04-19-25, Florida Key West Trip 3/27 – 6/30 2025, 96 Days, 7986 Miles, 44 Stops
19 April 2025, New Orleans Resort and Marina, Louisiana Barry's Birthday Today is Barry's Birthday, and we spent the morning at the WWII National Museum. What an incredible place. The museum has five buildings of exhibits, some of which hold complete planes, boats and machinery. We spent most of the day in the Campaigns of Courage: European and Pacific Theaters, building since my grandfather, R D Griffin, served in the army. This part of the museum started when we landed in Normandy. Some of the displays are heartbreaking, especially the areas covering the internment camps. There is one area where you stand in a forest and hear bombs going off. In another area, you are in a building with a massive hole in the roof and you can see plans flying over. Looks very real. One display has a wall with hundreds of dog tags mounted on it to represent the 16.4 million Americans who served. It's awe-inspiring when you stand there and look at all of them. I wish I had my grandfather...