We left St. Louis after seeing the Arch and headed to Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site.
Here's a couple of pics along the way.
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States and a Civil War General for the Union. This site is where he met his wife, Julia Dent, at her family home, White Haven.
Our first view of White Haven after exiting the visitor center.
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| Looking back to the visitor center |
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I took this picture of Bryan taking his picture. Love the reflection of the trees in the window.
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| Inside looking out |
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| An old newspaper |
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| Stove |
In the basement
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| Well and pump |
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| Rear view of the house, access to basement is on right hand side behind the pump |
Wild flowers and dandelions that have gone to seed. We used to blow the seeds as kids to see "what time it was" Ha!!Ha!!
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The Museum/Interpretative Center was very good and had a lot of information
At the end of his presidency, Grant wanted to travel the world which he did until Julia had enough. I would imagine in those days it was not as easy to travel as it is now.
A map of his travels.
After Grant died, Julia's children suggested she write her memoirs. Doing this, enabled her to start living again.
The traveling and writing of memoirs resonates with me as it is so similar to what we are doing. Of course we are ordinary people, but it goes to show that you can do what you set your mind to, no matter who you are. I can understand how writing her memoirs helped Julia with her grieving, as I do find writing the blog is therapeutic. It is certainly good to look back at some of the old posts and reminisce.
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| Loved this sign |
When we had finished looking at all the exhibits we started to head back home, although we stopped at Scott AFB to get food shopping and visit the few planes they have on exhibit there at the Scott Field Heritage Air Park
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| Bryan on his way back to the car |
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