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Old 02-12-2007, 01:53 PM  
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What Cool Historical Sites Have You Been To???

Being that i am a serious history buff, i thought it would be interesting to hear about the travels of you Planeteers.

With such a diverse cross-section of people here, there should be a very wide variety of great places.

Civil War battlefields???

The Great Pyramids of Egypt???

Maybe the wonders of Greece or Rome???

South American ruins of the Aztecs & Maya etc.???

My best 2 would have to be the Custer National Battlefield & the Old State Capitol here in Springfield.

On the drive up to live in Montana we went way out of the way to stop at the Custer site, i as a 9 year old boy only had a passing, 9 year olds knowledge of the event yet i was totally blown away by the vibe of that place. Even as a young boy i could feel the "heaviness" in the air on that barren, desolate plain. You almost felt as if it just happened. I have never been to a place that affected me more deeply. I have read a lot of books on it since. The on-site museum is killer as well.

At the Capitol building, it was very interesting to stand in the very spot that Lincoln stood, to look down & think that someone as important as Abe stood right where you are. There are actually a ton of places like that here in Springfield, Lincolns New Salem outside of town in Petersburg, Ill is a great place & still looks just like it did in the old days. They have festivals where actors dress up in period costume & give demonstrations on everything from how to make homemade butter to how to fish using old time technology. If you ever come to this area i recommend it. A very cool place for a romantic date.

So anyway, thats the best i've got, where have you been???
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:10 PM   #46
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I've been to the sites in DC (White House, Congress, Smithsonian), the battlefield at Vicksburg, the Dalton hideout (used to live in Meade KS) and Bent's Old Fort in Co. I've stood on the deck of the Might Mo', looked down from an aircraft carrier deck into the Arizona. And while its not historical, exactly, I've been part of the way up Mt Fuji.
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:13 PM   #47
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So was it one bullet that did all the damage? One shooter?
I'm no conspiracy theorist, but there is no way that Oswald was able to:

Fire a bolt-action rifle as many times as the Warren Commision says he did in a short amount of time with ANY accuracy. Snipers at Quantico couldn't duplicate this, and Oswald was never "qualified" during his time in the military.

Race down 6 flights of stairs to the cafeteria in the amount of time the Warren Commisson says he did folowing the shooting and NOT be winded. Dude was cool as a cucumber.



Anyway, I could go on forever, but there's no sense in it. People will believe what they want to believe, educated or not. It is an interesting place to visit, that's for sure....
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:19 PM   #48
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I'm no conspiracy theorist, but there is no way that Oswald was able to:

Fire a bolt-action rifle as many times as the Warren Commision says he did in a short amount of time with ANY accuracy. Snipers at Quantico couldn't duplicate this, and Oswald was never "qualified" during his time in the military.

Race down 6 flights of stairs to the cafeteria in the amount of time the Warren Commisson says he did folowing the shooting and NOT be winded. Dude was cool as a cucumber.



Anyway, I could go on forever, but there's no sense in it. People will believe what they want to believe, educated or not. It is an interesting place to visit, that's for sure....
Your right on track, i did a college paper on it (got a perfect 100%) & the amount of things that dont add up is LAUGHABLE.

As you say, it could go on & on & on.
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:24 PM   #49
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I visited the Worlds Largest Ball of Twine in Cawker City Kansas. Isn't soon to be forgotten.
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:26 PM   #50
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I visited the Worlds Largest Ball of Twine in Cawker City Kansas. Isn't soon to be forgotten.
, right outta the Griswold family playbook.
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:26 PM   #51
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All sorts of Plantations and Civil War Forts and sites, all the monuments in DC, Smithsonian, of course I just returned from Moscow where I was in the Kremlin, St. Basil's and all that. I have seen a bunch of sites here in America, mostly Civil War stuff.
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:27 PM   #52
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I visited the Worlds Largest Ball of Twine in Cawker City Kansas. Isn't soon to be forgotten.

Was that right after you turned left at the sign that said "rib tips"??
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:29 PM   #53
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All sorts of Plantations and Civil War Forts and sites, all the monuments in DC, Smithsonian, of course I just returned from Moscow where I was in the Kremlin, St. Basil's and all that. I have seen a bunch of sites here in America, mostly Civil War stuff.
Yeah, i forgot about that Boris!!! If you have some pics to show from Russia that would be killer.

Welcome Back!!!
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:33 PM   #54
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I'm no conspiracy theorist, but there is no way that Oswald was able to:

Fire a bolt-action rifle as many times as the Warren Commision says he did in a short amount of time with ANY accuracy. Snipers at Quantico couldn't duplicate this, and Oswald was never "qualified" during his time in the military.
Not to mention that the Manlicher-Carcano was a completely inaccurate piece of garbage.
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:33 PM   #55
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I have been to a lot of places, but I think the Vatican was probably my favorite. I don't know if that counts as being historical since it is present day as well.


The most disapointing historical site was in the same city, the Colleseum. It was very small, and not in very good shape. The main floor was about the size of a basketball court. It was a lot cooler in my imagination that it was in real life.
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:35 PM   #56
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Yeah, i forgot about that Boris!!! If you have some pics to show from Russia that would be killer.

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Thank you comrade, heh

Yeah I have pictures but I will warn you in advance, they aren't very exciting (I wasn't allowed to take much more than regular street shots and the ouside of buildings). It was another world for sure, I would be glad to post a trip report here in a few days though; I think you may like it.
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:37 PM   #57
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lots of the old school stuff in the UK. the science place in chicago. the national mall. the space place in south tejas.yellowstone. wilsons creek. hannibal mo. the train museum in st loser. lots of stuff in KC and the surrounding area.

i could be the most well traveled hillbilly ever.
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:38 PM   #58
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-Little Bighorn (just driving through and thought I would stop, just happened to be the 125th anniversay with renactments, etc.


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Thank you comrade, heh

(I wasn't allowed to take much more than regular street shots and the ouside of buildings).
Thats not surprising, had you not obeyed they would have sat you in a dimly lit room with Ivan Jirkov.

Looking forward to the report.
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Old 02-12-2007, 03:44 PM   #60
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-Little Bighorn (just driving through and thought I would stop, just happened to be the 125th anniversay with renactments, etc
That would be fantastic, part of my stay did have a tour with a Sioux woman in period dress explaining various things, but the re-enactment must have been extra cool.
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