Sometimes the farther away you are from something the mixed up the details or facts seems to be. Prior to this class and reading the book “Founding Myth’s” I truly believed in many of those myth’s but I am very happy to say thus far for the most part our guides at Valley Froge at Washington’s Crossing and At Monmouth battlefield are trying their best to dispell the legends and tell us the facts.
By far my favorite part of the day was at Monmouth the picture that the guide painted for us first in the welcome center and then on the actual field was great. The battlefield for the most part is still very much intact and I could actually see what both sides were trying to do to both attack their enemy and defend their positions. It was a agreat walking tour ven though I’m pretty sure we walked more the 2/3 of a mile there at the end.
Finally a heads up to all of you out there I got an opportunity to go with Lauren and her folks who were back for one last night before flying back to Colorado and they took us for a ride down South Street. South Street is the virtual border between Philly and the Italian section of Philly. The farther down we got the funner the street got and by the time the street ends down by Penn’s Landing and the river you end up in a hoping section of town that I would liken to LODO in Denver, trendy restraunts, dance clubs, fireworks, old ships, it was very cool and I plan to visit it again later this week and highly suggest it to the rest of you.
Brian,
I really liked the guide who took us through the battle so well. I thought he did an outstanding job of presenting it without too me overkill. And I also believed many “myths” before the book & before this trip. Keep up the good work. And thanks for all your insite & advise you give me & everyone else!
John