Fort King George in Darien GA served as a southern outpost for the British Empire from 1721 to 1727.
There were a lot of hardships in Fort King George. A total of 140 officers died of diseases such as malaria and dysentery due to poor sanitation conditions.
Fernandina Beach Florida has the same history as Amelia Island since Fernandina Beach is the actual city on Amelia Island!
There’s pirate statues all over the town and the high school mascot is the pirate. The town has a bit of a past with pirates.
Fernandina Beach has beautiful beaches! If we don’t go to a civil war site we go to a beach! Haha!
There’s orange trees growing in downtown Fernandina Beach.
It was late January or early February when we were visiting so there’s no leaves on the trees, but the orange trees were still really cool to see in a downtown area.
Amelia Island was named for Princess Amelia. She was the daughter o of George II of Great Britian. The island has changed hands several times throughout history. Amelia Island has had eight flags flown over it throughout its history. France, Spain, Great Britain, Patriot, Green Cross, Mexican, Confederate, and United States. I had to google Patriot and Green Cross so I linked the history of the flags.
Fort Clinch is actually on Amelia Island.
Fort Clinch is a fort in Florida that was established in 1736 by the Spanish. It was also used in the War of 1812,Seminole Wars and Civil War. 
The Confederates took over Fort Clinch in early 1861 and used it as a safe place for their blockade runners. In 1862, General Lee ordered abandonment of the fort.
During the Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps began restoration on the fort restoring it back to the civil war era. The fort was closed to the public and used as a security post during WWII. It was reopened after the war ended. Fort Clinch was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield is another civil war trip. I told you a lot of these would be civil war related! =) This one is a day trip for us since it is about thirty minutes away depending on the lovely Metro Atlanta traffic.
The Battle of Kennesaw was on June 27, 1864 and was part of the Atlanta campaign. It was launched by General Sherman against the Confederate troops of Tennessee commanded by General Johnston. The battle didn’t deliver the result of stopping Sherman’s advance on Atlanta like the Confederates wanted.
Fort McCalister is a civil war fort in Richmond Hill GA. It was the end of General Sherman’s March to the Sea.
In December of 1864 of 4000 man division was sent in to take the fort. Sherman watched the fort fall from an abandoned rice mill. The fort fell in fifteen minutes.
During his March to the Sea, General Sherman would have his troops take the tracks off the railroads and bend them like this. He did this so that he couldn’t be followed. They were called Sherman’s Neckties.
Fairmount is a small town in Indiana that not many people have heard about. Unless you happen to be a James Dean fan. The actor was from Fairmount, Indiana.
This is the house that James Dean grew up in. He still has cousins that live there.
His grave in Park Cemetery. The weekend before the anniversary of his death there’s a festival in the town that brings in fans from all over the world. They come to celebrate his life.
The old Fairmount High School. It is being torn down very soon, but this is where James Dean’s love of acting started.
The James Dean Gallery is a museum that has so many cool things from the life of James Dean. There’s newspapers from his early acting days and even one from when he died.
James Dean may have been a rebel in his day, but today he is an icon in the acting world. He only made three movies, East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant, but they are three of our most iconic movies ever! He is greatly missed by so many fans.
I have been to Springfield, IL many times! My dad is from the area and when I was growing up we would go visit my grandma.
There’s so much history in Springfield and it mostly revolves around President Lincoln.
Lincoln lived in Springfield before he became our 16th president.
You can also see his tomb.
Before Lincoln was our 16th president, he was a lawyer in Illinois. When he was studying to become a lawyer he lived in New Salem, IL. 
You can also visit the Lincoln Presidential Library.
Seventeen miles from Beaufort, SC is a small town called Yemassee there’s a beautiful old church called Sheldon Church. It is in ruins, but that doesn’t take the beauty from it.
Old Sheldon Church was built between the years of 1745 and 1753. In 1779 in was burned by the British, but was rebuilt in 1826. During the civil war, General Sherman burned it in his March to the Sea in 1865. The church was not rebuilt after this and was gutted to use materials to rebuild homes burned by Sherman’s troops.
It is a very popular spot for photography and weddings in the low country.
Arlington National Cemetery is such an amazing place. It’s weird to say that a cemetery is a major travel destination, but it Arlington is quite the exception.
When we went to Gettysburg in 2013, we stopped for a night in Washington DC. That night just happened to be the Fourth of July so we watched the fireworks over the Potomac River. That was really cool! It was such an awesome feeling to be in our nation’s capital on the day we celebrated our independence.
Anyways, Arlington National Cemetery is so beautiful! Mr. RCGG and I walked a lot, but it was well worth it!
The Eternal Flame at President Kennedy’s grave
