For most of the thirty-five years that we have lived with our beautiful Old Tavern Pine bedroom set, there has been a bumper sticker on the mirror. That sticker now has new meaning. We’d both rather be in North Carolina than keep our treasured furniture since it won’t fit in our house in the mountains. We’ve found a furniture consigner who in interested in helping us find a buyer. Perhaps it will become some other family’s heirlooms.
London’s Imperial War Museum in Southwark founded even as the First World War raged offers insights into the myriad costs of the wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries. It was a most disquieting but valuable reminder of the myriad costs of war.
The two of us have long been fascinated with the history of canals and their role in the history of transportation, industrialization, and more recently recreation. This stay in London has given us new opportunities to explore and learn more about how canals contributed to the growth of this great city and how they are being used and preserved today.
It was a most educational visit to the newly renovated National Portrait Gallery at Trafalgar Square in Central London. We were intrigued with the contemporary approach to presenting British History.
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