Sunday, April 29

national park love

ft. moultrie
so i think by now y'all know of my love for national parks and the 397 sites under the national park/historic sites/battlefield/seashore... control. and it is my goal to go to all the sites. and my curent count is 61 places i've been to. a majority of the sites i've been to in the last 5 years but a few i was a bit younger when i went to them. and just a few weeks ago i finally picked up my national parks passport.  so this week was one of the national parks weeks where you get free admission into the national parks and since i have a few national historic sites/national historic monuments pretty close i decided to head over to fort moultrie (part of fort sumter historic monument) and check it out. back in november we hugged the outside of the fort but it was too late to head in so i was excited to go!

new brochures & stamps

fort moulrie
but i had a great time exploring the fort and watching the video on the history. the history of our coastal forts are pretty interesting. fort moultrie was super important in the revolutionary war and because of the palmetto logs is why the palmetto is a state symbol of SC and it is on their flag. and it was continually used from the revolutionary war to WWII. so i had a fun hour exploring the fort and chatting with the guides. plus the fort is right on the beach - so i went to the beach after! 
you can see fort sumter! and this is where the confederates bombed ft. sumter at the start of the civil war

so to celebrate national park week here are some of my favorite national park shots!

just a small collection of my national park brochures



brown v. board of ed - kansas
feb 2010
appalachian trail - WV
may 2011
appomattox court house - VA
april 2010

gettysburg - PA
april 2010
grand canyon - AZ
august 2007

manassas battlefield - VA
august 2011
amoky mountains - NC/TN
june 2007
fort sumter - SC
october 2010
acadia national park - ME
august 2010


antietam battlefield - MD
august 2011
bryce canyon national park - UT
august 2007
fort mc henry - MD
september 2010


hoover dam/lake mead national rec area - AZ/NV
august 2007


ford's theatre - DC
august 2011
TJ Memorial - DC
June 2009
 just a small selection of  my national park photo love! i can't wait to see this gorgeous country and travel around to see some of the most gorgeous places and learn all of the history! YAY NATIONAL PARKS!






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