a03-4a16-a9b1-e02dd53ba813/Wheatley+%235.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Three - Make it stand out Detail of 1775 map of Boston, showing Dock Square and vicinity. The Wheatley’s house was at the northeast corner of King and Mackerel Streets. (By Sir Thomas Hyde Page. Library of Congress, G3764.B6S3 1777 .P3 Faden 32. Modifications by Durova, Derivative work: M2545). {{PD-US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/c27f06f4-1a7b-400d-bf28-bd00aa276716/Wheatley+%236.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Three - Make it stand out Old South Meeting House on Milk Street. This was Phillis Wheatley’s house of worship. (NPS photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/4d156ec7-cf7a-48b4-9c13-397843646621/Wheatley+%237.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Three - Make it stand out Interior of the Old South Meeting House. (By Daderot – Own work, CCO 1.0, Public Domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/2894e184-201f-4118-af40-0a2704bc0a37/Wheatley+%238.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Three - Make it stand out An advertisement in a Boston newspaper, May 10, 1773, for an enslaved person to be sold. At about this same date, Phillis Wheatley left Boston for her journey to London and self-emancipation. From Slavery Adverts 250 Project. Boston Evening-Post, May 10, 1773 (America’s Historical Newspapers, Readex/NewsBank) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/5b928ed8-c5d0-42cb-bc28-df4de1a9547a/Wheatley+%239.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Three - Make it stand out Phillis Wheatley’s writing desk. Following her death, this desk was sold at auction to help pay her debts. (Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society https://www.masshist.org/database/363) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/6e49fc2b-8bc5-41a2-b5fd-8afcfcd8874a/Wheatley+%2310.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Three - Make it stand out Image of Phillis Wheatley from the frontispiece of Poems on Various Subjects. Library of Congress. {{PD US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/2b984994-cd48-4fe9-ac6d-47a2a485b9f9/Wheatley+Sidebar+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Three - Make it stand out Portrait of Timothy Fitch about 1760 by Joseph Blackburn. Fitch, a Medford merchant, owned the ship Phillis. (Collection of the Peabody Essex Museum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Three https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/willa-cather monthly 0.5 2023-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/c64924cd-15d4-49c6-82be-a0defadd442a/Cather+Virginia+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Two - Make it stand out Willa Cather in 1936. Photo by Carl Van Vechten. Carl Van Vechten Collection, Library of Congress. {{PD US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/104b1ddf-e6e0-45a3-997d-d3892faf7996/Cather+Virginia+%232.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Two - Make it stand out Willa Cather’s birthplace, near Gore, Virginia. Cather lived the first year of her life here. (By Cecouchman - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25611156) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/e0198913-2573-4f8b-bae7-21da5fc74285/Cather+Virginia+%233.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Two - Make it stand out Willow Shade, located on U.S. 50 near Gore, Virginia. Willa Cather lived here from ages one to nine years. Today it is a private home. (Photo courtesy of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/45366fa2-d20f-4de7-830d-58be50e93c83/Cather+Virginia+%234.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Two - Make it stand out Hebron Baptist Church in Gore, Virginia. This church is featured in the novel Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/04dac3b1-8b31-4bd1-a9bb-5bb383bdaa3a/Cather+Virginia+%235.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Two - Make it stand out “The springhouse at the edge of Winchester. When Nancy Till’s mother saw this springhouse, she “felt she was back in the world again.” (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/dc09319b-ad3c-4b49-9280-916e062148d0/Cather+Virginia+%236.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Two - Make it stand out Christ Church (Christ Episcopal Church) in Winchester, Virginia. This gothic-Revival-style church at the corner of Washington and Boscawen Streets is mentioned in Sapphira and the Slave Girl. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/07155691-9141-44ff-a142-435d28062372/Cather+Virginia+%237.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Two - Make it stand out Jacob and Ruhamah Seibert were Willa Cather’s maternal great grandparents and the prototypes for Henry and Sapphira Colbert in Sapphira and the Slave Girl. The portraits are housed in the Handley Library in Winchester, Virginia. (Photo courtesy of John Jacobs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty Two https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/norfolk-underground-railroad monthly 0.5 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/9e193465-63a5-4057-b717-19c39b2a46d8/Norfolk+URR+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty One - Make it stand out Fugitive Slaves in the Dismal Swamp,” oil painting by David Edward Cronin, 1888. Collection: New-York Historical Society. {{PD US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/245b83bf-6575-4e38-b923-1b864927a09f/Norfolk+URR+%232.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty One - Make it stand out An 1851 map of Norfolk and Portsmouth by Robin and Keily. Norfolk is on the left side of the map. (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division). {{PD US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/7739514e-333b-46a5-a0f1-042e5edd38eb/Norfolk+URR+%233.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty One - Make it stand out A view of Waterside in Norfolk taken from the Portsmouth Ferry. This was the heart of the Norfolk waterfront in the 1850s. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/202dc25c-20b0-41ae-baab-1424f788582a/Norfolk+URR+%234.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty One - Make it stand out “The Mayor and Police of Norfolk Searching Capt. Fountain’s Schooner.” Wood engraving likely by Edmund B. Bensell, 1872 (1879 edition). Freedom seeker Daniel Carr was aboard the City of Richmond during this incident. (University of Virginia Special Collections) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/320421f7-dd7a-4838-9c51-2f6f34ecfb73/Norfolk+URR+%236.