Road Trip: Mississippi & Alabama

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One of the Civil War Ironclads: U.S.S. Cairo

Ironsides and ironclads… are common vernacular from the American Civil War. Ironclads…
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I had tea with the Daughters of the American Revolution

I arrived at the Richards DAR House in Mobile by accident. I…
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The coffee is surprisingly good in Mobile (Alabama)

In terms of coffee, I wasn’t sure of what to expect in…
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Mobile’s history is intertwined with the history of Québec women

Upon arrival in Mobile, I began to refer to the city as…
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Biloxi’s bloody wade-in and an unknown victory

The beach close to the lighthouse in Biloxi was the site of…
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About lighthouses and fish skeletons

I made it to Biloxi just in time to see the sunset…
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Civil Rights Violence & the Case of Wharlest Jackson

The next stop on the road trip is Natchez, Mississippi… a small…
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Vicksburg: So many of these men are unidentified

It upsets me every time I see so many rows of tiny…
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Vicksburg: These hills have ghostly memories

Driving through Vicksburg is upsetting. More upsetting than visiting the Preston Castle…
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Vicksburg: The little house in the middle of the battle

The first stop on the Southern U.S. road trip was Vicksburg: once…
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The coffin receiving place and those stump grave markers

The Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson is one of those weird places where…
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East Coast? West Coast? It’s all the Best Coast.

In the chaos of the past two months, I neglected to write…
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