AMERICAN JOURNEYS: Notes From the Southeast Written by Justin Williams

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The Sunshine State...... 2 All That Jazz...... 4 Sweet Home ...... 6 Mighty Mississippi...... 8 Life’s a Peach...... 10 Walking in Memphis...... 13 The Bluegrass State...... 16 The Carolinas...... 19

Mercer-Williams House Museum Southern Exposure...... 21 Savannah, Georgia Glossary...... 23 Index...... 24

iii New River Gorge Mt. Vernon Williamsburg West Virginia Monticello Norfolk Lexington Virginia Louisville Nags Kentucky Duck Head North Cape Nashville Asheville Carolina Hatteras Outer Memphis South Banks Atlanta Carolina Charleston Birmingham Tuscaloosa Georgia Vicksburg Montgomery Savannah Alabama Mississippi Mobile St. Augustine New Orleans

The Everglades  The Southeast

iv Home Meet Justin Contact Notes From the Southeast Community About This Blog News Hey, y’all! That’s how we say “welcome” in the Southeast, where I live. follow My name is Justin, and in this blog I am going to tell you about some of the wonderful things I’ve seen while traveling with my parents around Archive the Southeast. The Southeast includes Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, 2013 • Life’s a Peach Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North • Walking in Memphis Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and • The Bluegrass State West Virginia. Join me as we explore our • The Carolinas southeastern states! • Southern Exposure 2012 • The Sunshine State • All That Jazz • Sweet Home Alabama • Mighty Mississippi

1 The Sunshine State Sunday, May 27, 2012 Florida is a land of beaches and swamps, culture and history. It’s the peninsula at the southeastern tip of the . If you look at Florida the photo at the right, you can see how close Florida is to Cuba and the Caribbean and understand why they influence the state.

Cuba Many people from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Central America, and South America live in Florida, so the music you hear in places like Miami has a Latin flavor. I even learned how to salsa while I was there. During the day, I relaxed on the beach because Miami is hot! St. Augustine, Florida, is the oldest city in America. I didn’t realize The Caribbean that Florida was home to so much of our country’s history. We visited

the Castillo de San Marcos, the oldest fort in the United States. This aerial nighttime photo shows how close Florida is to Cuba and the Caribbean.

Castillo de San Marcos Alligator looking at you

2 We also went to Everglades Ernest Hemingway

National Park in Florida. People Search go there to camp, hike, canoe, Endangered Species in the Everglades Home Links Contact Forum and explore. I was most excited to see some wildlife. The park is home to more than fourteen endangered species! People call the Everglades the “River of Grass,” but I call the part that we visited a swamp. There are eight other habitats within the park, and maybe we’ll get back to explore them one day. You want to know the coolest part? We went canoeing in Nine Mile Pond. While we paddled, Archive I kept a lookout for eyes popping out of the water. Sure enough, I saw some! There were alligator eyes looking right back at me. So cool. 2013 • Life’s a Peach If you ever go to Florida, be sure to get a glass of orange juice for • Walking in Memphis breakfast. Tons of oranges are grown in Florida and sold around the • The Bluegrass State country. Florida oranges make delicious juice! • The Carolinas • Southern Exposure Does anyone have any favorite Florida hotspots? 2012 • The Sunshine State 1 COMMENT: • All That Jazz • Sweet Home Alabama Julia | Tuesday, June 5, 2012 • Mighty Mississippi We went to the Florida Keys for vacation. We visited Ernest Hemingway’s house. He’s a famous author who lived in the Keys and wrote about the waters off Florida in The Old Man and the Sea.

3 All That Jazz Saturday, August 25, 2012 Bienvenue! Did you know that France used to own Louisiana? When Thomas Jefferson was president, the United States bought justin’s dictionary Search the Louisiana Territory Home Links Contact Forum from France. Words I learned while in Louisiana: Louisiana is full of Cajun andouille: Spicy sausage used in Cajun food. and Creole culture. beignet: Square doughnuts covered in powdered sugar. You can see French and bon appetit: Enjoy your food. Spanish influences in the architecture and food and cayenne: Hot pepper. hear it in the language. Check out my dictionary etouffee: A type of tomato sauce used on seafood, such as crawfish. of words that I learned in Louisiana. Most of them po’ boy: Submarine sandwich made with different types of meat or seafood.

have to do with the great food there. back to Notes from the Southeast > Louisiana sits on the , so many people work on the water. The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf in southern Louisiana. So while we were there, we ate a lot of seafood! I couldn’t bring myself to eat alligator after visiting the Everglades, but restaurants serve it. I stuck to po’boys, jambalaya, and crawfish. Louisiana produces the most crawfish in the country! Crawfish boil is a delicacy in Louisiana. Satellite view of the Mississippi River delta

4 We liked crawfish so much that we beignet thought we’d try catching them. We took a small boat out on a bayou. It reminded me of the Everglades, so I was on the lookout for alligators. We dropped baskets into the black water one day and came back the next to see what we caught. Our basket was full of crawfish. They looked like tiny lobsters! One of my favorite parts of our trip was Louis Armstrong, famous jazz trumpeter going to New Orleans to see my uncle’s band play in a parade. Their style of music, called Dixieland jazz, is big in New Orleans. It made me want to jump in the parade and march along! Archive They were influenced by Louis Armstrong, a famous trumpeter. I loved it so much that now I’m taking trumpet lessons. One day maybe I’ll play at the 2013 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. • Life’s a Peach • Walking in Memphis Did I leave anything out? • The Bluegrass State • The Carolinas 2 COMMENTS • Southern Exposure Steven | Sunday, August 26, 2012 2012 • The Sunshine State I’ve been to Louisiana and I noticed that a lot of the signs are written in English and French. Some of the people I met spoke French too. My dad said it’s because • All That Jazz of Louisiana’s French heritage. Also, a lot of French-speaking people came from • Sweet Home Alabama Canada to Louisiana. I bet they liked the winters better in Louisiana! • Mighty Mississippi

Wendy | Saturday, December 8, 2012 The capital of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, is fun. My grandmother moved there after her house flooded during Hurricane Katrina.

5 Sweet Home Alabama Decatur Monday, September 17, 2012 Day’s Gap Sand Mountain

Atlanta We went to Tuscaloosa for a football game at the University of Alabama. Birmingham Football is a really big deal in Alabama. Their team is called the

Crimson Tide, so there were people wearing red and stickers that said Columbus Ebeneezer Church “Roll Tide” everywhere! You might think that football is all there is to do in Alabama, but it isn’t. Selma Montgomery One thing you can do is visit the U.S.S. Alabama, a huge World War II battleship, in Mobile. Mobile is a big port on the Gulf of Mexico. Mobile While in Alabama, I found myself imagining what it would be like to live long before Europeans ever came to America. Many Native American Ft. Blakely  tribes lived in Alabama and other areas in the Southeast. I like to Civil War in Alabama explore their history. We visited the Oakville Indian Mounds where some tribes lived and hunted. It was pretty cool to see petroglyphs carved into rocks that told stories left by the Native Americans. I bought an arrowhead at the gift shop. Alabama is also home to a Civil War trail because some of the battles of the Civil War were fought in Alabama. In fact, the Confederate States of America began in Alabama, and that government’s version of the White House is still there. We also went to a Civil War reenactment. Men dress up in Civil War uniforms and act out the different battles. Many Confederate soldiers are buried in Alabama. Even though they lost Civil War reenactment the war, you can still learn their history.

6 We also saw some historic plantation houses. Helen Keller Back then, you were either family of the plantation owner and lived in the house, or you worked as a slave on the cotton farm. Plantation life was very different for owners and slaves. Slaves were mistreated.

African Americans continued to struggle for Plantation house civil rights long after slavery ended. The most famous woman in the , Rosa Parks, lived in Montgomery, Alabama. Back then, African Americans were supposed to give up their bus seats for white people. One day, Rosa refused to move, and that action started Archive the Montgomery Bus Boycott, an important part 2013 of the civil rights movement. • Life’s a Peach • Walking in Memphis I liked learning about those times, but I definitely • The Bluegrass State would not have wanted to live in Alabama back • The Carolinas then. Today I’m happy to be wearing my red jersey • Southern Exposure and yelling “Roll Tide, Roll!” 2012 Rosa Parks • The Sunshine State 1 COMMENT • All That Jazz • Sweet Home Alabama Jax | Wednesday, September 19, 2012 • Mighty Mississippi Another famous lady lived in Alabama—Helen Keller. We just read a book about her in school. She was deaf and blind, but she had a teacher named Annie Sullivan who taught her to communicate.

7 Mighty Mississippi Saturday, October 20, 2012  Mississippi is tucked right between Louisiana and Alabama and sits

on the Gulf Coast. The state’s name comes from Native American words Jackson meaning great river. That makes sense because the Mississippi River Vicksburg flows right along the entire border of the state and into the Gulf. Some people visit the Search Mississippi River for agritourism. Home Links Contact Forum Mississippi Check out the page I made What is agritourism? on that. Visit farms to pick local crops such as blueberries. In fall, run through a corn maze! There’s no better way to see Take a cruise and catch some the river than on a riverboat! shrimp or catfish. Visit dairy farms that sell the best ice cream A riverboat is big and is propelled you’ve ever tasted. You can wash it down with a glass of fresh milk and see the cow by a paddlewheel on the back. it came from. Explore different types of trees. You also see pontoon boats, canoes, kayaks, and people water skiing on the river. Mississippi is definitely made for water activities. On one of the stops on our riverboat cruise, we went catfishing in a channel. My dad caught a catfish. Take a look at the photo. Can you tell why it’s called a catfish? Look at those whiskers!

Riverboat with paddlewheel cruising Catfish on the Mississippi River. 8 Trail

There was a battle in Mississippi during the American Civil War called the Siege of Vicksburg. It’s when the Union tried to gain control of the Mississippi River from the Confederates. The Union troops blocked supplies from coming into the city for six weeks until the people were so hungry that they surrendered. You can visit the battlefield today Archive and picture how close the Union and Confederate troops were to each other 2013 during the battle. • Life’s a Peach • Walking in Memphis Does anybody else know fun stuff • The Bluegrass State about Mississippi? • The Carolinas Union General Logan’s division took up • Southern Exposure quarters in trenches in front of Shirley’s 2012 House, also known as the White House, 1 COMMENT during the Siege of Vicksburg, 1863. • The Sunshine State • All That Jazz Mariah | Tuesday, October 30, 2012 • Sweet Home Alabama The runs through • Mighty Mississippi Mississippi. It used to be a trade route for the Natchez Indians. Today you can walk the .

9 Life’s a Peach Sunday, April 7, 2013 Ah, Georgia! The peach state is one of my favorites in the Southeast! Georgia grows the best peaches, so it’s the official fruit of the state.  If you want to see a completely unique Atlanta city, visit Savannah with its waterfront Search and seaport along the Savannah Home Links Contact Forum River. The town is also full of historic Architecture of Savannah Savannah architecture and landscaped squares where you can sit on a bench and enjoy a glass of sweet tea while you imagine antebellum Juliette Gordon Low St. John the Baptist Mercer-Williams House times. You’re sure to feel the birthplace Cathedral Museum Southern charm in Savannah. Georgia

Forsyth Park in Savannah Aerial view of the squares of Savannah 10 From Savannah, you can head northwest to Atlanta to explore civil rights history. Atlanta was the home to the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was a very important leader in the civil rights movement—in the South and nationwide. You should hear his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Dr. King wanted equality for all people in the country. If you visit the King Center in Atlanta, you can learn about his life, his dream, and his influence on the United States. Atlanta’s population and businesses have been steadily growing. New skyscrapers keep changing the skyline. Atlanta is home to many finance companies, and it hosted the 1996 Olympics at Centennial Park. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. giving his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington in Washington, DC, on August 28, 1963.

Atlanta skyline 11 Juliette Low

Waterfalls on the in Georgia Archive If you want to be outdoors in Georgia, you can hike the end of the Appalachian Trail. It runs 2013 all the way from Maine to the Chattahoochee • Life’s a Peach National Forest in Georgia, winding through the • Walking in Memphis mountains. There are cabins you can stay in that • The Bluegrass State • The Carolinas overlook beautiful mountain waterfalls. • Southern Exposure 2012 2 COMMENTS • The Sunshine State Audrey | Sunday, April 7, 2013 • All That Jazz Juliette Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts, was A trail marker celebrates the • Sweet Home Alabama born in Savannah! portion of the Appalachian Trail that extends into Georgia. • Mighty Mississippi

Jeff | Monday, April 29, 2013 Did you know that both Coca-Cola™ and Pepsi™ started in Atlanta?

12 Walking in Memphis Saturday, June 8, 2013 The Southeast is famous for its music. Nashville, Tennessee is the country-music capital of the world. You can visit the Ryman Auditorium and go to the Grand Ole Opry, a famous weekly music show. Dozens of leading country music stars have stood on that stage, including Dolly Parton, Ryman Auditorium Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, and Rascal Flatts. Anywhere you go in Nashville, you can hear the sounds of honky-tonks floating through the air. Nashville is famous for country music, but Memphis calls itself both Home of the Blues and the Birthplace of Rock and Roll. Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, lived in Memphis. We visited Graceland, where he lived and is buried. We walked down Beale Street and toured the W.C. Handy house. He was a famous blues musician. The Great Smoky Mountains in Appalachia are a great place to visit—just look out for black bears! They live in the Smokies and are like mascots of the mountain range. They’re not the only animal there, though. You could also see foxes, elk, otters, and many different types of snakes and birds. While we were W.C. Handy house on Beale Street there, we went tubing in Little

Blue Ridge Mountains Pigeon Forge River. We sat in tubes and floated Gatlinburg Knoxville down a calm part of the river. Great Smoky Mountains  Nashville National Park There is also whitewater rafting, which involves dangerous rapids,

Memphis so I’ll do that when I’m older.

In 1970, President Tennessee met Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, in the White House. 13 The blue view of the Blue Ridge Mountains

Another mountain range in eastern Tennessee is the Blue Ridge Mountains. They got their name because they actually look blue! The Appalachian Trail runs through the range, and so does the Blue Ridge Parkway. You can follow the parkway to many other towns in Tennessee, including Gatlinburg, Knoxville, and Pigeon Forge which is home to Dollywood, Dolly Parton’s theme park. Check out all the crafts made by local people living along the way. Another famous person from Tennessee was Sequoyah. He was part of the

Cherokee tribe, and he developed an alphabet for his people to learn to read Sequoyah developed and write in their language. You can visit his birthplace in the state today. an alphabet in the Cherokee language.

14 Sequoia tree

Map of the

Cherokee live in many different states, but most of them moved to Archive Oklahoma in the 1800s during the Trail of Tears. 2013 • Life’s a Peach The Trail of Tears was when Indians from the eastern part of the country • Walking in Memphis were forced to move to a reservation in Oklahoma. Some of the Cherokee • The Bluegrass State tried to stay in their homes in the mountains of Tennessee and North • The Carolinas Carolina. But the government forced them to move. It was winter, and • Southern Exposure many Cherokee died along the journey. 2012 • The Sunshine State 1 COMMENT • All That Jazz • Sweet Home Alabama Camron | Sunday, June 9, 2013 • Mighty Mississippi Did you know giant Sequoia trees in California are named for Sequoyah?

15 The Bluegrass State Sunday, July 14, 2013 Before we left for Kentucky, I read about it online. Kentucky is called the Bluegrass State and is where Abraham Lincoln was born. He taught himself to read in a little cabin that is still there today. Lexington, Kentucky, is known as the Horse Capital of the World. The Kentucky Derby, a famous horse race, is held every year at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Eastern Kentucky is in the Appalachian Mountains, and

has beautiful hills and hollows. Abraham Lincoln lived in this log cabin at Knob Creek.

