04 Wednesday Jul 2012
Posted in Family
In honor of Independence Day, here’s a photo of one of the latest additions to the forces that guard our country and our way of life:
That’s my Darling Daughter there at center, taking the Uniformed Services Oath of Office as a member of the US Air Force Academy Class of 2016, promising to “…support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” I feel safer already, if a little lonelier…but more on that transition next time.
02 Saturday Jul 2011
Posted in General
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1947 Freedom Train, banner photo, Freedom Documents, Freedom Train, Independence Day, Lincoln Highway, United States, United States of America
In honor of our nation’s birthday, this month we’re featuring the Freedom Train, which traveled the rails of all (then) 48 states for 413 days between 1947 and 1949, carrying 126 documents that played a key role in the inception and early development of the United States of America. Over 3.5 million people visited the Freedom Train during its 37,000-mile journey, and it inspired a similar exhibition during the 1976 Bicentennial. This image of the Freedom Train was painted by Howard Fogg. It resides at the Lincoln Highway National Museum and Archives in Galion, Illinois. I’m not sure if the tracks in 1947 Washington, D.C. actually ran as they’re depicted, but it makes for an inspiring picture.
The Freedom Train travels on subjective time now, but there’s nothing subjective about the historic treasures it carried. There’s a wealth of additional information about the Freedom Train within the Lincoln Highway Museum website at http://www.lincoln-highway-museum.org/FT/FT-Index.html
