History Hound Travels

You know how on days of historic significance, newscasters will play parts of famous speeches? We’ve all heard at least part of MLKs “I Have to Dream”, and many of us have heard snippets of JFK as well. He could speak at some 200 words per minute, I think I read. Anyway, this site is an index to many, many famous speeches. American Rhetoric gives access to over 5,000 text, audio and video speeches, including sermons and lectures, as well as court proceedings and interviews. And you can hear them when you want to hear them!

This site ought to be required reading for every student, and also thier parents. And I include my kids and I in that statement. The Bill of Rights is not a fancy site, it’s just what it claims to be and nothing more. If you haven’t read the first 10 amendments to the Constitution lately, go read them.

Lots of good info here on Petra. Covers people, daily life, commerce, Roman rule…….you get the point. Lots of pics, old and new. Petra: Lost City of Stone | American Museum of Natural History also has interactive panoramas in high and low bandwidth. You could spend a good bit of time here, for sure.

Did you know that Petra will be significant in the end times? Some believe that Christians will gather there.

The site says you can see 5,000 years of history of middle eastern history in 90 seconds, and it is truly and impressive saga. The map is overlaid one by one by the various empires that ruled it. I was shocked to see the size of the Macedonian empire. I had read about it in words, but to see the pictures was just amazing.

I was also surprised by the Roman Empire. For the amount of influence that it has had through the ages, it just wasn’t all that big.

So, here I am again. It’s time to brush this blog off. I don’t know how often I’ll post, but I am planning a trip again, so it seemed like a good time. I don’t even know where I am going yet, but I am starting to gather info for an IRL with my BFF, Ang.

We recently discovered that was could take the train to a fun location for pretty cheap and then just do fun things in and around where ever we decide to go. It could come out pretty reasonable, and we’d get to see something we’ve wanted to see. So far, we’ve talked about DC, Chicago, Charleston and I think I also threw out California.

I may mention New York to her as well, and then we could do little sidetrips with NYC Tours. Since they also go to Boston and Washington, we could actually knock a couple of cities off the “must see list”. And don’t forget the original double decker bus tour in NYC. I’ve always wanted to ride one of those!