Last day of winter break
Yesterday was the last day of winter break for the boys. I'm taking an extra day today to get some household chores done before tax season descends.
Dan has his semester exams next week, so he was already studying yesterday, but he did get to spend the afternoon with some of his musician friends. Bobby, Vickie and I went skating at the new downtown ice rink. Then Bobby and I went to the state historical museum, one of our favorite places.
We always check out the civil war stuff. Here Bobby stands next to the exhibit that has General Grenville Dodge's hat with the bullet hole in the crown (the one right by the saddle). Amazingly, he recovered and became a railroad big shot.
Here bobby stands next to General Marcellus Crocker's sword. General Crocker was a Des Moines lawyer who went to war and was soon a general. It's very strange, when you think of what a specialized profession war is today, how so many civilians becamse successful generals. Crocker played an important part in the fighting around Vicksburg. He was soon out of the war, though, as he was already dying of tuberculosis, and he never made it back to his Des Moines law office. There is still a street named after him in downtown Des Moines.
But the museum isn't all grimness. They have a hilarious display of toys from the 60s, including a black-and-white TV playing old toy commercials. Here is a Barbie commercial:
And they had "Rock-em, Sock-em Robots."
They were just a cheap and crummy as I remember, as one of the robot heads wouldn't stay down for anything. Yet we all wanted them.
Dan has his semester exams next week, so he was already studying yesterday, but he did get to spend the afternoon with some of his musician friends. Bobby, Vickie and I went skating at the new downtown ice rink. Then Bobby and I went to the state historical museum, one of our favorite places.
We always check out the civil war stuff. Here Bobby stands next to the exhibit that has General Grenville Dodge's hat with the bullet hole in the crown (the one right by the saddle). Amazingly, he recovered and became a railroad big shot.
Here bobby stands next to General Marcellus Crocker's sword. General Crocker was a Des Moines lawyer who went to war and was soon a general. It's very strange, when you think of what a specialized profession war is today, how so many civilians becamse successful generals. Crocker played an important part in the fighting around Vicksburg. He was soon out of the war, though, as he was already dying of tuberculosis, and he never made it back to his Des Moines law office. There is still a street named after him in downtown Des Moines.
But the museum isn't all grimness. They have a hilarious display of toys from the 60s, including a black-and-white TV playing old toy commercials. Here is a Barbie commercial:
And they had "Rock-em, Sock-em Robots."
They were just a cheap and crummy as I remember, as one of the robot heads wouldn't stay down for anything. Yet we all wanted them.
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