Oct 3 & 4

Oct. 3 & 4
Left Whitehall and drove to Pownal Vermont where there is a Museum of Black WWII History. It was a small museum and had the owner, a white man, took us around and explained the museum. It is the only one of its kind in the US, and is not to glorify war but to document it-in particular to honor the long-ignored role of the African-American in the largest worldwide conflict in human history. There were 1.2 million African-Americans who served in the US Military including women in the WACS. Most of us know about the Tuskegee Airmen who escorted more than 200 bombing missions over Germany without the loss of a single bombers to enemy fighters, but did you know at Bastogne, at the Battle of the Bulge, half the artillery battalions surrounded by the Germans were black. An all black unit of Marines served in Iwo Jima. To say the little museum was interesting would be an understatement.
We then left to go to Becket Mass and our older son Gene’s place. Met his girlfriend Jacquie and her two kids, and talked for a while.
Next day we went to get an estimate on the damage to the trailer. Since it was Saturday we could not get in touch with the insurance company so we will have to wait till Monday or Tuesday. We did change a tire with the spare that was cut from the accident and they are ordering a new tire. They did say it would take 4 or 5 days till it could be fixed so we want the tow trucks insurance to pay for that. I was so ready to call it quits with the whole travel deal. We came home and I made dinner and Mark, another son, stayed to eat. It was nice. Then we watched “There Will Be Blood”. It was kind of slow but interesting ending. Not recommended for Steve & Bonnie.