I was stationed for a while at Wright-Patterson AFB which just outside of Dayton and believe me during my tour of duty I took every opportunity to fly or drive back home to New England and civilization Hotwater
new england? civilized? you cant even visit your sister without changing rides three times and paying an arm and a leg.
Seriously there’s about as much history and culture in ohio as there are remaining sohio gas stations – none at last count Sohio, So What Hotwater
I remember Sohio. We had one at the corner of wayne and smithville when I was a little kid, then it got bought out by bp then shortly after that it became a muffler brothers. This is dayton history, just off the top of my head Wriight brothers pop top cans bar codes NCR Traffic Light UN peace accords at WPAFB Airforce Museum at WPAFB This place may have been uninhabited by europeans for 200 years longer than the east coast, but we still have rich history. oh yeah i forgot about johnny appleseed and annie oakley The underground railroad too.
I'm impressed I agree there’s nothing like taking pride in ones own place of birth as I sit here admiring my Paul Revere Silver; Nantucket scrimshaw, the complete works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Daniel Webster, Louisa May Alcott, Emily Dickenson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frederick Law Olmstead, and my Winslow Homer, James Abbott McNeil Whistler, John Singer Sargent (just to name a few) reproductions; after I return from my whirlwind tour of Harvard Yard, The Kennedy Library, The New England Aquarium, The Science Museum, the Gardner Museum, the Museum of Natural History, Peabody Essex Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts, The freedom Trail, The USS Constitution, The Children’s Museum, The Computer Museum, The Worcester Art Museum, Cape Ann, Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard Island (Yes, to see my sister) the Berkshire Hills Music Festival, Salem Witch Museum, The Concord-Lexington Green and Battlegrounds, The Old North Bridge, House of the Seven Gables, The Wayside Inn, The Old North Church, …….. I just mentioned perhaps a 10th of the cultural opportunities which surrounds this truly historic area, each author and artist with his/her own resident or studio which has been turned into a museum... Hotwater
Wow, and here I am, thinking that the preservation of national history is beoming uncommon. Im also glad to see that there are still others out there who appreciate history too. Although, I'm not much of a reader, so I am unfamiliar with about the second half of the names you listed.
Let me guess you also enjoyed the movie National Treasure and while National Treasure II wasn’t as good; you’re also looking forward to National Treasure III scheduled to be released sometime next spring
Haven't seen II, but I enjoyed the first one. however, if I see Nick Cage in a movie, I'm not going to believe it like a PBS show.
I saw your post about this part of the forum in another thread. Didn't realize these were here. Thought I'd respond, maybe drum up some more activity. Miamisburg here ... :waving:
