Back again to our Nation`s Capital we go. We`re headed for more of the 3 M`s - memorials, monuments and museums. Come with me as we visits presidents Lincoln and Roosevelt, and honor our fallen of Vietnam and Korea. Websites: Washington DC National Park - Monuments and Memorials http://www.nps.gov/nama Washington DC Tourism http://www.washington.org eTravelogue.com http://www.eTravelogue.com/ Be sure to stop by our site and suggest attractions that you think we should cover on the program! Listen to this issue

Museums, monuments & memorials – the 3 "M`s" that are part of Washington DC. Let`s not forget the 4th of July. Come along as I explore our country’s history during its birthday celebration – this is only the beginning. Websites: Smithsonian Institute http://www.si.edu Arlington National Cemetery http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org Henley Park Hotel http://www.henleypark.com International Spy Museum http://www.spymuseum.org Washington DC National Park – Monuments & Memorials http://www.nps.gov/nama Washington DC Tourism http://www.washington.org eTravelogue.com http://www.eTravelogue.com/ Be sure to stop by our site and suggest attractions that you think we should cover on the program! Listen to this issue

Casinos, the boardwalk, & Ripley’s Believe it or Not. These are just a few of things Atlantic City has to offer. Located on Absecon Island, Atlantic City is one of the east coasts oldest beach resort towns. Just an hour’s drive from the Philadelphia Airport and a short road trip from the New England area – here is a place that is easy to get to and can offer a little something for everyone. Websites: Atlantic City http://www.atlanticcitynj.com Ripley’s Believe It or Not http://www.ripleys.com Brulee http://www.bruleedesserts.com eTravelogue.com http://www.eTravelogue.com/ Be sure to stop by our site and suggest attractions that you think we should cover on the program! Listen to this issue

In 1776, as Americans fought for their independence in the East, Spanish Captain Juan Bautista de Anza led almost 300 people over 1200 miles to settle Alta California. It was the first overland route established to connect New Spain with San Francisco. Now thanks to the preservation of this historic trail, you can walk in their footsteps from Arizona to San Francisco, California. This week we're speaking with Margaret Styles from the National Park service about this historic trail. This week's interview: Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail Websites: http://www.eTravelogue.com/ http://www.nps.gov/juba Be sure to stop by our site and suggest attractions that you think we should cover on the program! Listen to this issue

In Saugus, a little town just north of Boston, is a site that has been called the "forerunner of America's industrial giants" Saugus Iron Works is the site of a 17th century iron making plant. The site contains the reconstructed iron works house, blast furnace, forge and rolling mill. Its amazing to think what could be created in the 1600s with only fire and the power of water. This week's interview: Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site Websites: http://www.eTravelogue.com/ http://www.nps.gov/sair Be sure to stop by our site and suggest attractions that you think we should cover on the program! Listen to this issue

Big Hole National Battlefield is a memorial to the people who fought and died here on August 9 and 10, 1877. In 1877, about 750 non-treaty Nez Perce fled Idaho in the face of demands from the US Army that all Nez Perce move onto a reservation a fraction from the size of their traditional homeland. The Army was enforcing a national policy of placing all American Indians on reservations to make way for the westward expansion of the young United States. In early August, the non-treaty Nez Perce camped for several days along the North Fork of the Big Hole River. They knew they had crossed into Montana Territory, and believed they were safe from further pursuit. Just before daybreak on August 9, 1877, military forces attacked them as they rested after six weeks of conflict and flight. Although the soldiers and civilian volunteers attacked the village while most of the Nez Perce slept, the warriors quickly mounted a resistance and drove the military men to retreat to a wooded hill nearby. The soldiers dug trenches for protection, but the Nez Perce warriors surrounded the fortified hill and held the soldiers there. Meanwhile, the older men, women and children in the camp buried the dead and fled again. The Battle of the Big Hole lasted less than 36 hours, yet casualties were high. Between 60 and 90 Nez Perce were killed, most in the initial attack on the sleeping camp, with countless wounded in the ensuing battle. Twenty-two soldiers, and 5 civilians were killed, and many more were severely wounded. This week's interview: Big Hole National Battlefield Websites: http://www.eTravelogue.com/ http://www.nps.gov/biho Be sure to stop by our site and suggest attractions that you think we should cover on the program! Listen to this issue

