Showing posts with label historical Kentucky and Indiana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical Kentucky and Indiana. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Happy Fourth of July!

In honor of this date of our country's independence, here are a series of historical articles regarding travel destinations.  For anyone near Indiana/Kentucky, you can roll these into one trip, as my mom and I did, and learn more about our country's history!

Slavery and the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln's Birth and Childhood

Lincoln Memorial - Roberta Ress

Historical Kentucky: Bardstown area

My Old Kentucky Home - Roberta Ress

Berea College, Kentucky

Berea - Roberta Ress

Spring Mill SP and Inn, Indiana

Spring Mill Grist Mill - Roberta Ress

And as an aside, we had a LOT of fun on this trip!  My grandparents, John and Marieta Ress, actually visited here years ago!

Spring Mill 1939 - Marieta Ress

Spring Mill 1939 - John Ress