We spent the day at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, VA. It's a really well done, really modern and interactive museum. A lot of money has been spent to make it engaging and informative. We really enjoyed it. But I couldn't help but wonder who was paying for it. Admission was free. Sure they had membership opportunities and a few inobtrusive requests for donations. But this is a really expensive museum, and there must be taxpayer (Defense?) dollars involved...lots of them.
The museum has galleries that show all the places in the world that the Marines have been sent since the Marine Corps was founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia in 1775. There were individual galleries for each of the major conflicts where the Marines have been involved, and they were all very well done. But I was most amazed by the number of places that I either didn't know or had forgotten that we had been involved. It was scary.
We're staying in a nice public park in Lorton, VA, a suburb of DC. We had our first campfire of the trip tonight and cooked some hot dogs.
Love hearing the details of your travels. I hope I will one day enjoy retirement as much as you two are. Your headed close to Baltimore and I've headed away. Currently in Smithville New Jersey for John's sons wedding. If your in Baltimore for any length of time surely some crabs are on the agenda!!!
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