Kentucky  Louisville Lexington Frankfort Red River Gorge Bridge

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park Cumberland Gap Mammoth Cave National Historical Park National Park Big South Fork River and Recreation Area

National Parks in Kentucky

Horse racing is a big sport in Kentucky. 16 We love camping, so we decided to visit Red River Gorge in the Appalachian region of Kentucky. We camped near the natural bridge, which is a bridge that was naturally formed by rock. We also went zip lining through the forest. What a rush! We started at the top of the canopy, and we flew down through the trees. We also stopped to watch some climbers scaling the rocks of the gorge. I’ll be back one day to try that. Finally, we stopped for lunch at Cumberland Falls, called Niagara of the South. It’s a wide waterfall that flows into a gorge. As we ate, we watched some rafters launch their boats into the river.

Natural bridge

Cumberland Falls, nicknamed the Niagara of the South 17 Red River Gorge isn’t the only Daniel Boone natural place to explore in Kentucky. There’s also Mammoth Cave, the world’s longest cave! You can tour the inside and see evidence of the Native Americans who lived there thousands of years ago. Just one last thing. Bluegrass! It’s the music you hear the whole time you’re in Kentucky! It’s like fast country music with banjos. We heard it most at the barbecue joints where we ate. I’m not surprised that Kentucky is called the Bluegrass State, but they could also Archive call it the Barbecue State! Mammoth Cave 2013 • Life’s a Peach 1 COMMENT • Walking in Memphis • The Bluegrass State Wyatt | Thursday, July 18, 2013 • The Carolinas Did you learn anything about Daniel Boone while you were there? He explored • Southern Exposure and settled in Kentucky. There are a lot of folk tales about him, but some of the adventures are true! Natural Bridge State park and Cumberland Falls are both 2012 in the Daniel Boone National Forest. • The Sunshine State • All That Jazz • Sweet Home Alabama • Mighty Mississippi

18 The Carolinas Duck

Nags Head

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Raleigh

You can’t go to North Carolina and not visit the Outer Banks. Cape Hatteras Asheville You can visit a lot of different beaches, such as Duck, Nags Head, and Cape Hatteras. You might see lighthouses to explore or wild ponies roaming around. My favorite activity was following the trail Columbus of Blackbeard the pirate! The wreck of his ship, Queen Anne’s Charleston Revenge, is still off the coast of North Carolina. Ft. Sumter North Carolina wasn’t only home to pirates—some famous  pilots lived there too! The Wright brothers flew the very first plane on the beaches of North Carolina in 1903. You can see a model North Carolina of their plane today at the Wright Brothers Visitor Center. and South Carolina North Carolina is also home to the Research Triangle, where many companies do advanced science. The location brought jobs to North Carolina and boosted the economy. Companies in the Research Triangle make innovations in technology, green living, engineering, and communications.

Model of the Wright Brothers’ first flight Wild ponies of North Carolina

19 Fort Sumter

The Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina

In western North Carolina is Asheville, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has a giant house called the Biltmore that is supposed to look Archive like a European palace. Lots of people like to hike in the mountains 2013 around the estate. • Life’s a Peach • Walking in Memphis In Charleston, South Carolina, you can visit Fort Sumter, where the first • The Bluegrass State shots of the Civil War were fired. Charleston is a beautiful old city with • The Carolinas lots of history. It has cobblestone streets and many horsecarts, so • Southern Exposure when you cross the street, watch where you are walking! Charleston 2012 is a port on the Atlantic Ocean, and it has great seafood. • The Sunshine State • All That Jazz • Sweet Home Alabama 1 COMMENT • Mighty Mississippi Isaac | Monday, September 23, 2013 Did you know that the Carolinas were one colony until 1710? First it was named Carolus, then Carolina, and then split into North and South.

