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Having just visited Gettysburg, I was wondering what you all think is the most historically signficant site in the U.S.? We have many national parks, monuments, and other things to mark these places, do you think there is one that is more significant or more important then the others?
Washington D.C., if only because the ideas which shape the world are born, transformed, or refined in this small area.
Yes, I'd have to say DC as well. Has anyone ever been to Fort Ticonderoga? Went once a long time ago.
Yes, I'd have to say DC as well. Has anyone ever been to Fort Ticonderoga? Went once a long time ago.
I've never been there. Pardon my lack of knowledge, but where is it located exactly? Kentucky? Tennessee? As far as significant sites in terms of actual events that took place in them, I'd have to say Dallas (JFK assassination), Gettysburg, Manhatten (9/11), Pearl Harbor, Lexington, Mass (Revolutionary War).
Ticonderoga is in New York. I want to say near Lake Champlain, but it may be Lake George.Massachusetts is really cool up there near Lexington and Concord. Boston has a lot of stuff too, like the Bunker Hill Memorial or Logan Airport (where the 2 planes that hit the towers flew out of...it's still ominous driving by there). If any of you guys ever come up this way, let me know, I'll show you around. Whenever I give someone directions to New Hampshire, I say take 95N and when the towns start sounding like the Revolutionary War, the exit is close.
Washingtons probably the heart of american history for sure. And a lot of good ones have been mentioned. Maybe we can throw in sites of great accomplishments like the Golden Gate bridge or the Brooklyn Bridge as well as Mount Rushmore. I think its also significant that Yosimite and Yellowstone were set aside as parks as well.
Washingtons probably the heart of american history for sure. And a lot of good ones have been mentioned. Maybe we can throw in sites of great accomplishments like the Golden Gate bridge or the Brooklyn Bridge as well as Mount Rushmore. I think its also significant that Yosimite and Yellowstone were set aside as parks as well.
Some of those are historic landmarks, to be sure. But I don't think they'd qualify as important locations of historic events. Of course, there are multiple ways to interpret your original query, aren't there?
The bridges themselves are historical landmarks, I guess I was leaning towards the actual accomlishments. For their time it was a pretty big deal (even now they are a wonder to look at). I guess I should have listed landmarks that we have now who's accomplishments were historical. Boulder dam? I brought these up as well because We have already covered many of the bettr known places and thought some of these deserved mention.
Whenever I give someone directions to New Hampshire, I say take 95N and when the towns start sounding like the Revolutionary War, the exit is close.
That could be problematic if you're directing someone to Concord, New Hampshire, and they wind up exiting at Concord, Mass.
