for this weekend's little getaway we went to kansas city and since it sits right on the border of missouri and kansas we were in both states. now, if you know anything about tj and i you know that we LOVE museums. when we go to cities the first thing we do is look up what museums are there and what was significant in that cities history. our children are going to hate us.
first on the list was the lds independence visitor center. not my favorite but i do love the history around that area and there is a great lesson to be learned about following the prophet. then on to this
the community of christ temple, formally known as the reorganized church. i love theology and it is very interesting to learn about other religions, especially the ones that broke off of our church. everyone was super nice there.
this is inside the big spiral. pretty cool.
now off to the truman presidential library (oh how we love our presidential libraries)
this is us with the man of the hour.
another oval office photo
i have a goal to get a photo in every president's oval office. nerd alert!
we then went to liberty jail which was great. one of my favorite times in church history. after that we went downtown to have some dinner and walk around an amazing shopping district. the next day we went to the national world war one museum.
one of the most beautiful museums i have ever been too. tj and i were talking about how we were never super clear about the events that lead up to the war. i learned more in the 12 minute introductory video than any of my history classes combined but let's start at the beginning. i'm all about the experience of the museum. i want to feel like i'm experiencing the events with all of my senses. having said that here are the front doors.
each door weighs a good 50 pounds. they are so heavy. they get you ready for the weight of this war and how heavy the whole experience was. it feels like you are entering an underground bunker. when you walk in there is no color. it feels very cold and emotionless. there is a glass bridge that takes you into the gallery and things don't normally take my breath away but when i walked across, it was incredible.
this photo does not do it justice. it is a field of 9000 bright orange poppies and each poppy represents 1000 deaths. there was a 17 day bloody battle on a field called flanders field where hundreds of men died. after the battle the only thing that remained were thousands of poppies blowing in the wind. the color was such a contrast to the rest of the museum. anyway it was an incredible experience that i think everyone who visits kansas city should have.
the skyline
we then hit up the farmers market. one of the best i've ever been to.
we could honestly live in kansas city. it was awesome.
2 comments:
I wish i lived with you guys! I am so jealous of your little road trips you have had! and your kids are not going to hate you, they will be lovers of history just like you! miss you guys SO much! and Al i cant believe how Beautiful you look with your long hair! again JEALOUS!!! love you guys!
Al, this is so cool that you are really doing so much stuff on your summer-adventure. I am with you, I love museums, and I think it's cool that you've been to so many! We wanted to go to the Clinton museum in Little Rock, but we were with our kids at the time and it was kind of expensive, so we for-goed it. But I never realized Kansas City had so much interesting stuff in it! Way to go!
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