2022 US Trip – Day 11 (Amtrak Train from Raleigh to Charlotte)
After being suitably recharged in digital and technological form at Raleigh railway station, the Amtrak train to Charlotte arrived on
Read moreAfter being suitably recharged in digital and technological form at Raleigh railway station, the Amtrak train to Charlotte arrived on
Read moreAfter visiting four museums and one of the largest bars in the world, it was time to leave Raleigh after
Read moreJust to continue the theme following my post of the 1797 map of Raleigh. There was a large fire in
Read moreI like an old map and this one is from 1797, just five years after the city of Raleigh was
Read moreI find the civil rights movement in the United States as a haunting, although fascinating, piece of history, not just
Read moreThey were certainly creative in North Carolina in finding ways to limit the black population from voting in elections. Although
Read moreIt still seems remarkable to me that at the turns of the 1960s there was segregation at lunch counters in
Read moreThere are two menus on display in the museum, the one on the right is from the 1950s and is
Read moreWithout context, I accept that this isn’t the most riveting display I’ve ever seen in a museum (and there’s a
Read moreI was clearly lax in my reading of the history of Raleigh in North Carolina as it wasn’t until I
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