Nimitz Museum (Fredericksburg, TX)
Today we took a drive up to Fredericksburg, TX. This town was settled by German immigrants and you can see some of their influence in the town.
Our main stop was The National Museum of the Pacific War, AKA - The Admiral Nimitz Museum. This museum contains displays of articles and information about wars fought in the Pacific theater of WWII. They have both allied and Japanese guns, tanks, grenades and many other articles involved in these wars.
We started off in the Memorial Courtyard where over 1000 plaques are displayed on limestone walls honoring those who served and ships that served in the wars of the Pacific.
From there we went to the Japanese Garden of Peace, which was given by the Japanese people. We then went inside to the museum exhibits.
After touring a majority of the museum, we decided to break for lunch. We asked one of the museum staff workers where we should go. From her suggestions, we settled on an authentic German restaurant - Der Lindenbaum. They had good food and we especially loved their potato salad and cole slaw, made differently then we had ever had.
After our late lunch, we headed back to the museum, but to the "Pacific Combat Zone" area.
This area displayed the larger pieces of equipment (tanks, boats, and planes) used in the wars.
The museum was well worth the visit and helped us to better understand some of the history of our country and have a deeper respect for all those who made our freedoms possible.
Heading home, we took some scenic roads so Bobby could check them out for possible future bike rides :-)
Our main stop was The National Museum of the Pacific War, AKA - The Admiral Nimitz Museum. This museum contains displays of articles and information about wars fought in the Pacific theater of WWII. They have both allied and Japanese guns, tanks, grenades and many other articles involved in these wars.
We started off in the Memorial Courtyard where over 1000 plaques are displayed on limestone walls honoring those who served and ships that served in the wars of the Pacific.
From there we went to the Japanese Garden of Peace, which was given by the Japanese people. We then went inside to the museum exhibits.
After touring a majority of the museum, we decided to break for lunch. We asked one of the museum staff workers where we should go. From her suggestions, we settled on an authentic German restaurant - Der Lindenbaum. They had good food and we especially loved their potato salad and cole slaw, made differently then we had ever had.
After our late lunch, we headed back to the museum, but to the "Pacific Combat Zone" area.
This area displayed the larger pieces of equipment (tanks, boats, and planes) used in the wars.
The museum was well worth the visit and helped us to better understand some of the history of our country and have a deeper respect for all those who made our freedoms possible.
Heading home, we took some scenic roads so Bobby could check them out for possible future bike rides :-)
posted by Bobby and Shelly Evans @ 7:38 PM
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Great Museum!
You would have seen the it being expanded big time will be World class when the triple size space is opened in December 7th this year.
Ian
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