This week's update of my Project 365 pictures is more interesting than most. I just got back from my annual Teaching American History Grant trip. This was the last trip of a three year program. The program is a federally funded grant for Social Studies teachers in grades 3 - 12. Each year, we have a theme that we learn about all year and then we take a trip each summer. This year's theme was Civil Rights, so we took a bus tour of the Southeast, stopping in Montgomery, AL; Selma, AL; Birmingham, AL; and Memphis, TN. It was an awesome trip, although I am glad to be home after six days on a tour bus. To see the rest of the pictures from my trip, you can check out my Facebook album
here.
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Day 80: Cheering on the Montgomery Biscuits |
We had a free night in Montgomery, so after a delicious BBQ dinner at Dreamland in downtown Montgomery, a few of us walked over to Riverwalk Stadium, home of the Montgomery Biscuits. The Biscuits are a AA minor league team. We celebrated a victory over the Smokies.
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Day 81: Best tour guide ever, sitting at Martin Luther King Jr.'s kitchen table |
We got to tour MLK's parsonage in Montgomery. This woman, Ms. Cherry, was one of the best tour guides of the entire trip.
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Day 82: 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Site of the bombing that killed four young girls |
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Day 83: Some good Memphis barbecue with the Emamis |
Nicole and I are both friends with George and Denise Emami. Formerly from Athens, they now live in Memphis. We were fortunate enough to have a free night there, so we met up with them at Rendezvous, a famous barbecue restaurant down an alley in Birmingham. The ribs were delicious!
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Day 84: The Lorraine Hotel in Memphis; site of the assassination of MLK. There has been a wreath hanging outside the balcony of Room 306 since the day after the shooting took place. Very powerful place to visit. |
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Day 85: Peabody, my travel companion. He made a great pillow for our 8 hour drive back home today. |
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