Feb 20/2019 Weather - nasty cold, and overcast. High 55, low 37. Brrr..... But the great thing is we have friends!!! (at least 2, haha) Pam and Eric came over from Kerrville to pick us up and take us with them to the Pacific War Museum today. How do we know they are our friends? They brought Billy a surprise!!!!! Jujubes........ oh my gosh.
I happened to tell Pam that we ran out of them and you cannot buy them in the USA. They live in Minnesota and Eric went fishing in Canada before they headed to Texas ..... and yes he brought bags from Canada to Minnesota and along on their trip to Texas. Amazing.
Today is the perfect day to spend in a Museum. It turns out that Fredericksburg, Texas is the boyhood home of World War II US Pacific Fleet Admiral Nimitz.
The museum will walk you through time and history of the heroic, triumphant and tragic human story of the 1937 to 1945 Asiatic-Pacific Campaign of WWII. Numerous displays and story boards, interactive maps and movies help you understand what happened in 8 years.
In 1991 The George H.W. Bush Gallery was opened, which includes a Japanese midget submarine, Japanese float plane, and much more.
Plaza of the Presidents is a tribute to the 10 presidents who served in World War II.
The Pacific Combat Zone is a re-creation of a Pacific island
battlefield, and includes a Quonset hut hospital, a PT boat and base,
Japanese tank, palm trees, and machine gun placements.
You can take 2 days with your pass to absorb it all. We started at 9:30 am and left for home at 5 pm when the doors closed. So much information. There is a country song called "You should have seen it in color". I kept thinking of that melody all day. We have no idea how lucky we are.
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| Billy's favorite candy |
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| Pacific War Museum sits on 6 acres |
Today is the perfect day to spend in a Museum. It turns out that Fredericksburg, Texas is the boyhood home of World War II US Pacific Fleet Admiral Nimitz.
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| story boards in the museum |
The museum will walk you through time and history of the heroic, triumphant and tragic human story of the 1937 to 1945 Asiatic-Pacific Campaign of WWII. Numerous displays and story boards, interactive maps and movies help you understand what happened in 8 years.
In 1991 The George H.W. Bush Gallery was opened, which includes a Japanese midget submarine, Japanese float plane, and much more.
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| Japanese Float Plane |
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| Plaza of the Presidents |
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| Battlefield |
You can take 2 days with your pass to absorb it all. We started at 9:30 am and left for home at 5 pm when the doors closed. So much information. There is a country song called "You should have seen it in color". I kept thinking of that melody all day. We have no idea how lucky we are.
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| 80 foot PT boat |
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