Friday, 11 Jul 2025
Author: John Sweney

Heading for Middle America

Ketchup Fortune To start the day, we took in the Heinz memorial chapel on the campus of the university of Pittsburgh.  The chapel was built in 1933 with  donations from the Heinz family to honor their parents.  the chapel is non-denominational, and depicts historical American figures in the stained glass panels.  See the video of the […]

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In Step With History

Lincoln Our surprise dinner speaker upon our arrival in Gettysburg was none other than the 16th president himself, telling tales of his early years and his lessons in politics.  As a special treat he repeated his Gettysburg Address for us…  It was quite something hearing it from the man himself! We had plenty more history […]

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What A Collection!

For the first full day of driving, some of us were adventurous and got up very early to avoid 30,000 bicycle riders expected in New York City that day and actually start driving from Times Square.  I had been in the city two days already, and needed the two hours sleep more than the Times Square photo! We all […]

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Spanning the Hudson

The first full day of the CCCA ReDiscover America Tour included wonderful and memorable stops on both sides of — and IN — the Hudson River! Mann Collection Sam and Emily Mann opened up their private grounds and garages to share with us their world-class collection of fine cars.  The garage itself was an architectural masterpiece, appearing […]

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Meet the Relatives!

I had the unbridled pleasure of finally making the acquaintance of my three grand nephews and nieces.  I have seen pictures of the progeny of my nephew Geordie Du Pont and my niece Alexa Du Pont Bell, but meeting the kids in person was just such a thrill. Geordie and Julie live in Darien, Connecticut […]

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