The Way Home - Missouri

After a long drive through the state of Kansas, we spent nearly a week in Missouri.  Our first stops were in Independence and Kansas City. In Independence, we visited the Harry S. Truman national Historic Site and the Truman Presidential Library and Museum.  We learned so much about Harry Truman and the tough decisions he had to make as President.  We could not help but wonder what he would do if he were the President today.  Downtown Kansas City is much like any other large U.S. city with tall buildings, shops &restaurants, and some areas that could use restoration.  The train station has been restored and is very nice.  It is similar to Union Station in Washington, DC.  We drove across Missouri to Saint Louis.  The two highlights there were the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site which preserves the home (White Haven) and some of the farm that Grant owned and lived in much of his life, and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial which includes the Gateway Arch, the Old Courthouse where the Dred Scott case was heard, and a fantastic museum devoted to the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark's Expedition, and the westward expansion of the United States.  While visiting the Old Courthouse, we had the pleasure of meeting Fran Mainella, the Director or the National Park Service.  It seemed more than coincidental that we would have the opportunity to meet her and talk to her on a trip that took us to more than 30 NPS facilities. While in Missouri, we camped at two state parks, one just outside K.C. and the other on the outskirts of Saint Louis.

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There is a total of 33 photos.
Er zijn in totaal 33 foto's.

Old Courthouse in Independence where Harry Truman served as a judge before becoming a U.S. Senator	Statue of Harry Truman in front of the Courthouse	Truman's office in the courthouse
Truman's courtroom as it was when he served as judge	Truman's house	Entrance to the Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Statue of Truman in the Museum & Library	Courtyard at the Truman Museum & Library	"The Buck Stops Here" sign that sat on Truman's desk in the Oval Office
Replica of the Oval Office when Truman was President	Truman's grave in the courtyard of the Museum & Library	Kansas City skyline with Union Station in the foreground
White Haven, home of Ulysses S. Grant while serving as Civil War General and President	The "Slave Door", the only entrance to the house that slaves could use	View of the back of the house
	The Gateway Arch on the bank of the Mississippi River in Saint Louis
Capsule in which we rode to the top of the Gateway Arch	View from the top; shadow of arch on the Mississippi River
View of downtown Saint Louis from the top of the arch; Busch Stadium home of the Cardinals on left	View of downtown Saint Louis from the top of the arch; Edward Jones dome home of the Rams on right	The Mississippi River
The Old Courthouse where the Dred Scott case was heard	Dome on the Old Courthouse
Passing the arch on our Mississippi River cruise	The paddlewheel on our cruise ship
		The Eads Bridge, first bridge of its kind and the first across the Mississippi River and it's still in use today

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