In Alabama, we learned about The Civil Rights Movement and how it started. The Civil Rights Movement started when a woman named Rosa Parks sat down on a segregated bus after a day of work and refused to get up. The driver, James Blake, asked her if she was going to get up. She said, "No." The bus driver then said that he would have her arrested. She said: "You may do that." The next day, the Bus Boycott started. All of this information is at the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. Alabama has a lot about The Civil Rights Movement and Birmingham is where you should start. We also went to Martin Luther King Jr's home in Montgomery, where we met a woman who said she actually knew Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King's house was bombed, and he lived in the bombed house. When the bombing happened, his wife ran to the back where the baby was. Here is a picture of the MLK Jr house.
After we left Alabama, we went to Florida. Florida is very expensive. On the way to Key West, we stopped in Miami Beach, where we stayed for a few days before moving on to Key West. Key West is beautiful, and you need a couple thousand dollars just to do everything there. There are tourist traps. There is The Southernmost Point, where you can see Cuba if the weather is clear. Here is a picture of the Southernmost Point. Key West seceded from the United States, and declared war. One minute later, Key West surrendered, and then asked for 1 billion dollars. Find out more about this in: Key West Florida - The Little Island That Seceded From These United States
After Key West, we went to Georgia, where we went to Savannah for a driving tour. That was it for Savannah!
When our trip to Georgia ended, we drove off to the Carolina's. In South Carolina, in Charleston, we went on a Ft. Sumter tour, and it was fun! You can actually go there for free, if you have a boat, and you can stay there until it closes. I learned that Ft Sumter was used by the Confederates, from 1861 until 1865, when the Union finally destroyed the walls. This is what it looks like today. Ft Sumter was changed during the Spanish-American War, and "Battery Huger" was built in the center of the fort but it never saw combat. Read more about Fort Sumter at: Wiki Link to Fort Sumter
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We drove through South Carolina to get to a town called Myrtle Beach. Myrtle Beach is just like Branson, Missouri, and there is a lot to do there, starting from hotels to amusement parks, and ending with restaurants. Here is a picture of Myrtle beach. Wonder Works is a fun place, and to get in, you are flipped upside down to begin your adventure. find out more at: Wonder Works
In Wilmington, North Carolina, where we went to the Railroad Museum, where they had a model train room, a kids room, a history room, and they told about a legend of a guy. The legend goes like this: a man named Joe was riding in the caboose, and a strange sound startled him. The caboose had broken free of the train. Joe saw a train approaching him. He frantically waved his lantern, but it was too late. The train plowed into the caboose, and Joe's head flew in one direction, and his lantern in the other direction. Legend says, Joe still searches for his head. They also have a steam engine outside.
See the states that I've been through on this map.
Now, we are just outside of Richmond, Virginia.
After we left Alabama, we went to Florida. Florida is very expensive. On the way to Key West, we stopped in Miami Beach, where we stayed for a few days before moving on to Key West. Key West is beautiful, and you need a couple thousand dollars just to do everything there. There are tourist traps. There is The Southernmost Point, where you can see Cuba if the weather is clear. Here is a picture of the Southernmost Point. Key West seceded from the United States, and declared war. One minute later, Key West surrendered, and then asked for 1 billion dollars. Find out more about this in: Key West Florida - The Little Island That Seceded From These United States
After Key West, we went to Georgia, where we went to Savannah for a driving tour. That was it for Savannah!
When our trip to Georgia ended, we drove off to the Carolina's. In South Carolina, in Charleston, we went on a Ft. Sumter tour, and it was fun! You can actually go there for free, if you have a boat, and you can stay there until it closes. I learned that Ft Sumter was used by the Confederates, from 1861 until 1865, when the Union finally destroyed the walls. This is what it looks like today. Ft Sumter was changed during the Spanish-American War, and "Battery Huger" was built in the center of the fort but it never saw combat. Read more about Fort Sumter at: Wiki Link to Fort Sumter
We drove through South Carolina to get to a town called Myrtle Beach. Myrtle Beach is just like Branson, Missouri, and there is a lot to do there, starting from hotels to amusement parks, and ending with restaurants. Here is a picture of Myrtle beach. Wonder Works is a fun place, and to get in, you are flipped upside down to begin your adventure. find out more at: Wonder Works
In Wilmington, North Carolina, where we went to the Railroad Museum, where they had a model train room, a kids room, a history room, and they told about a legend of a guy. The legend goes like this: a man named Joe was riding in the caboose, and a strange sound startled him. The caboose had broken free of the train. Joe saw a train approaching him. He frantically waved his lantern, but it was too late. The train plowed into the caboose, and Joe's head flew in one direction, and his lantern in the other direction. Legend says, Joe still searches for his head. They also have a steam engine outside.
See the states that I've been through on this map.
Now, we are just outside of Richmond, Virginia.
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