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty One - Make it stand out The wharves shown here on the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River include the remains of Wright’s (left) and Higgins’ Wharfs, essential to Norfolk’s Underground Railroad history. (File Photo / The Virginian-Pilot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/0b941b4f-b1ec-4ec4-988d-d1d0d6f0e7b3/Norfolk+URR+%235.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty One - Make it stand out Kenmure on West Bute Street, Norfolk. This was the home of Mayor William Lamb, leader of the posse searching Alfred Fountain’s schooner where 21 freedom seekers were hidden. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/f1145a5d-33d6-499a-a59e-b8f603c17495/Norfolk+URR+%236.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty One - Make it stand out A modern map of Norfolk showing Underground Railroad sites. Numbers 1 and 2 are Higgins’ Wharf and Wright’s Wharf respectively. Number 6 is Dr. Martin’s dental office, from which Sam Nixon, a conductor on the Underground, escaped. Number 9 is the approximate location of the City of Richmond’s dock. (VisitNorfolk) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/fe81e57b-624a-4d1f-9ae0-aba63ab204e4/Norfolk+URR+%237.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty One - Make it stand out The Underground Railroad Overlook at the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/df133d90-8380-4b21-adfc-1ba4518167e7/Norfolk+URR+%238.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty One - Make it stand out The great Dismal Swamp today. This photo was taken on the shore of Lake Drummond in the interior of the swamp. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/89673879-daa9-43ba-9f94-e60c536de4d8/Norfolk+URR+%239.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty One - Make it stand out A drawing of Osman, a maroon in the Great Dismal Swamp. Image by David Hunter Strother in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 1856. {{PD US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty One https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/oxygen-sedition-and-mozart monthly 0.5 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/ef43b5a7-5f2e-4614-a5ad-9e428125f98e/Norry+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty - Make it stand out Portrait of Joseph Priestley, 1794 by Ellen Sharples. National Portrait Gallery (UK). {{PD US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/8849c34b-a578-4d38-aede-eb1157bb44bf/Norry+%232.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty - Make it stand out The Joseph Priestley House in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. This is the side of the house facing the Susquehanna River. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/768c5817-bdce-47fb-bec2-58fed3fe9c8a/Norry+%233.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty - Make it stand out A microscope owned by Joseph Priestley (circa 1780-1790) made by William and Samuel Jones of London, on display at the Priestley House. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/39260151-b004-451a-85a1-50e6330605bb/Norry+%234.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty - Make it stand out French-made clock given to Joseph Priestley by the Marquis de Lafayette. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/f3c589c1-eb9a-4504-b649-40142d10cff6/Norry+%235.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty - Make it stand out Portrait of Thomas Cooper on display at the University of South Carolina, where he served as president when it was South Carolina College. (Photo by John L. Moore) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/04225fb8-5481-4a04-a7d3-ca211a094b2e/Norry+%236.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty - Make it stand out Could this house on the corner of Water and B Streets in Northumberland be the house where Thomas Cooper lived in Northumberland? (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/e74374d6-f73b-48ad-a105-80f1cd8dd595/Norry+%237.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty - Make it stand out Lorenzo Da Ponte (circa 1822) from an engraving by Michele Pekenino. {{PD US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/6ed92dfa-7c86-464f-824c-ce5d8b4a4c48/Norry+%238.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty - Make it stand out This Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission marker on Market Street in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. This marker is near the former location of Da Ponte’s residence. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1891c988-e504-4aab-b999-9c02ad487c4b/Norry+%239.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty - Make it stand out A USGS map showing the location of Northumberland and Sunbury, Pennsylvania. The location of Priestley’s house is marked in Northumberland. (Source: USGWarchives.us) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twenty https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/rackliffe-house monthly 0.5 2022-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/11f41bdb-33a5-4071-9a2b-79980ab40741/Rackliffe+House+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Nineteen - Make it stand out View of Rackliffe House looking from Sinepuxent Bay. (Photo by Robin Harrison) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/f661cdf6-7213-489b-8e13-5ae343f770c6/Rackliffe+House+%232+copy.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Nineteen - Make it stand out A path leading to Rackliffe House that runs along the edge of Sinepuxent Bay. (Photo by Carol A. Keller) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/18adec47-1ff2-407c-bb44-f55f82241978/Rackliffe+House+%233.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Nineteen - Make it stand out A docent in the kitchen of Rackliffe House shows antique kitchenware to children. (Photo courtesy of Rackliffe House) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/9f0353d2-6468-42db-8f84-d9ca56a292f9/Rackliffe+House+%234.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Nineteen - Make it stand out The Children’s Room, upstairs next to the Master Bedroom. Note the narrow cradle. (Photo by Robin Harrison) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/d1e045bf-743f-44b7-9b1f-90ab2153230f/Rackliffe+House+%235.