If you were following the ecology movement in the ’70’s closely, you would know the name Gaylord Nelson. His experiences canoeing on the Namekagon and St Croix Rivers here led him to a career as Wisconsin governor and US Senator seeking protection for the environment. The first Earth Day was his brainchild. We learned about this during an impromptu stop at the St Croix National Scenic Waterway Visitor’s Center in St Croix Falls, WI. Of note, the falls for which the town is named have been underwater since the dame was built early last century. Also the current water level is eight feet below usual for purposes of dam maintenance.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
London’s National Portrait Gallery’s temporary exhibition, “Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens” presents an amazing collection of portraits, jewelry, personal effects, books, costumes, and more to illustrate not only the lives of the six women who married the second Tudor king, but the effort across five centuries to keep their memory alive.
The purpose of our trek to Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham in the southwest of London was to see a recently recovered bronze bust of the Emperor Caligula but we discovered so much more in the recently restored 18th Century “little Gothic castle” built by Horace Walpole.
If you were following the ecology movement in the ’70’s closely, you would know the name Gaylord Nelson. His experiences canoeing on the Namekagon and St Croix Rivers here led him to a career as Wisconsin governor and US Senator seeking protection for the environment. The first Earth Day was his brainchild. We learned about this during an impromptu stop at the St Croix National Scenic Waterway Visitor’s Center in St Croix Falls, WI. Of note, the falls for which the town is named have been underwater since the dame was built early last century. Also the current water level is eight feet below usual for purposes of dam maintenance.
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