On the 4th of July 2012
Cantigny Park (Wheaton)
The estate of Col. Robert McCormick, named after a battle fought near this village in Picardy. |
The grounds. It was really too hot to stroll around but it's a lovely, green, flowery park.
The Great Lakes Naval Airstation Band gave a concert
The First Division Museum
The American Revolution and The Civil War
World War II
Something a little strange about the sight of kids playing on tanks,
not to mention
tanks painted up to look like playground equipment.
McCormick served in this Division in World War I.
The museum treats key battles of the Division in many wars.
The faces of the
mannequins are very good, even startling. All the displays are good. This is a first-rate war museum.
The Spanish-American War
Artwork from World War I
(Left) The first three Americans to die in France as part of the American Expeditionary Force.
You sit in what feels like one of the landing craft and watch a video of men disembarking and going ashore.