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TopTrips: Memorial Day Getaways

Joanne Poesch, 05/13/09
If you haven't made plans for Memorial Day weekend yet, check out these Top Trips that honor who served our country. Whether defending and protecting our nation at home or abroad, this long weekend is an ideal time to travel to New York, visit Washington, DC, or even take a vacation in Hawaii to pay homage to our soldiers, sailors, firefighters and policemen who helped keep us all safe.
Memorial Day Top TripsPearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii
The USS Arizona Memorial pays tribute to those moored at Battleship Row. They were the initial targets of the first wave of attacks on the Americans by the Japanese during World War II.

New Orleans D-Day Memorial
The National D-Day Museum is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to the various amphibious assaults, or "D-days," of World War II.

Monuments of Washington, DC
Marines struggling to erect the Stars and Stripes on a ridge at Iwo Jima serves as a memorial to all marines who have fought for their country.

Gettysburg Battlefield Segway Tour
This safari takes you to where the battle lines were drawn between the Union and Confederate armies on the second day of fighting in July 1863.

Ground Zero, New York City
A somber and emotionally stirring sight. Today the area is a giant building site, and the construction of the Freedom Tower is underway.



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2 Comments

  1. Richard McLeland
    Posted May 17, 2009 at 12:28 am | Permalink

    We have so much here in the U.S., have we forgotten Carlsbad Caverns, The Cliff Dwellars, or how many people have heard of Kooney’s Tomb? New Mexico alone has so much to offer. The Gila National Forrest. And that’s just the southern part of New Mexico. I believe that at this time, travel abroad has become too dangerous. Have we forgotten 9 11 ? There are some people all across the world that mean us harm! If everyone took vacation to a place in America instead, it certainly wouldn’t hurt our economy. I traveled quite a bit in the service and America has so much to offer. How about economic recovery vacations? There is not enough time or space to list it all, but please consider a vacation in America. Travel agencies, please listen. ECONOMIC RECOVERY VACATIONS! Oh yeah, you could offer your regular vacation plans as well, but help make an attempt at planting that seed. Consider money spent on vacations abroad. If it were spent here instead, it sure couldn’t hurt. And by not having to travel so far, to a place that you can’t understand the language, it could save the vacationer some bucks as well. Also they might be able to stay longer, or see more places.

  2. James Ness
    Posted May 13, 2009 at 12:58 pm | Permalink

    I live in middle America, so it would be nice to show a link on the travel costs to arrive at these locations.

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