Happy birthday to my nephew Jesse! Wishing you many happy years ahead! Love you!
Jesse, Tonia and Pistol (dog)
I had to do a quick clean through the house – since I was away or busy all last week. I was happy to have that done. So now it’s back to our regularly scheduled vacation!
Monday after the Jennie Wade House we went to the Shriver House right down the street. The Shriver’s were fairly well to do – but when the Confederates overran the city the Shrivers left the house – The husband joined the Union army, and the wife and children went to her parents’ farm 3 miles out of town. The idea was to build a tavern and bowling alley in the basement but that did not get finished.
Tavern was done but not the bowling alley.
The house represented two facets. The parlor and upstairs bedrooms were set as when the family lived there.
Parlor
Bedroom with trundle bed.
Main bedroom
Kid’s room
Craft room.
Sewing area – with good natural light.
The other rooms were ‘left’ as after the Confederates fled the city. It was interesting to get information on the battles, the town, and the family. It was a tough time – those 3 days of the Gettysburg battles.
The attic – see the hole in the bricks for the sharpshooters?
The house was ‘investigated’ in later years and there was evidence of blood on the walls and floors in the attic.
The kitchen was left in a total mess….
…as is the diving room.
We grabbed lunch at McDonalds, which was right beside a mini-golf range. Kathy’s Paul loves mini-golf so we of course had to take pictures. And as it was Star Wars Day, I had to take a picture of that!
Paul would have been jealous!
‘May the Fourth be with you!’
We will finish out Monday tomorrow – hopefully. I work in the morning and have a major dentist appointment in the afternoon.
QUOTE of the DAY:
PEANUTS?
TOMORROW May 12th is:
International Day of Plant Health; International Nurses Day; National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day; National Hospital Day; National Limerick day; National Nutty Fudge Day; National Odometer Day.
I’m glad there are so many capable, caring nurses. And hospitals (see below) I can do nutty fudge! God bless…
On this day in History: • 1751 – Pennsylvania Hospital founded. Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin established Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. It became the first hospital in the American colonies.
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