Saturday, January 21, 2012

Seeing the USS Cairo

I've been wanting to do this for a long time, but yesterday, we finally made it out to the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi, a 75-mile detour from Jackson.

A definite highlight was seeing he USS Cairo, which has been partially reconstructed on original timbers and really gives a person a look into the inner workings of a Pook's Turtle.

Worth the trip all by itself.

By the way, the Cairo was commissioned on Jan. 16, 1862, according to a plaque at the Cairo Museum.  So we missed being there for its 150th anniversary of commissioning by just 4 days.

I Call That a Bit of History.  --Old B-Runner

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