Where have you been?

I have had the privilege of visiting some really great museums. I have visited some really amazing place like New York, Washington D.C., and Manchester U.K. I got to at least visits two museums in NY, about 10 in D.C., and around 6 or 7 in the UK. I have also visited some really cool historic places in South Carolina and North Carolina. I want to share some pictures of some of my favorite ones here now.

Unfortunately I was about 17 when I visited D.C and only have very fond memories of my visit there. I didn't own a personal camera then and didn't have a cellphone so I couldn't take any pictures of my own.  My favorite museum was the Smithsonian Natural History museum. I also loved seeing the Declaration of Independence at the US National Archives. I am really sad that I have no pictures from this trip, but I plan on going back sometime in the future and many Gigabytes of data will ensue.

I Visited NY when I was about 18 or 19 and I had my own camera by then. It was a trip with my best friend for her medical purposes but we got to visits a couple of awesome places too. We visited the Statue of Liberty, Grand Central Station, The MET, Walt Whitman’s birthplace, and a very cool historical graveyard that was close to our hotel.

There are some very cool places that are historical very close to me. For instance, I visited Middleton Plantation, Magnolia Gardens, and the Biltmore House in 2009 at the age of 19.

Middleton Plantation 

 Biltmore House

In 2010 at the age of 20 I visited Manchester with my husband to see his family. We went somewhere almost every single day. We visited Manchester Cathedral, The Museum of Science and Industry, and downtown Manchester (Historic all by itself), the Manchester Museum, the Imperial War Museum, Manchester United Stadium, a few historic Churches, Trafford Park, and more. 

Sleepy Hollow

If you are interested at all in historical fiction (as I like to call it) then you will love the new show Sleepy Hollow. It airs Monday night on Fox at 9:00PM. It is obviously fiction; a mix of sci-fi and fantasy, but the main character Ichabod Crane played by Tom Mison (who has a photographic memory) is very intelligent. His character is from the past, the American Revolution to be exact and the show mixes in the greatest little historical details and plot lines into the show. They mostly revolve around America and the American Revolution. Crane, who was under the command of George Washington was a spy for the General and knew many of the secrets kept quiet over the next 300 years. The latest episode involved Roanoke, the first settlement in the new colonies. I don’t want to give anything away but the story of Roanoke is something I find ridiculously interesting and to have it put into one of my favorite new shows in a new light was beyond exciting. I kept looking over at my husband going, “You are going to love this, oh this is great.” If they switch up details I have to look over and say, what really happened was…..It kind of reminds me of the Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter movie, YES it was fiction, but some of the details they put into the story taught people about Lincoln, and most importantly, it made people research him. It allows history to reach a new audience, and that is exciting. So all in all, it is amazing, go watch it. 

I have been taking a break from school for almost a year now. I had a baby, he is awesome. Now i am getting back into my blogging roots. I will be starting back school sometime next year, sooner rather than later i hope, but until then my posts will be historical in nature. Maybe even a hand drawn comic or two. :)