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Nineteen - Make it stand out The front (seaward facing side) of Rackliffe House. The oversize “lookout” window is above the front door. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/8a78ead5-fc8f-4672-857f-2beb1d49946e/Rackliffe+House+%236.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Nineteen - Make it stand out A display upstairs at Rackliffe House illustrates the lives of enslaved people at Rackliffe House and Worcester County, Maryland. Note the names of enslaved people on the walls. (Photo by Robin Harrison) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/6b3dd155-b98a-46c7-8805-5048ab69a322/Rackliffe+House+%237.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Nineteen - Make it stand out The garden on the grounds of Rackliffe House. Oregano, basil, and rosemary were growing there during our visit. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/eff18b3f-63d6-4951-b8b2-cd8a6f565538/Rackliffe+House+%238.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Nineteen - Make it stand out The large “lookout” window on the second floor of Rackliffe House. This window offers a view to Sinepuxent Bay and Assateague Island. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Nineteen https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/frank-benson-salem-world monthly 0.5 2022-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/a111e07e-4655-40b5-b7f8-3baf34a1c7da/Benson+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Eighteen - Make it stand out Self-portrait of Frank Benson, 1898. Collection of National Academy of Design. (Source: The Athenaeum). {{PD-US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/557e8008-77da-4586-a245-3a05250a84f6/Benson+%232.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Eighteen - Make it stand out 46 Washington Square South. Frank Benson lived much of his life at this house on Salem Common. (Photo by Patti Kelleher, City of Salem, Department of Planning & Community Development, 2017). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/3ab0952d-4d64-435a-89a5-69e3f0e55e80/Benson+%233.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Eighteen - Make it stand out Frank Benson’s etching “Salem Harbor” (1882) from the collection of the Boston Public Library. Benson was about 20 and living at 46 Washington Square South when he created this as the frontispiece for a student art magazine at the Museum of Fine Arts school. https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1v53kb83f https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/3c9c89ce-c103-4045-89a2-38658cf38c9d/Benson+%234.jpeg Blog - Traveling to History: Eighteen - Make it stand out “My Sister” (1885). Benson’s oil portrait of his sister Betty was created at his studio at 2 Chestnut Street. (Photo by Stella van Mever My Sister, 1885 - Frank W. Benson - WikiArt.org) {{PD-US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/8567136c-4d0c-4a0b-88b1-c00f4723682f/Benson+%235.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Eighteen - Make it stand out 13 Barton Square. This was the home of Ellen Peirson, whom Benson would later marry. This house was an early example of the Italianate style in Salem. Benson painted a portrait of Ellen, “In Summer” (1887) in the back yard here. (Photo courtesy of City of Salem, Department of Planning & Community Development). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/752ae829-c315-4868-b4a6-bae0c7737e55/Benson+%236.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Eighteen - Make it stand out “In Summer” (1887). Benson painted this portrait of his future wife Ellen Peirson in the garden of her family home at 13 Barton Square. (Photo by xennex In Summer, 1887 - Frank W. Benson - WikiArt.org) {{PD-US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/f3855b18-ea62-4c0a-91fc-1048af4ae621/Benson+%237.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Eighteen - Make it stand out The Unitarian Church on Essex Street in Salem. Frank Benson and Ellen Peirson married here on October 18, 1888. (Photo by Fletcher6 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Legal Code https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/cc8d7bdc-3f1e-4e0e-95d4-1aac9d529f42/Benson+%238.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Eighteen - Make it stand out 14 Chestnut Street. Frank Benson purchased this stately Greek Revival house on Chestnut Street in October 1924. He lived there the rest of his life. Photo by Melystu CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Creative Commons Legal Code https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Eighteen https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/jennie-wade-house monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/c893d9ea-b521-409f-b029-be859e707691/Jennie+%231.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Seventeen - Make it stand out Jennie Wade House Museum manager Starr Fagerstrom points to a bullet hole in the door of the McClellan house, where Jennie Wade was killed by an errant bullet during the Battle of Gettysburg. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/91ce6a27-1e5e-461a-b90f-566eace6b89e/Jennie+%232.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Seventeen - Make it stand out The only known photograph (detail) of Jennie Wade. {{PD-US}} https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/81d0d603-4186-4785-aa37-833a92a3bfe1/Jennie+%233.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Seventeen - Make it stand out “McClellan House, 528 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1865,” (House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/40181). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/13d3df64-066f-40b6-8eb9-b5b86c95080c/Jennie+%234.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Seventeen - Make it stand out This is the original kneading board at which Jennie Wade was standing when she was killed during the Battle of Gettysburg. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/a4022852-c41b-42fd-aa8a-a4ee87010d29/Jennie+%235.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Seventeen - Make it stand out The McClellan’s parlor at the Jennie Wade House Museum. The period-piece bed recalls the original bed that had been placed there during the pregnancy of Jennie Wade’s sister Georgia. The horizontal pin on the headboard is a rolling-pin bedpost for beating quilts to shake out bugs. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/784eb1ef-1eb2-483f-a43f-0b17297c530a/Jennie+%236.