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Canaan Thursday, November 7, 2013 Valley West Mt. Vernon Snowshoe (Washington’s home) Mountain  Virginia and West Virginia are the northernmost states in the Southeast Virginia Richmond Charleston Monticello region. Eight U.S. presidents were born in Virginia. You can still see (Jefferson’s home) New River Williamsburg Gorge George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s homes there. With Virginia Norfolk its stately columns, Jefferson’s home, Monticello, is famous for its architecture and gardens. You can tour the house and the plantation and imagine the Revolutionary War times. Mount Vernon, Washington’s home, is on the Potomac River. It is not as big or grand, but Washington Virginia and owned a lot of land and a lot of slaves. They were all freed when he West Virginia died, though. You can learn a lot about Washington and Jefferson by visiting their homes. Williamsburg is a reconstruction of a

Search colonial town. While we were in Home Links Contact Forum Williamsburg, we saw a reenactment

Colonial Lady Colonial Gentleman of the Revolutionary War. The entire In colonial Williamsburg, Men wore three-cornered women wore long felt hats. They wore town takes part in the reenactment, gowns with hoop skirts knee-length coats, and petticoats. They breeches that reached and you can talk to shopkeepers, often had lace aprons. the knee, with stockings to cover the rest of the legs. They often walked politicians, and slaves from the with canes. time period. It really helped me Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home understand that era better. near Charlottesville, Virgina Norfolk has one of America’s biggest Navy ports. You can go on a boat to see all the aircraft carriers, submarines, and other ships. Nearby, you can visit Jamestown, where the first settlers of America lived, and Yorktown, where the Revolutionary War was won!

21 Virginia is also home to Skyline Drive, a scenic ride along the crest of the Harpers Ferry Blue Ridge Mountains. It’s pretty cool to see bears, deer, and all kinds of smaller critters crossing the road. West Virginia is great for outdoor activities too. It’s covered in mountains. West Virginia gets snow in winter, and it can be great for skiing and snowboarding. You can even go snow tubing at places like Snowshoe Mountain and Canaan Valley. All of this makes West Virginia unique in the Southeast. New River Gorge is home to some of the best fall colors around that you can see from the highest bridge for cars in the United States. You can walk on a catwalk underneath the bridge to get a spectacular view of the gorge. The tall bridge even shuts down to traffic once a year so daredevils can bungee jump and parachute toward the river 876 feet below! Archive Tourists come from all over to see this. I think it’s crazy! 2013 West Virginia also has a long history of coal mining and is still known as • Life’s a Peach coal country. • Walking in Memphis • The Bluegrass State • The Carolinas 2 COMMENTS • Southern Exposure Mariah | Thursday, November 7, 2013 2012 You should also try to visit Harpers Ferry, WV. • The Sunshine State It’s great for hiking and history. • All That Jazz Camron | Monday, November 18, 2013 • Sweet Home Alabama • Mighty Mississippi Did you know that West Virginia used to be part of Virginia? During the Civil War, people in West Virginia wanted to stay with the Union, while the rest of Virginia went with the Confederates, so they split into two states. Parachuting off the New River Gorge Bridge

22 Glossary advanced: On the forefront. heritage: Traditions and customs agritourism: Industry based on people from older generations. touring agricultural centers such hollows: Small valleys. as farms. influence: Impact. antebellum: Before the Civil War. innovations: Inventions, improvements. arrowhead: Pointed tip of an arrow landscaped: Maintained, gardened. carved from stone. mistreated: Abused. bayou: Marsh. peninsula: A body of land surrounded canopy: Treetop level of a forest. by water on three sides. channel: Narrow waterway. petroglyphs: Drawings on rock. civil rights: Rights that all citizens of a plantation: Farm, manor. country should have. propelled: Drove, pushed. colonial: Period in American history reenactment: Acting out a before the Revolutionary War. historical event. crawfish: Small shellfish that looks like reservation: Land set aside a lobster. for Native Americans. crest: Highest part of a hill or mountain. seaport: Harbor. developed: Established. siege: A blockade of an area, such as endangered: Almost extinct. a fort or city, to get it to surrender. evidence: Clues. settled: Established. expedition: Trip for exploring. skyline: A city’s horizon. finance: Having to do with money. stately: Noble. fort: Building used during war. territory: Area. gorge: Valley, canyon. unique: Special.

