Thursday, December 22, 2022

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Signers of The Declaration of Independence

This is our list of the signers of The Declaration of Independence. Thus far we have visited (or attempted to visit) all 56 signers gravesites. Some of the signers are buried on private property and are not accessible to the public. An excellent source of information about the Signers can be found at the following National Park Service website: Signers of the Declaration of Independence


Thursday, September 14, 2017

States and Capitols We've Visited

Thus far in our travels we have visited all but two states together, and we have seen most of the Capitol buildings in each of these states as seen below.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

President Graves

As you can tell from this website, we are a real fan of history, and especially American History. Many of our family trips centered around people, places and historical sites across the United States. One of our first trips took us from Houston to Washington DC via Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and finally Washington DC. During this trip we visited, among other things, the Tennessee Capitol Building, Hermitage, Monticello, Mount Vernon and Arlington National Cemetery. As a result, we had unintentionally visited the final resting places of six United States Presidents (Polk, Jackson, Jefferson, Washington, Taft and Kennedy).

It wasn't long after our trip we realized we had visited 1/6th of the US Presidents graves, and we made it a priority to visit Presidential sites (grave sites, homes, birthplaces, libraries etc.) on our future trips. Therefore, in 2007 we planned a trip to New England, and the trip would include seven states, seven capitols and seven US President grave sites. The trip also included two President Libraries, and six President's homes.

Monday, July 17, 2017

Vice President Graves

This is our list of Vice President grave sites we have visited over the past eighteen years. There have been 14 Vice Presidents that eventually served as Presidents. Thus far we have visited 40 of 42 Vice Presidential graves. We attempted to visit Nelson Rockefeller's grave, and made it as far as the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. However, his grave is located in a private cemetery...We got very close.

Thus far only one person has visited all sixty six Presidential and Vice Presidential grave sites. Kurt Deion has a website "Kurt's Historic Sites - Hands-on History" documenting the grave sites he and his dad visited. On August 5, 2015 he was interviewed by Brian Lamb on C-SPAN, and talked about his visits to the graves of presidents and vice presidents.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

The Baptist Church of Christ at Mt. Zion - Cass County, Texas

Mt. Zion Baptist Church - 2012
The Mount Zion Baptist Church of Christ was organized July 26, 1851 with twelve charter members. This sanctuary, built-in 1885 on land donated by Isaac and Felix Grundy Lemmon, replaced the original 1851 log church building. Constructed of cypress and featuring a steeply pitched roof and double entry doors, this structure reflects a simple style typical of 19th century rural Texas churches. A historic cemetery dating to 1864 is adjacent to the building. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1991.

A compilation of church records from 1851 - 1984 was compiled by members and published in a 148-page document.  A copy of this document is located below for your use.

"The Baptist Church of Christ at Mt. Zion Cass County, Texas", published February 9, 1984, by Ruby Pearl (Carter) Callison, Lois Ailine (Carter) Laird, Lola Mae (Morrison) Norman, and Loyd O'Neal Addy, Sr.

Monday, December 28, 2015

Stephen F. Austin Funeral Reenactment

Stephen F. Austin (November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836) An American Empresario was born in Virginia and raised in Missouri.  He is the founder of Anglo-American Texas, and considered the Father of Texas.

On December 26, 2015 the towns of West Columbia and Jones Creek, Texas held a reenactment of the funeral of Stephen F. Austin.  A eulogy was held at the Replica of the Texas Capitol in West Columbia at 9:00am.  After the eulogy, Austin's body was transported by wagon to the Gulf Prairie Cemetery in Jones Creek for a reenactment of the funeral service around noon.  The event included numerous period reenactors, musket fire, and 23 cannon shots for the 23 counties in The Texas Republic at the time of Austin's death.  It was a great event, and well worth the trip.  Check with Stephen F. Austin Chapter of the Sons of the Republic of Texas for details since the dates, time and parking arrangements change from year to year.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Texas Trees - Some Famous and Some NOT


This is a list of Famous and NOT so Famous Trees that my wife and I have visited in Texas over the years. Most of the information used for this site is from the Texas A&M Forestry Service - Famous Trees of Texas. All photos on this website are copyrighted by me, unless otherwise noted, and may not be used without permission.

Several of the trees on this list were added by myself because I considered them noteworthy.