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Seventeen - Make it stand out Jack Skelly, (Johnston Hastings Skelly, circa 1869, detail), a corporal in the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. Jennie Wade’s sweetheart, killed after the Battle of Winchester. (House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/40184). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/e52f6058-9b2d-47d5-9cc4-0ff2161b732a/Jennie+%237.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Seventeen - Make it stand out The statue of Jennie Wade carrying a loaf of bread and a pitcher on the Baltimore Street side of the Jennie Wade House in Gettysburg. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/324f4bc6-37d9-4fd1-adf6-0bb914316f97/Jennie+%238.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Seventeen - Make it stand out Jennie Wade’s gravesite at Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg. Wade is entitled to a perpetual flag beside her grave, a privilege granted to only two women in U.S. history. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Seventeen https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/murder-on-lafayette-square monthly 0.5 2022-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/08fbcc67-03d7-4ea0-8055-9a6c866bf91a/Key+Murder+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Sixteen - Make it stand out “Daniel Sickles murders Phillip Barton Key in Washington, D.C., February 27, 1859.” House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node22600 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/be7e1934-2912-4710-9b14-30031388837a/Key+Murder+%232.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Sixteen - Make it stand out Jackson Place looking towards Pennsylvania Avenue. The Ewell House (Sickles’ residence) stood approximately at the second house from the right. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/189733b0-3550-486d-8687-1f14fc5ac189/Key+Murder+%233.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Sixteen - Make it stand out “Daniel Sickles.” House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node12138 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/230f81fa-5897-4da4-b4d0-41826e49be02/Key+Murder+%234.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Sixteen - Make it stand out “Teresa Baglioli Sickles, 1859.” House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node22598 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/2a9a1c21-ffc0-438c-ba9a-b989cb54f8db/Key+Murder+%236.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Sixteen - Make it stand out The Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House on Madison Place, built in 1828. Tayloe was a prominent Washingtonian and distant cousin to Barton Key. Tayloe had Key’s body moved from the Clubhouse next door to Tayloe House. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/6fc5d5c1-04db-4473-8baa-d9370b3f531d/Key+Murder+%235.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Sixteen - Make it stand out St. John’s Episcopal Church on H Street, NW. Many of the residents of Lafayette Square worshipped at St. John’s. Phillip Barton Key’s funeral was held here. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/5343af04-da65-447d-b333-a6b684a778f2/Key+Murder+%237.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Sixteen - Make it stand out The White House is part of the Lafayette Square neighborhood. On the day of Barton Key’s murder, President Buchanan bribed a material witness to the crime to leave town. Also on that day, Barton Key was seen by witnesses loitering near the statue of Andrew Jackson. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/99671777-4ed4-4a91-8afb-c57e6a6f9c4a/Key+Murder+%238.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Sixteen - Make it stand out Decatur House on Jackson Place and H Street, NW. Built in 1818 by Commodore Stephen Decatur, this is the only house on the square open to the public. After Daniel Sickles’ acquittal, he spent several days here recovering from his trial. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1e0a067b-6cb5-4fb3-9baa-68b8aa7e18c3/Key+Murder+%239.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Sixteen - Make it stand out Lafayette Square from the A. Boschke Map of Washington City, 1857. The scene of the murder is across from the southeast corner of the Square. The Ewell House residence of Daniel Sickles is in the center of the block to the west of the Square. (Credit: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. Map http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct002292 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Sixteen https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/a-walk-through-three-centuries-of-history-in-tiny-boiling-springs-pa monthly 0.5 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/19a850c5-7699-4d51-820b-54bdc58d5ae3/Boiling+Springs+%231.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fifteen - Make it stand out Children’s Lake in Boiling Springs looking south. The 1780 grist mill in the distance is now an apartment house. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/fc12968f-666a-4dd0-a079-d6d2525b9f72/Boiling+Springs+%232.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fifteen - Make it stand out The Carlisle Iron Works charcoal furnace stack is all that remains of the iron works. This furnace stack was built about 1760. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/e7d131b1-676f-4ce0-bddd-efa2c9ce14be/Boiling+Springs+%233.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fifteen - Make it stand out Michael Ege (egg-E) built this Georgian-style mansion around 1780. Known today as the Ege-Bucher mansion it has 16 rooms and is privately owned. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/c5b26170-6855-4fa4-bf0c-a5d9453d4d6c/Boiling+Springs+%234.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fifteen - Make it stand out This stone triple-arched bridge over Yellow Breeches Creek (1854) brought materials to and from the Carlisle Iron Works in Boiling Springs. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/6ca2e0bd-0798-4368-8ead-fa06753eb9e8/Boiling+Springs+%235.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fifteen - Make it stand out Today, the Children’s Lake is home to ducks and geese. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/ab5d94b6-ebbd-40a3-ae2a-50d5ed8eb725/Screen+Shot+2022-01-18+at+9.31.57+AM.png Blog - Traveling to History: Fifteen - Make it stand out The only known photo of Daniel Kaufman, taken shortly before his death in 1902. (Courtesy Cumberland County (Pa) Historical Society) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/5208da4f-a039-4963-9f54-876a79f26d3f/Boiling+Springs+%237.