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Alabama...... 1, 6 Florida...... 1, 2 Mississippi River...... 4, 8 Snowshoe Mountain...... 21 Appalachia...... 13 Florida Keys...... 3 Mobile...... 6 South America...... 2 Appalachian Mountains...... 13, 16 Fort Sumter...... 19, 20 Montgomery Bus Boycott...... 7 Southeast...... 1, 13 Appalachian Trail...... 12 France...... 4 Monticello...... 21 South Carolina...... 1, 19 Armstrong, Louis...... 5 Gatlinburg...... 14 Mount Vernon...... 21 St. Augustine...... 2 Asheville...... 19, 20 Georgia...... 1, 10 Nags Head...... 19 Sullivan, Annie...... 7 Atlanta...... 11, 12 Graceland...... 13 Nashville...... 13 Tennessee...... 1, 13 Atlantic Ocean...... 20 Grand Ole Opry...... 13 Natchez Trace Trail...... 9 Tuscaloosa...... 6 Baton Rouge...... 5 Great Smokey Mountains...... 13 Natural bridge...... 17 Trail of Tears...... 15 Beale Street...... 13 Gulf Coast...... 8 New Orleans...... 5 Underwood, Carrie...... 13 Blue Ridge Mountains.. 14, 20, 22 Gulf of Mexico...... 4 New Orleans Jazz and University of Alabama...... 6 Biltmore...... 20 Handy, W.C...... 13 Heritage Festival...... 5 U.S. Navy...... 21 Birmingham...... 7 Harpers Ferry...... 22 New River Gorge...... 21, 22 U.S.S. Alabama...... 6 Boone, Daniel...... 18 Hemingway, Earnest...... 3 Nine Mile Pond...... 3 Virginia...... 1, 21 Brooks, Garth...... 13 Jamestown...... 21 Norfolk...... 21 Washington, George...... 21 Canaan Valley...... 22 Jefferson, Thomas...... 4, 21 North Carolina...... 1, 15, 19 West Virginia...... 1, 21, 22 Cape Hatteras...... 19 Keller, Helen...... 7 Oakville Indian Mounds ...... 6 Williamsburg...... 21 Castillo de San Marcos...... 2 Kentucky...... 1, 16 Outer Banks...... 19 Wright brothers...... 19 Charleston...... 19, 20, 21 Kentucky Derby...... 16 Parks, Rosa...... 7 Wright Brothers Visitor Center... 19 Chattahoochee King Center...... 11 Parton, Dolly...... 13 Yorktown...... 21 National Forest...... 12 King, Jr., Dr. Martin Luther...... 11 Pigeon Forge...... 13, 14 Cherokee...... 14, 15 Knoxville...... 14 Potomac River...... 21 Churchill Downs...... 16 Lexington...... 16 Presley, Elvis...... 13 Civil War...... 6, 7, 9, 20, 22 Lincoln, Abraham...... 16 Queen Anne’s Revenge...... 19 Columbus...... 19 Little River...... 13 Rascal Flatts...... 13 Confederate States of America... 6 Louisiana...... 1, 4 Red River Gorge...... 17 Cuba...... 2 Louisiana Territory ...... 4 Research Triangle...... 19 Cumberland Falls...... 17 Louisville...... 16 Revolutionary War...... 21 Daniel Boone National Forest... 18 Low, Juliette...... 12 Ryman Auditorium...... 13 Dollywood...... 14 Mammoth Cave...... 18 Savannah...... 10, 12 Duck...... 19 Memphis...... 13 Sequoyah...... 14 Everglades National Miami...... 2 Siege of Vicksburg...... 9 Park Florida...... 3 Mississippi...... 1, 8 Skyline Drive...... 22

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