It was operations like the Anaconda Copper Mining Company that supplanted the hard rock copper mines that we visited in Houghton and Calumet on the Keweenaw Peninsula last September. Like in the Keweenaw area, immigrants worked the mines and created a vibrant multi-ethnic community. We learned about the mining around Anaconda MT from Aerial America and recognized the iconic 585 foot smelter stack when we stopped at the rest area nearby.
For our first adventure together on the Emerald Isle, we walked the streets of Cobh, County Cork, explored St Colman’s Cathedral, and visited the Cobh Heritage Center.
It was fifty years ago next month that the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy. Today we had the distinct privilege of visiting some of the places important in that offensive which ultimately led the Allied victory in the Second World War.
Our brief stop in Portland Port in Dorset, England yielded just enough time to get a tiny taste of the historic town of Weymouth, a Cream Tea, and a desire to return.
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