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fifteen - Make it stand out Daniel Kaufman’s house in Boiling Springs, built circa 1880. Kaufman’s house has a commanding view of the lake. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/4dcc0b88-aa66-44c3-b4cd-a67098553c2a/Boiling+Springs+%238.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fifteen - Make it stand out Tiny Boiling Springs boasts notable examples of American architecture. Here on Third Street are examples from right to left of Second Empire, Queen Anne, and Federal styles. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/c717a3cd-8270-489e-a502-0bb01d1f82cd/Boiling+Springs+%239.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fifteen - Make it stand out The limestone clock tower at the north end of Children’s Lake was dedicated in 1957 honoring fallen veterans of foreign wars. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/e7aa865c-b09c-461e-b2ed-0f0f56fb0639/Boiling+Springs+%2310.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fifteen - Make it stand out Children’s Lake from the north end. The floating Christmas tree in the center is there for the holidays. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Fifteen https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/moses-myers-house-rebuilding-a-life-in-norfolk monthly 0.5 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/f3d020aa-4a8e-41a4-b210-ed31f4cde499/Moses+Myers+%231.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fourteen - Make it stand out The Moses Myers House on East Freemason Street Norfolk. This Federal-style brick mansion was completed around 1795. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/2db580b2-8b40-4e22-8a0b-ce4076d11645/Moses+Myers+%232.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fourteen - Make it stand out This portrait of Moses Myers by Gilbert Stuart is in the Drawing Room of the Moses Myers House. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/d8be9fb3-ec14-432d-b3e3-8b633c83a7be/Moses+Myers+%233.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fourteen - Make it stand out Note the rich detail on this mantle in the Parlor of the Moses Myers House. The 22 ½ carat gold leaf had been painted over and was only recently discovered. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/f5f732fe-4e0f-432c-8a21-4d9da3c9a345/Moses+Myers+%234.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fourteen - Make it stand out The long dining table, Hepplewhite chairs, cups, and candle sticks in the Dining Room, are original to the Myers family. The cabinet in the background was custom-built to fit its nook. This room is part pf the 1805-1810 addition to the house. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/ef5e231e-144f-4ec6-8650-c711640c9abf/Moses+Myers+%235.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fourteen - Make it stand out Karen Dutton shows us the Parlor in the Moses Myers House. This room was originally the dining room, becoming a parlor when the addition was built. The Myers family was very musical and had a sheet music collection of over 900 songs. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/faee907b-22a8-42ac-98ce-6c50a38a5ea4/Moses+Myers+%236.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Fourteen - Make it stand out This hearth is in the Kitchen of the Moses Myers House, originally a detached building. Enslaved servants cooked and cleaned for the Myers family here. None of the artifacts in this room are original to the house. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/4fc79b27-de6b-4359-a8da-b0802faccc80/Moses+Myers+%237.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Fourteen - Make it stand out The set of pistols used during the duel between Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron. Expertly crafted by Durs Egg of London, John Myers purchased them in 1810. (Photo by Christine Gamache with permission) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Fourteen https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/virginias-two-norwegian-ladies monthly 0.5 2022-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/4a3fbc08-2d2e-4b6a-b52e-b3d6dc69657b/Norwegian+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Thirteen The nine-foot, bronze statue of The Norwegian Lady on the Boardwalk at Virginia Beach. This statue was built by sculptor Ornulf Bast in 1962. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/04aac3a7-82ac-488b-8fad-f661b5dc5630/Norwegian+%232.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirteen - Make it stand out The 1903 Seatack Life-Saving Station #2 on Atlantic Avenue houses the Virginia Beach Surf and Rescue Museum. This building was later used as a U.S. Coast Guard Station. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/f8bccd48-fea2-4381-971c-28c4efc893d9/Norwegian+%233.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirteen - Make it stand out The interior of the Virginia Beach Surf and Rescue Museum. The small black cannon in the lower center is a Lyle Gun. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/a52cc449-db0f-4c80-ae3f-f07118e462c3/Norwegian+%234.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirteen - Make it stand out Our docent, Carol, shows the display honoring the wreck of the Dictator. The dory and white life preserver are from the Dictator. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/82a63afb-a201-4962-bef1-dd37bc41656c/Norwegian+%235.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirteen - Make it stand out Carol explains how a breeches buoy rescue works at this small display at Virginia Beach Surf and Rescue Museum. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/ecc7da84-16d4-4e2d-a78a-aa99569d8ce8/Norwegian+%236.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirteen - Make it stand out This cart contains the lines shot out to ships in distress by a Lyle Gun. The gun had an effective range of about 250 yards. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1f049544-2a73-46cf-aa57-522b32434ac4/Norwegian+%237.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Thirteen - Make it stand out The original figurehead of Norwegian Lady on 16th Street and the Boardwalk in Virginia Beach. This photo was taken in 1920. (Virginia Beach Public Library, Edgar T Brown Collection. VBPL Digital Archives - VBPL Digital Archives (oclc.org) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/33e8c879-e942-4c98-9f28-e57c6c06ca24/Norwegian+%238.