Saturday, August 13, 2022

July 8-9, 2022. Days 8-9 Purgatory Chasam State Reservation, Springfield Armory National Historic Site

 Day 8 was a rest/Laundry and movie day.
We enjoyed Top Gun - Maverick


Day 9










An old relic;
a working pay phone!



1794 The new federal government decides to manufacture its own muskets so that the nation would not be dependent on foreign arms. President George Washington selects Springfield as the site of one of two federal armories. The second national armory is built in Harper's Ferry, Virginia and operated until the beginning of the Civil War, when it is destroyed by the North to weaken the industrial capabilities of the southern states.








 

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