Detroit. Full Stop.
Doug has worked for a company that is headquartered in Troy, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit) for many years, during which time he has made countless trips to the area. He also made some great …
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Look What We Saw in Northeastern Kansas
There was plenty to keep us occupied as we passed through Kansas. Here are some of the sites we visited in the northeastern part of the state. Maybe driving across eastern Kansas isn’t the most …
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A Mad Dash Across Some Great Lake States
In early May, we needed to make an emergency trip from Kansas back east to New Jersey (1,100 miles in just over a day, woo-hoo!). After a few weeks on the East Coast, we reversed …
National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel
On top of the recent Civil Rights stops in Alabama and Mississippi, there was a little sense of dread about visiting another museum devoted to the dark side of America’s history so soon. However, the …
Scenes Around Mississippi
We detoured to Magnolia to visit the Lynyrd Skynyrd Memorial, which is near the site of the infamous plane crash. Doug deemed it a key moment in the history of rock-n-roll, and therefore worthy of …
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
Though there’s not much to this site managed by the National Park Service, it feels important to honor the legacy of Medgar and Myrlie Evers, and the sacrifice they made in the ongoing fight for …
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
Continuing on our Civil Rights journey through the American South, we visited the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. After examining the extensive exhibits on slavery and Jim Crow in the state, we spent hours …
The 59th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama
Seeing that the Selma Interpretive Center (run by the National Park Service) was closed for renovations, I did not have a stop in Selma, Alabama, on our list for our current travels through the American …
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Montgomery, Alabama Civil Rights Sites
When we set out on this trip, one of the things we’ve most been looking forward to is getting to see some of the famous sites related to the fight for Civil Rights in the …