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Thirteen - Make it stand out The headstone of Johanne and Carl Jorgensen at Norfolk’s Elmwood Cemetery. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Thirteen https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/riddicks-folly-twelve monthly 0.5 2021-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1630423422078-K78Z9CCJSBN1664650LY/Riddick%27s+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twelve The Riddick House in the snow. This elegant Greek Revival mansion was called Riddick’s Folly by neighbors. The name stuck. (Courtesy of Riddick’s Folly) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1630423453316-BEB3OA2WEUEBIHCLBGIA/Riddick%27s+%232.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twelve - Make it stand out This portrait of Mills Riddick was done by his grandson George H. Riddick. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1630423499070-9VWGJOPW4LWH7926M0RN/Riddick%27s+%233.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twelve - Make it stand out A portrait of Mary Taylor Riddick in the formal parlor. Note the Joseph Hisky piano (1825) with painting above the keyboard. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1630423581201-5E6XOPXNNHFS6SJXLYN2/Riddick%27s+%234.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twelve - Make it stand out The formal parlor of Riddick’s Folly looking into the family parlor. The green sofa in the foreground is original to the house. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1630423650424-2DACHAOT4R33466KNAYA/Riddick%27s+%235.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twelve - Make it stand out A lithograph of Riddick’s Folly in 1863. (Courtesy of Riddick’s Folly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1630423716868-OXM0FDKWV9PA9QIMCXQT/Riddick%27s+%236.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twelve - Make it stand out A photograph of Anna Mary Riddick (1841-1936), age 92, from the Riddick’s Folly photo collection. She was born and died in this house. (Courtesy of Riddick’s Folly). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1630423755325-JFILPJQI5IEFR7OZK5C3/Riddick%27s+%237.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twelve - Make it stand out Mills and Mary Taylor Riddick’s 1806 four-poster bed was brought to the house from one of the Riddick plantations. “All [their] 14 children started in this bed.” (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1630423809700-E52AW7RZG3KCO298HH3O/Riddick%27s+%238.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Twelve - Make it stand out The cooking fireplace in the winter kitchen of Riddick’s Folly. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1630423852928-XJ1ZR0O8SSW5YE2S3UK7/Riddick%27s+%239.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Twelve - Make it stand out This photograph of Anna Mary Riddick and her great great niece sits on a mantel at Riddick’s Folly. It was taken in 1934 two years before her death. (Photo by James F. Lee) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Twelve https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/puritan-life-eleven monthly 0.5 2021-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1627921179009-W21NTWRSD59A5HQMDRB1/Puritan+%231.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Eleven The front view of the Spencer-Peirce-Little House in Newbury, Mass. The English-style manor was built in 1690. Photo by Daderot License: CC BY-SA-3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1627921669121-39FTP1E94X3KIFCO59WF/Puritan+%232.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Eleven - Make it stand out Rear view of the Spencer-Peirce-Little House in Newbury, Mass. (Photo by Daderot License: CC BY-SA-3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1627921761035-1OKO8010LSGYD39TDP5A/Puritan+%233.jpeg Blog - Traveling to History: Eleven - Make it stand out A 17th-century crib and chest of drawers at the Spencer-Peirce-Little House in Newbury, Mass. (Photo by Sara Willman with permission). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1627921805243-3MJYPY9IWCUUC5VL7LFV/Puritan+%234.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Eleven - Make it stand out The Whipple House in Ipswich, Mass, originally begun in 1677. The visible line in the chimney dates from when the addition flue was added. (Photo by John Phelan. License: CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1627921871443-PW7FTVNW81SYBHCLH9TN/Puritan+%235.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Eleven - Make it stand out The Whipple House view from the rear. (Courtesy of Ipswich Museum, Mass.). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1627921910594-SO176DVQYLN9T7K1RCLB/Puritan+%236.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Eleven - Make it stand out The Whipple House interior. (Courtesy of Ipswich Museum, Mass.). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1627921946548-BHLU3X7CQ39FVO0Q3MR0/Puritan+%237.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Eleven - Make it stand out The Witch House, Salem, Mass. This was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin, one of the magistrates at the Salem Witch Trials. (Photo by Jen. License: CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1627922019869-03XJEX50JUO3THVAWY0R/Puritan+%238.gif Blog - Traveling to History: Eleven - Make it stand out Map of Essex County, Massachusetts. (mass-doc.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Eleven https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/oxford-detectives monthly 0.5 2021-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1623095089836-5886LEOBP25NM0TDV4QC/Oxford+%231.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Ten Radcliffe Camera, the heart of the Oxford labyrinth. Fictional Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey stood on the roof balcony in the novel Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers. (Photo by David Iliff. License: CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1623095134519-8TEY711OYPS7GAVB6MYU/Oxford+%232.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Ten An aerial view of Oxford city center. This photograph shows the labyrinthine nature of the Oxford colleges. (Photo by SirMetal. PD: Own work by the original uploader). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1623095198862-91TG7PSLMK63APWHGJ7L/Oxford+%233.