Augusta Canal National Heritage area.
With the building of the canal, Augusta, GA, became
a manufacturing city of the south.
During the Civil War,
(or as some of my southern friends call it,
The War of Northern Aggression)
the plants supplied the Confederates with arms and ammunition.
Woodrow Wilson's boyhood home in Augusta.
Woodrow was friends with next door neighbor, Joseph R. Lamar,
who was later appointed to the Supreme Court by W.H. Taft.
On to our Thousand Trails Park on Hartwell Lake and
the Georgia border, but in South Carolina.
We enjoyed a short hike to the base of Twin Falls
in the Blue Ridge foothills.
And a longer hike to the top of Twin Falls.
In Dover at the Capitol building and on the
grounds of the First State National Monument.
New Castle, DE, is where William Penn landed in the "colonies".
It became the first Capitol of the first State.
The building was also used as a court
and a stop on the Underground Railroad.
The New Castle Capitol Complex in
the First State National Monument.
After a 3 hour drive, we arrived in the city.
This is the view from our hotel roof garden.
We took an afternoon/evening stroll on Broadway.
One of our National Park visits in the city.
When we arrived at our hotel we learned that our good friend,
Jim, had been hospitalized with a tick related disease.
He is OK, but that left us with lots of time to tour.
The next morning we took the subway to South Ferry
to begin a very long day of sight seeing.
The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are in the background.
We have visited each before, so a few
pictures and short visit were in order.
Castle Clinton (New York Harbor defense) National Monument.
The Immigrants.
Stone Street, where on July 9, 1776,
the Declaration of Independence was read
and King George's statue was toppled at nearby Bowling Green.
Federal Hall National Memorial, where George Washington
was sworn in as our first President.
Root Sculpture of sycamore tree that helped protect
Trinity Church on 9/11.
It is near the Twin Towers.
Alexander Hamilton is buried here.
(Our first US Treasurer and the man on the 10 dollar bill.)
Walking toward the Freedom Tower and the 9/11 Memorial.
The Memorial.
Make shift memorial in St. Paul's Chapel, where several first
responders took refuge and rested before another shift.
One last stop before lunch, subway ride, and a nap.
This great urban archeological site is the location
of as many as 5000 Africans.
Another subway ride gets us to a late
afternoon walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.
On one of the oldest suspension bridges in the world.
1875. The Manhatten Bridge is in the background.
Another day and we are passing through Columbia University.
A beautiful walk.
General Grant National Memorial.
The largest tomb in the country.
A long walk in Riverside Park and up the hill into Harlem,
gets us to Hamilton Grange National Memorial.
We visited on the 210th anniversary
of Alexander Hamilton's death here.
One of the most famous personal conflicts in American history,
the Burr–Hamilton duel arose from a long-standing
political and personal bitterness that had developed
between the two men over the course of several years.
Tensions reached a boiling point with Hamilton's journalistic
defamation of Burr's character during the
1804 New York gubernatorial race in which Burr was a candidate.
The sitting vice President (Burr) and the ex Secretary of the Treasure (Hamilton) shot it out!
We also enjoyed a walk through the City College Campus.
A limo ride to the wedding.
At Summit Rock with Maya.
(Ring Bearer and Groom's Niece)
Janine Catherine Desiderio and James Matthew Turner,
taking their vows.
Summit Rock is the highest point in Central Park, so the pose!
And a copy with Maya.
Janine and Jim in one last photo in the park.
The ride to the reception.
Jim and Lynda (proud mom).
Sunday brunch with both sides of the families.
Here is Jim with his nephew, Sebastian, Maya's brother.
Janine gets her turn, too.
