2 July 2017
We set out on
a driving tour with our hosts Dan and Corrie to enjoy a nice summer day. Our first stop was the Snoqualmie Falls. The falls
drop 270 ft and is a very popular attraction in Washington State. It gained international renown for its
appearance in the TV show, Twin Peaks.
Our second
stop was the town of Roslyn. It has a
long and interesting history founded in 1886 as a coal mining town. Today, it’s two main industries are forestry
and tourism. I was interested in seeing
this town as it was used as a filming location for one of my past favorite TV
shows, Northern Exposure. Our arrival was
on a very big festival day with lots of people everywhere. Still, I was able to find some of the
buildings I remembered from the TV show.
Our next
stop was Cle Elum cemetery. Douglas
Albert Munro is buried here, in the town where he grew up. Signalman First Class Munro was killed while in
charge of ten landing boats removing Marines overwhelmed on the island of
Guadalcanal. He placed his boats in a position to protect the marines while they
were removed from the island. Near the end of this operation he was fatally
wounded. Munro was awarded the Medal of
Honor and remains the only Coastguardsman to receive this medal. He was 22
years old.
On our way
out of Cle Elum, we spotted a small telephone museum and stopped to have a
look. The museum claims to be the oldest complete telephone museum west of the
Mississippi with displays from 1876 to 1970. It did not take long to see it,
but it was interesting.
3 comments:
Thank you for posting the Memorial and writing about America's Coast Guard hero. We like to visit memorials everywhere we travel. My husband and I are on the board of the Texas Panhandle War Memorial in Amarillo. hope someday you can stop by as you travel across our beautiful country. wE ARE RAISING FUNDS TO BUILD AN EDUCATION CENTER THAT WILL HAVE SOME VERY INTERESTING HIGH TECH WAYS TO TELL THE HISTORY OF THE WARS FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR TO THE PRESENT .
HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR YOUR BLOG I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS GREAT AMERICAN HERO. MY HUSBAND IS RETIRED NAVY
IRMA HERAS AMARILLO , TEXAS
Looks like a fun day!
This just went on our "bucket list".
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