After enjoying a marvelous day yesterday that included lots of conversation, excavations in the sandbox, supervision of the firewood splitting project, treehouse exploration, and a dinner of salad and gourmet pizza followed homemade Rosemary Shoofly Pie, the majority of the gathering departed this morning for a family celebration in Albany. That leaves four of us to savor a quiet day here on the lake on Cape Cod.
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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