Dan & Lou's Heartland of America Tour - 2006

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Friday, March 24, 2006

everybody loves a parade.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Mardi gras redux

New Orleans

Ain't nothin' else like it.

Graceland

Elvis has left the building.

Monday, March 20, 2006

The Hermitage

General Andrew Jackson,
seventh President of the United States, is buried at The Hermitage - his Tennessee home. He was the last president to know all his predecessors.

Opened as a museum in 1889, the mansion serves as a reminder of a very, very different America.

He was born of humble origins but owned many slaves.
He fought the British at New Orleans.
He put in place the Indian Removal Policy.
He almost fought the French over money.
He vetoed more bills than all his predecessors combined.
Hmmmmm.

Lorraine Motel - 2006

Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on the balcony outside room 306 on April 4, 1968.

The site now houses the National Civil Rights Museum - a fitting tribute.