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Ten The Mob Quadrangle of Merton College illustrates the “closed-room” quality that makes Oxford colleges ideal for fictional murder mysteries. (Photo by DWR. License: CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/deed.en). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1623095455555-K65FKYO4KP4SJSNO0PKY/Oxford+%234.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Ten A fruit stand inside Oxford’s Covered Market. The market sometimes appears in Oxford murder mysteries. (Photo by M stone. License: CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1623095491343-UAB5G4VAUJ3F73UOBGGJ/Oxford+%235.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Ten The Lamb and Flag. An ancient Oxford pub that features in lots of murder mysteries. Temporarily closed. (Photo by oxfordmaps. License: CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1623095520727-082B33CWQC6E5OECZNL5/Oxford+%236.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Ten - Make it stand out This scene in Jericho, Oxford, shows the Oxford Canal in the foreground and St. Barnabas Church in the background. Both were showcased in Colin Dexter’s The Dead of Jericho. (Photo by Kaihsu Tai. License: CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Ten https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/panda-odyssey-part-two monthly 0.5 2021-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1620235255633-B1G181BBKBR8PVY215X9/Bronx+Pandas+%231.jpeg Blog - Traveling to History: Nine, Part 2 John Tee-Van inspects a female panda donated to the Bronx Zoo by the Chinese government. Soong Mei-ling (center) and Soong Ai-ling (standing) look on. (©Wildlife Conservation Society. Reproduced by permission of the WCS Archives). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1620235279699-TSUMKY5GBMBRLWX9S7VK/Bronx+Pandas+%232.jpeg Blog - Traveling to History: Nine, Part 2 John Tee-Van boards a China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) plane holding the female panda. (©Wildlife Conservation Society. Reproduced by permission of the WCS Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1620235336925-W10E0EX137CBYZHLOH12/Bronx+Pandas+%233.jpeg Blog - Traveling to History: Nine, Part 2 Pandas getting loaded onto a CNAC flight. Moving the pandas required lots of help. (©Wildlife Conservation Society. Reproduced by permission of the WCS Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1620235385066-0XTPWAUO636SQQ3L52SC/Bronx+Pandas+%234.jpg Blog - Traveling to History: Nine, Part 2 A drawing of the SS President Coolidge at sea by J.F. Newman, circa 1943. Tee-Van and the pandas boarded the Coolidge at Manila in November 1941 for the long voyage to San Francisco via Honolulu. During the journey war broke out in the Pacific when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. This image was created when the Coolidge was owned by the Dollar Steamship Lines (1931-37). Note dollar signs on stacks. (Library of Congress image, {{PD-US}}) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1620235466727-4HTKRAFII101U1FBR0T8/Screen+Shot+2021-05-05+at+12.23.48+PM.png Blog - Traveling to History: Nine, Part 2 Everybody loves pandas. Drawing by Aiden Stump, 6. (With permission) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Nine, Part 2 https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/panda-odyssey-part-one monthly 0.5 2021-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1620147036014-RCFS78TAJT96PAM68P0V/Bronx+Pandas+%231.jpeg Blog - Traveling to History: Nine, Part 1 John Tee-Van and Dr. David Graham observe a panda in China. Graham, curator of the West China Union Museum, led the expedition that captured the female panda given as a gift to the people of the United States by the government of China. (©Wildlife Conservation Society. 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A free man, he risked his safety assisting escaping enslaved people. {{PD-US}}. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1597679668386-9MJGBWB60X629TO88YXO/James-Lee-pic.png Blog - Traveling to History: Seven https://www.jamesflee.com/blog/salinas-pueblo-missions monthly 0.5 2021-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1620147702757-UU5N7EAN1WUC91XUR9LW/Salinas+%231.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Six The Spanish mission ruins at Abó, near Mountainair, New Mexico, built of red sandstone bricks. This was the first of the Spanish missions in the Estancia Basin. Photo by James F. Lee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1620148114454-UD8WE6FT6PZ3ZW8AS68V/Screen+Shot+2021-01-11+at+1.56.54+PM.png Blog - Traveling to History: Six Map of the Salinas Pueblo Mission National Monument. NPS image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1620148643839-MC7RZBCKB99UWX2V9HHC/Salinas+%233.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Six The ruins at Quarai. European church design incorporated Native American style and local building materials, creating this impressive structure. Photo by James F. Lee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1620149007160-PSC1U5EAZYUOZC1F52WO/Salinas+%234.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Six A distant view of the mission ruins at Quarai. Photo by James F. Lee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1620234515690-BGVXPPGES75ZWF7FFFFW/Salinas+%235.JPG Blog - Traveling to History: Six The main street in Mountainair. The Visitors Center of the Salinas Pueblo Mission National Monument is located here. Photo by James F. 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(Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1589741605681-S4SW6Q43RQKOQX2NRSZE/image-asset.jpeg Hampton History and Hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1589741627028-V8VCQTJI0TEOYKT27TA6/The-Lady-Footballers_Square.jpg Hampton History and Hope https://www.jamesflee.com/where-is-andy daily 0.75 2020-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1589752594206-4LXTDEJ80IC48CLQQIRQ/Andrew+Marze.jpg Where is Andy https://www.jamesflee.com/helen-henderson daily 0.75 2020-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1589742568717-4ZCGTNBVRR92BREAXYDO/Helen+Henderson1.jpg Helen Henderson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1589742596412-EXOQRM28DXY239OJUKPE/Helen+Henderson2.jpg Helen Henderson https://www.jamesflee.com/joe-frogger daily 0.75 2020-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1589747367012-FWIBCUSC8PQ89L9JPI1W/DSC_1882.JPG Joe Frogger Alice Sullivan of Swampscott holds a tray of Joe Froggers at the Muffin Shop in Marblehead. These traditional treats are made from scratch at the shop. https://www.jamesflee.com/safe-passage-book-notes daily 0.75 2020-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1589748657594-497QM7QJU1IABLUAZUP3/589b2f647fdbc.image.jpg Safe Passage Book Notes https://www.jamesflee.com/maggie-walker daily 0.75 2020-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1589898061654-J5R34XZGQMH6HIMTBBAT/Maggie+Walker+Photo.jpeg Maggie Walker The Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site sign on East Leigh Street in Richmond. East Leigh was once known as “Quality Row,” an upper middle-class, African American neighborhood.