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re: My son is interested in history. What places do you recommend visiting in the south?
Posted on 3/30/22 at 2:18 am to lsugrad1980
Posted on 3/30/22 at 2:18 am to lsugrad1980
Pre-Colombian in the South is tough; hard to find much other than the mounds and museums that have already been mentioned.
However, I did a battlefield tour in Virginia several years ago, just driving from location to location, and found Fredericksburg the most impressive. Standing behind the stone wall on Marye's Heights and looking down on the slope from which the Federals attacked was a very sobering experience. If you go there, I recommend reading up on the battle beforehand.
I hope you and your son can have a great bonding experience, wherever you decide to go.
However, I did a battlefield tour in Virginia several years ago, just driving from location to location, and found Fredericksburg the most impressive. Standing behind the stone wall on Marye's Heights and looking down on the slope from which the Federals attacked was a very sobering experience. If you go there, I recommend reading up on the battle beforehand.
I hope you and your son can have a great bonding experience, wherever you decide to go.
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Posted on 3/30/22 at 2:34 am to lsugrad1980
It’s rare to be able to just watch excavations or digs in progress.
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As of right now Watson Brake is considered one of the oldest earthen works on this continent predating the pyramids of Egypt.
(This is in Louisiana).
Poverty point is an okay sight with a small museum (largest archaic earthwork sight I believe)
I always enjoy stopping by Cahokia just outside of St. Louis. Huge city pre Columbus complex of earthworks with an amazing museum and tons of artifacts. It was the hub of the Mississippian world for about 300 years and influence spread all through the south.
The Mississippian Culture had begun to die off as Europe made contact in the early 1500s
Vicksburg park with the Cairo being the highlight
Chalmette battlegrounds with a nice modest museum and an old post civil war home and cemetery with several soldiers from the battle of New Orleans buried there
If he wants to collect or find things
There’s still tons of pottery debris from shell middens littering the banks on the northern side of lake ponchatrain
[quote]LINK ]
As of right now Watson Brake is considered one of the oldest earthen works on this continent predating the pyramids of Egypt.
(This is in Louisiana).
Poverty point is an okay sight with a small museum (largest archaic earthwork sight I believe)
I always enjoy stopping by Cahokia just outside of St. Louis. Huge city pre Columbus complex of earthworks with an amazing museum and tons of artifacts. It was the hub of the Mississippian world for about 300 years and influence spread all through the south.
The Mississippian Culture had begun to die off as Europe made contact in the early 1500s
Vicksburg park with the Cairo being the highlight
Chalmette battlegrounds with a nice modest museum and an old post civil war home and cemetery with several soldiers from the battle of New Orleans buried there
If he wants to collect or find things
There’s still tons of pottery debris from shell middens littering the banks on the northern side of lake ponchatrain
This post was edited on 3/30/22 at 2:42 am
Posted on 3/30/22 at 2:36 am to lsugrad1980
DC, Maryland, Virginia and Louisiana are your best bets
Posted on 3/30/22 at 2:52 am to lsugrad1980
Posted on 3/30/22 at 3:01 am to lsugrad1980
Are you in Baton Rouge? Too keep it close:
Try out the Cajun Rural History Museum.
Natchez, MS has some good history for architecture.
WW2 museum in Nola.
Try out the Cajun Rural History Museum.
Natchez, MS has some good history for architecture.
WW2 museum in Nola.
Posted on 3/30/22 at 3:13 am to lsugrad1980
If he likes archeology and Native American history, take him to Poverty Point in Epps and to the Grand Village and Emerald Mound in Natchez.
Posted on 3/30/22 at 3:26 am to adavis
quote:Yep. Don’t miss this if he wants amazing pre-Columbus stuff.
Emerald Mound in Natchez.
Posted on 3/30/22 at 5:12 am to lsugrad1980
Charleston, Savannah, Chattanooga.
Mobile, New Orleans, San Antonio.
St Augustine, Richmond, Washington DC area.
Fort Bragg: Airborne and Special Ops Museum is fantastic in Fayetteville.
Mobile, New Orleans, San Antonio.
St Augustine, Richmond, Washington DC area.
Fort Bragg: Airborne and Special Ops Museum is fantastic in Fayetteville.
Posted on 3/30/22 at 5:18 am to Pauldingtiger
“He's also into historical homes and designing, too.“
Mount Vernon was a good tour.
Monticello.
The Hermitage near Nashville.
Any of the plantations outside of Charleston.
Charleston itself has several homes open for tours.
Savannah highlights a lot of historical homes.
Mount Vernon was a good tour.
Monticello.
The Hermitage near Nashville.
Any of the plantations outside of Charleston.
Charleston itself has several homes open for tours.
Savannah highlights a lot of historical homes.
Posted on 3/30/22 at 5:21 am to lsugrad1980
Moundville archeological Site just south of Tuscaloosa. It is the second largest site from the middle mississippian period.
Posted on 3/30/22 at 6:12 am to lsugrad1980
Apparently many people on this site don't realize the Civil War happened hundreds of years after Columbus.
I too have recently become interested in Native American history, in addition to sites listed, the Museum of the Delta in Greenwood, MS has an awesome display of artifacts. There is also a small museum somewhere north of Greenville, MS, but I can't remember the exact location.
I too have recently become interested in Native American history, in addition to sites listed, the Museum of the Delta in Greenwood, MS has an awesome display of artifacts. There is also a small museum somewhere north of Greenville, MS, but I can't remember the exact location.
Posted on 3/30/22 at 6:13 am to lsugrad1980
Revisionist History or the real deal?
Posted on 3/30/22 at 6:21 am to lsugrad1980
Poverty point in north Louisiana
Posted on 3/30/22 at 6:23 am to lsugrad1980
quote:
My son is interested in history. What places do you recommend visiting in the south?
Sounds like you're doing it right. My kids are only interested in Fortnite.
Posted on 3/30/22 at 6:24 am to lsugrad1980
Try the Hopewell Indian mounds in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Posted on 3/30/22 at 6:26 am to lsugrad1980
WWII museum and Cabildo in New Orleans
Vicksburg battlefield
Poverty Point
Vicksburg battlefield
Poverty Point
Posted on 3/30/22 at 6:29 am to FutureMikeVIII
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He said he was in to pre-Columbian, US history. How you gonna skip one of the most interesting prehistoric cultural sites in the entire US?
Good point I didn’t catch that in the OP I just skimmed it. Still having the guides do tours or special exhibits makes it far more interesting.
Posted on 3/30/22 at 6:30 am to lsugrad1980
USS Alabama and Fort Morgan are cool.
Posted on 3/30/22 at 6:36 am to lsugrad1980
Charleston. It’s history and contributions to this country rival any city on the east coast up until the end of the civil war. It’s a living British colonial city. It is also a hell of a place to get drunk. “Drunken city with a history problem” is the phrase we use here.
While in SC, visit the Topper archaeological site on the GA/SC border. It is the oldest pre-Clovis archaeological dig in the lower 48. Some estimates have the site dated at 20,000 years or older.
While in SC, visit the Topper archaeological site on the GA/SC border. It is the oldest pre-Clovis archaeological dig in the lower 48. Some estimates have the site dated at 20,000 years or older.
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