Let me make a confession: I am scared of ghosts. Ever since I watched the Sixth Sense about ten years ago, I've been afraid. But here's the strange thing- I love ghost tours. I love them. So far, I've been on only two, but I love them. I went on the first one in Charleston, SC about 6 years ago and I went on my second just the other day here in D.C.
Drew and I went on a ghost tour around Lafayette Park, nicknamed Tragedy Square. Lafayette Park is across from the White House, and it has like more ghost sightings per capita than anywhere else in the United States. It was a fun evening. We learned stories about scorned lovers, apparitions in St. John's Church, Dolly Madison, and lots of tragedy. Oh, and we heard stories about White House ghosts- apparently, it is the most haunted house in the U.S.
Last Friday, I went to Ford's Theatre touring the museum and listening to the ranger talk. It was nearly the whole shebang, but I skipped the Peterson House, the place where Lincoln actually died.
Drew and I went on a ghost tour around Lafayette Park, nicknamed Tragedy Square. Lafayette Park is across from the White House, and it has like more ghost sightings per capita than anywhere else in the United States. It was a fun evening. We learned stories about scorned lovers, apparitions in St. John's Church, Dolly Madison, and lots of tragedy. Oh, and we heard stories about White House ghosts- apparently, it is the most haunted house in the U.S.
Last Friday, I went to Ford's Theatre touring the museum and listening to the ranger talk. It was nearly the whole shebang, but I skipped the Peterson House, the place where Lincoln actually died.
The museum had been closed for renovations and just reopened about a month ago. In fact, my old friend Travis works for the company that was in charge of redoing the museum. Travis is an artist, and I guess that I had never thought that museum exhibitions are actually constructed by a team of artists. Anyway, I tried to imagine what Travis might have worked on in the Ford's Theatre museum. Here is the box where Lincoln was shot:
Stay tuned for more blogging. Drew and I went to Virginia last weekend, visited his parents, saw Hawkeye and company, and went to the Waffle House.
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The Hubs was one of the two designers in charge of the Ford's Theatre project. They collaborated with a renowned Lincoln historian to determine which artifacts to show, how to display them, the layout and "feel" of the museum, etc. Even I don't know for sure what all he did (I've yet to visit myself, dang it!), but yeah, he did A LOT of the design work.
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