(James F. Lee/Freelance) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1589898270697-OMNGYZ3GTMG9WEBYX6SL/Maggie+Walker+Photo+2.jpeg Maggie Walker The dining room at the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site. Walker held formal luncheons and dinners here.(James F. 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LEE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/1594915945813-9YPT8BPYILAGCSS4TN2I/FK6QWJA4Z5FZPOA5QTPTG5I6IM.jpeg Never Caught This street in Portsmouth, N.H, today looks much as it was in Ona Judge’s time.JAMES F. LEE https://www.jamesflee.com/thats-so-raven daily 0.75 2023-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/243eaa03-0633-48ef-9530-d1d3e99fbe41/Screen+Shot+2023-06-09+at+1.43.28+PM.png That's So Raven - Make it stand out Edgar and Pluto are resident cats at the Poe Museum in Richmond. THE POE MUSEUM PHOTOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/6849f4c2-a9a9-467f-92fe-717e30d63edd/Screen+Shot+2023-06-09+at+1.19.52+PM.png That's So Raven A copy of the last photograph of Edgar Allan Poe, taken two weeks before his death. The original is missing. The copy was made about six years after the original was taken, making it the oldest known copy of the photograph. THE POE MUSEUM PHOTOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/3a8084dc-7799-499a-9fb0-bd6e6acde2ba/Screen+Shot+2023-06-09+at+1.43.47+PM.png That's So Raven - Make it stand out John Gatsby Chapman’s 1842 painting “The Lake of the Great Dismal Swamp.” COURTESY OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/c9a0da81-9920-486e-8ec6-58ec718aeee4/Screen+Shot+2023-06-09+at+1.44.49+PM.png That's So Raven - Make it stand out The bust of Poe at the Poe Shrine. Visitors leave mementos on the bust and pedestal. JAMES F. LEE https://www.jamesflee.com/manhattan-audubon-project daily 0.75 2023-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/2407a6e0-8a07-446e-b208-c5f7c9d59129/Screen+Shot+2023-06-09+at+1.23.28+PM.png Manhattan Audubon Project - Make it stand out A mural at 575 W. 155th St. in Manhattan depicts a swallow-tailed kite clutching a garter snake. The artist, Lunar New Year, also worked 12 other birds into the montage. Photos by James F. Lee / for the Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/e2b550ad-b924-4e91-b638-f32ad2b9448e/Screen+Shot+2023-06-09+at+2.13.03+PM.png Manhattan Audubon Project - Make it stand out Painted by artist BlusterOne, this mural at 3898 Broadway in Manhattan was inspired by the Bob Marley song "Three Little Birds." Photos by James F. Lee / for the Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/34b4b77a-81c8-45ba-b798-7f41e835be61/Screen+Shot+2023-06-09+at+2.13.15+PM.png Manhattan Audubon Project - Make it stand out A blue pinyon jay painted by Vermont artist Mary Lacy perches at 3668 Broadway in Manhattan. Photos by James F. Lee / for the Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/fcd1ab24-e334-4f2c-b0cf-328b55fbf201/Screen+Shot+2023-06-09+at+2.13.26+PM.png Manhattan Audubon Project - Make it stand out New murals by artist Marthalicia Matarrita are located on West 149th Street in Manhattan. Photos by James F. Lee / for the Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/a7e22faf-bc80-413e-96d0-f017ec9c41c2/Screen+Shot+2023-06-09+at+2.13.37+PM.png Manhattan Audubon Project - Make it stand out Walking-tour guide Leigh Hallingby points out details on a mosaic of trumpeter swans. Photos by James F. Lee / for the Washington Post https://www.jamesflee.com/decatur-house daily 0.75 2025-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/136a2d86-1eeb-4b1e-aa6e-9cd494e120c3/Screen+Shot+2023-06-09+at+2.44.38+PM.png Decatur House - Make it stand out This photo from the ballroom shows the large windows overlooking Lafayette Square. The portrait of Stephen Decatur is probably by John Vanderlyn, c. 1815. It is a copy of the Decatur portrait by Gilbert Stuart. BRUCE WHITE/WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/ac644413-22ff-4ea8-b842-e92c7a385376/Screen+Shot+2023-06-09+at+2.52.16+PM.png Decatur House - Make it stand out Stephen Decatur died in this first-floor parlor on March 22, 1820, from wounds suffered in a duel. The ceremonial sword on the mantel was presented to him by the commonwealth of Virginia for his capture of HMS Macedonian during the War of 1812. JAMES F. 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This ferry crossing from Hatteras Island to Ocracoke Island is part of the Outer Banks National Scenic Byway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/3b606624-c3a8-468d-90c7-1b172c35a404/AAAExplorer_Ferry.jpg Ferry-Go-Round The British Cemetery in Ocracoke Village. Photographs by Justin Chesney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/8937b675-343e-4846-9706-f2f533e86a44/AAAExplorer_Ferry+2.jpg Ferry-Go-Round - Make it stand out Sea Level arrives at Cedar Island. Photographs by Justin Chesney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/14267498-7e35-4088-8579-b1be567116fe/AAAExplorer_Ferry+3.jpg Ferry-Go-Round - Make it stand out A seagull greets passengers at Minnesott Beach. Photographs by Justin Chesney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/2ee79d9a-0171-4e75-874f-f7168de20c03/AAAExplorer_Ferry+4.jpg Ferry-Go-Round - Make it stand out A ferry passenger walks on the beach at Cedar Island. Photographs by Justin Chesney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/72be2e73-6267-4d49-8ff8-e4ee393269e6/AAAExplorer_Ferry+5.jpg Ferry-Go-Round - Make it stand out Willie Lee, captain of the Sans Souci ferry. Photographs by Justin Chesney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c92bfca797f74416c2ebd43/7786b00a-1748-4e06-af25-b9441b501432/AAAExplorer_Ferry+6.jpg Ferry-Go-Round - Make it stand out Gov. James B. Hunt passengers in their vehicles at the Currituck dock. 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