History
George Washington Carver statute. Photo: Tonya Fitzpatrick
“A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.”
— Moslih Eddin Saadi
No matter where you go, every place has a story and historical travel unpacks those stories.
From great struggles against oppressive forces to human ingenuity, the people and the places who have defined significant eras in human history move many to travel see where history was made. Travel through the historical places, see and observe what was then and how things are now. Every place has evolved over ages and become what it is today , hence you must visit history to understand the struggles and changes that came through with time.
Being able to walk where history was made, seeing the places that shaped legendary figures or experiencing life as our ancestors did, historical travel allows history to come to life in ways that transcend a history book.
Though the Civil War is a dark portion of America’s past, it is our collective history, nonetheless.
Corpus Christi, translated from Ecclesiastical Latin as the “Body of Christ,” is a quaint coastal city seated in South Texas.
On May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner, an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines, administered the first smallpox vaccination to 8 year old James Phipps. The basis for smallpox vaccination began in 1796 when the English doctor Edward Jenner noticed that milkmaids who had gotten cowpox were protected from smallpox. Jenner also knew about variolation and guessed that exposure to cowpox could be used to protect against smallpox. To test his theory, Dr. Jenner took material from a cowpox sore on milkmaid Sarah Nelmes’ hand and inoculated it into the arm of James Phipps, the 9-year-old son of Jenner’s gardener. Months later, Jenner exposed Phipps several times to variola virus, but Phipps never developed smallpox. In 1977, with assistance from the World Health Organization, the smallpox virus became the first disease in the world to be eradicated from the global population as a result of smallpox [...]
For most of history, Irish culture was primarily “Gaelic” and stayed that way until the Normans arrived in the 12th Century.
What do you think of when you hear the name Pakistan? If you have never been to the country and get your news only from media outlets, your brain will most likely conjure images of extremism, violence, and hatred. You may think of heaps of rubbish on roadsides, of violent mobs of mullahs heading to stone someone, or oppressed burqa-clad women. I won’t deny that such elements do exist in certain factions of the country. However, to reduce the entire existence of this land and its people to these ideas would be unjust and inconsiderate.
Mount Vernon is the northern Virginia home of the first United States president, George Washington, and it’s a prominent tourist site.
When people plan a trip to Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh will be their first choice, and Da Nang regrettably skips by many wanderers' itineraries.
Having traveled to India a couple of years ago for a speaking engagement I had I was immediately struck by how vast the country is--so vast that it might take the better part of a lifetime to see it. Ask any traveler. They'll tell you the same and locals would likely concur. The most popular circuit amongst foreign tourists is the Golden Triangle, comprising Delhi, Jaipur, and Agra.
Standing in front of a memorial to the 77,297 Czech Jews who were massacred during the Holocaust, however, it’s not quite so easy for me to dismiss.
Explore the story of Black Americans’ fight for freedom and equality with U.S. Civil Rights Trail author Deborah Douglas.
In honor of America’s 46th President, World Footprints will share a cultural slice of President Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware.
From the summer of 2018 to 2019, I called the charming Slovenian capital of Ljubljana my home. For those of you who have yet to experience Slovenia, it is a feast for the eyes.
