Travel

ABOVE PHOTO:  Desha House By Renée S. Gordon “You may remember, as I well do, that from Louisville to the mouth of the Ohio, there were, on board, ten or a dozen slaves, shackled together with irons. That sight was a continual torment to me; and I see something like it every time I touch…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Carnegie Center By Renée S. Gordon Every state has a unique story that explains how it developed into the place we visit today. Geography is the single largest determinate and the character of the people drawn to the area are the next most important factor. The region we know as Kentucky has always…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Interior of Monroeville Courthouse By Renée S. Gordon “Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes.”  –Plato Alabama is renowned for geographic and biodiversity. In fact, the term “biological diversity” was first used in a publication by Edward. O. Wilson…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Shakespeare Festival Center by Renée S. Gordon “Stories are a communal currency of humanity.” –Tahir Shah, Arabian Nights Until the Civil War the United States developed regionally based on geography, political beliefs and economic interests. Regions were distinct entities and created their own art forms including unique literary styles and even before the…

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By Renée S. Gordon “A very good land to fall in with”   — R.Juet, 1609 The Delaware Indians, specifically the Lenni Lenape, were among the earliest settlers of the region we now know as the Wildwoods and it was they that inhabited the Five Mile Beach area on August 28, 1609 when Henry Hudson…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Four Little Girks Exhibit at Newseum   By Renée S. Gordon “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – Dalai Lama Summer, no matter where you live, brings an opportunity to expand your horizons by experiencing new and different places and activities. Philadelphia affords people more than their share of chances…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Albany’s Civil Rights Museum display By Renée S. Gordon “I’m gazing out the window Of the St. James Hotel And I know no one can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell.”  –Bob Dylan 1983 Augusta, Georgia’s second largest city, occupies a site on the fall line where the Piedmont meets the Upper…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Washington Historical Museum   By Renée S. Gordon #Reneesgordon Georgia is divided into five distinct regions; the Appalachian Plateau, Blue Ridge, Coastal Plain, Piedmont and the Valley and Ridge. A unique animal population, landscape and vegetation shaped the culture, architecture and diet that characterize each area and no destination better features state-of-the-art sites…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Independence Hall By Renée S. Gordon “I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you….” –Audre Lorde I have a Liberian friend who moved to Philadelphia as a political refugee at 24. He had…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Linchester Mill By Renée S. Gordon “Do right and risk the consequences.” –Sam Houston The Harriet Tubman Underground Byway Tour is much more than the tale of Harriet Tubman. It has been designated a “National Road” based on its historic and cultural significance and it shines a light on many of the lesser-known…

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