While it may be disheartening to think that there`s no way you could even sit in the same theater where the rat pack once performed, there`s one group trying to preserve a bit of Las Vegas history. And if you`ve been to Fremont Street, you`ve probably seen their work, which includes the 1966 lamp from the Aladdin and the 1967 Hacienda horse and rider. The Neon Museum is a non-profit group that has been collecting neon signs from all over Las Vegas and through generous donations they have been able to restore some of these mid-century wonders and install them in the downtown area as public arts displays. They are raising money to create an exhibit space from the lobby of the old La Concha hotel, which they hope to move from its current site to their land just north of downtown. This week's interview: The Neon Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada Websites: http://www.eTravelogue.com/ http://www.neonmuseum.org/ Be sure to stop by our site and suggest attractions that you think we should cover on the program! Listen to this issue

This week we're speaking with Andrea Bornemeier, who is the Chief of Interpretation at Pipe Spring National Monument in Arizona. Pipe Spring National Monument preserves a slice of the old west. Native Americans had been using the waters at Pipe Spring for a thousand years before the Mormon settlement arrived. Later, it acted as a way station for people traveling across the Arizona Strip, the part of Arizona separated from the rest of the state by the Grand Canyon. Eventually, it became a private ranch, and today is surrounded by Native American lands, and hosts a visitor center and museum dedicated to them. This week's interview: Pipe Spring National Monument Websites: http://www.eTravelogue.com/ http://www.nps.gov/pisp Be sure to stop by our site and suggest attractions that you think we should cover on the program! Listen to this issue

This week we are speaking with Dean Alexander from Hopewell Culture National Historic Park in Ohio. The park contains nationally significant archeological resources including large earthwork and mound complexes that provide an insight into the social, ceremonial, political, and economic life of the Hopewell people, a number of different Native American groups which inhabited a large portion of eastern North America. The most striking Hopewell sites contain earthworks in the form of squares, circles, and other geometric shapes. Many of these sites were built to a monumental scale, with earthen walls up to 12 feet high outlining geometric figures more than 1000 feet across. Conical and loaf-shaped earthen mounds up to 30 feet high are often found in association with the geometric earthworks. This week's interview: Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Websites: http://www.eTravelogue.com/ http://www.nps.gov/hocu Be sure to stop by our site and suggest attractions that you think we should cover on the program! Listen to this issue

Special Announcement: You could win a free GPS system just by sending us your photo! Check out http://www.eTravelogue.com for more information! The history of land and vegetation use in the vicinity of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site begins with the Native American occupation. This occurred about 10,000 years ago when big game hunting and berry/nut gathering people traversed the area. For nearly a millennium this area was a trading hub established by the earthlodged Hidatsa and Mandan tribes with the primary commodity being Knife River flint. In addition, it is important as a place where Indian culture and agriculture developed. It should be noted that there were more people living along the Knife and Missouri Rivers in the 18th and early 19th Century than there are today. After the small-pox epidemic in 1837, the Hidatsa and Mandan tribes abandoned their villages here and moved approximately 60 miles up river to establish Like-a-Fishhook village. During the second half of the 19th Century steamboats frequented the area and created "wood yards" on the Missouri River bottomlands. Their purpose and function were to cut and store wood to be used as fuel for the steamboats. The largest of these "wood yards" occurred at the mouth of the Knife River in what is now Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site and present day Stanton. It was originally believed that the park contained village sites that were hundreds of years old. The full significance and role of the park's cultural sites in our history is only beginning to be understood. Through archaeological studies we have found some sites that are not hundreds of years old but thousands of years old. The historical, archeological, and biological value of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site is far greater than was first envisioned. It is one of the few units of the National Park System in which an intensive, parkwide archeological survey has been completed. The surveys conducted from 1976 through 1980 resulted in the identification and evaluation of all the archeological sites within the park. This week's interview: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Websites: http://www.eTravelogue.com/ http://www.nps.gov/knri Be sure to stop by our site and suggest attractions that you think we should cover on the program! Listen to this issue