Description: Motor Trip Journal by Sheila Moss
My sister from St. Louis was visiting me, and we wanted to do things instead of sitting at home in front of the TV. She travels a lot and it so happened that she had a free night coming at a Hyatt Hotel that was going to expire if it wasn’t used.
So, she decided that she and I could have a sister’s sleepover and spend the night at a fancy hotel. The closest one she could find was about 25 miles away. It was in a small town called Franklin that grew by leaps and bounds after one of the largest and most popular malls around was built there.
We both like history so we decided to tour a historic place since we would be in the area anyhow. There are several old historic homes in the immediate area, the most famous being the Carter house, which is a National Historic Landmark from the Civil War. It was probably not the best time to relive Civil War history with Civil War symbols under much criticism. However, we reasoned that you cannot forget history. You can learn from it without glorifying what happened in a dark period of the past.