Category: National Parks

G E T T Y S B U R G

C. S. A. Army of Northern Virginia Hills Corps Pender's Division. Lane's Brigade: 7th, 18th, 28th, 33rd and 37th North Carolina Infantry. Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg National Military Park, PA

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We… Continue reading G E T T Y S B U R G

A u d u b o n

The tree with one thousand leaves. Schuylkill River Trail. Valley Forge National Park, PA

A walk around Audubon Loop, PerKiomen and Schuylkill River Trails at Valley Forge National Park.

Manhattan Of Trees

Manhattan Of Trees

This is the first in a series of posts with pictures & videos captured in many parts of California earlier this month while my long time friends, Bilal & Ahmed, were visiting the States. We started in San Francisco, headed North on US 101 towards Redwoods national park immersing in the beauty of the scenes… Continue reading Manhattan Of Trees

Streets Of Philadelphia

Liberty Bell

This was an outing with NYC Brainiacs to Philly on March 27th 2010. In this clip, you will see the streets of Philly around Washington Square before a ranger from the National Park Service takes us on a tour of Pennsylvania State House(commonly known as Independence Hall) where the Declaration Of Independence and The United… Continue reading Streets Of Philadelphia

Thomas Edison: A closer look at his life and work

This was a day trip with NYC Brainiacs last Sunday. We spent a few hours touring the private mansion and later the lab complex(Invention factory) in West Orange, NJ. I was not aware of the vast number of inventions that Thomas Edison had worked on. It was mind boggling to hear all the stories from… Continue reading Thomas Edison: A closer look at his life and work

Day 15:Joshua Tree National Park

Named after the famous Joshua Tree, the national park is located in the Southeastern Corner of California and is surrounded by three towns: TwentyNine Palms, Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley. I saw signs for all three of them on my way from Palm Springs. The sky was California quality blue and the views were just… Continue reading Day 15:Joshua Tree National Park