Hershey Thousand Trails camp site.
Nearby Green Dragon Flea and Farmers Market.
Also nearby is this roadside farm store.
Those eggplants are 3 for a dollar and
the boxes of tomatoes are 1 dollar.
Enjoying the fruits of our shopping labors.
Campbelltown barn converted to an antique mall.
After leaving Hershey, we stopped in Hampton (near Baltimore)
to visit Maryland's largest plantation and National Historical Site.
Judy, near the milk/spring-house used for
preserving and making butter for use and sale.
The owners built this great greenhouse to grow their own citrus.
There was also an enormous ice cellar constructed
so ice cream could be enjoyed in the summer.
Our site in Greenbelt Park in Washington D.C.
We took the subway to Arlington National Cemetery.
This is the Monument to the women in service to our country.
JFK's grave.
RFK's grave.
Rutherford B. Hayes grave.
Most of you know that we visit presidential sites.
Both these and National Park sites
are easily found in the D.C. area.
Robert E. Lee's Arlington House.
The graves seen here are civil war casualties placed
this close to Lee's abandoned home to, some say,
piss him off and insure that he will not return.
He did not.
He spent the rest of his life repairing the nation.
We walked over the Arlington Memorial Bridge,
one that symbolically re-connected
the Confederacy to the Union.
More walking brought us to the newest Monument,
Martin Luther King.
World War II Memorial.
Couldn't resist the pose!
In one long day we drove and visited seven
National Park sites near D.C.
Fort Washington.
Harmony Hall Manor.
The Manor House.
Fort Foote,
part of the Washington Civil War Defense system.
Oxon Hill Park--this colonial farm had views of
Washington burning during the War of 1812.
I warned Judy to get out of the displays,
but got the picture first.
She then had me get into an antique manure spreader.
I must be old and worthy of spreading!
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.
He explored and mapped the Chesapeake Bay over several years,
became great friend of the natives, and married Pocahontas.
In the colonial farm house in Piscataway (National) Park
across the Potomac from
George Washington's retirement home, Mount Vernon.
We took our last stroll of the day to view the water lilies.
A visit to the birthplace of the Star Spangled Banner.
Baltimore, Maryland.
We were fortunate to visit during the month-long
200th anniversary of the song's composition.
We enjoyed two great speakers, each claimed the
other was there during the War of 1812,
thus their amazing proficiency.
Our second speaker had lots of help unfurling the
correct size banner that was raised so the British would
know of the United States resolve.
Francis Scott could also see the this flag.
Off to the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia.
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