Stars and Stripes
Some days are just boring, and you are looking out your back door for something to do, but do you just look out your back door for something to do? Maybe not directly in your backyard, but with today's advancements in apps, GPS, and things-to-do websites, you can look right in your local area. Since I have been doing this and reviewing local restaurants, I decided to expand to other venues and, in doing so, found a little museum. So let me tell you about it and why it might be a little more important right now than it was a year ago.
It was a little museum beside a veteran’s cemetery, The Stars and Stripes Museum, chronicling the US military newspaper, and it holds more history than just the little history of numerical order of wars; it holds the importance of how news was reported and distributed throughout those wars, the Civil War, World Wars, various conflicts, and police actions. The history that this place holds is far from average; it is downright educational and hands-on.
They have kids’ corners everywhere, encouraging reading and discovery for such a little building. The little blue hands are letting you know, please touch, and let your fingers discover something. The books sit out around a chair, showing that either someone can sit and read or an adult can read to the younger children. The grow-with-me aspect of the place is something I encourage in other places because so many children learn in so many ways.
The sequence of the place is set up to show how journalism and soldiers at war worked hand in hand to keep information flowing, the information that we require as a sovereign nation during times of war that we might not have otherwise. Considering the current situation, I believe the place highlights an important part of war that some might overlook, and I was humbled by this and found a new appreciation for people who would otherwise be overlooked in history
The place has some amazing highlights; you just need to look around, and I mean look around. Ceiling to floor, wall to wall, they have tried and succeeded in making sure that as much information as possible is correctly displayed for people to understand what wartime journalism looks like. No, I am not using the past tense because journalists and soldiers will always be side by side. This place does an amazing job of highlighting this. I am glad to find such a gem of an attraction. As always, if you cannot add peace to a place, do not go, or add drama to a place where people are trying to do their best.
I am looking forward to exploring more places and unearthing more hidden gems
