Next time you are in Fredericksburg, TX

[74-911]

Plan on spending 4-5 hours in the National Museum of the Pacific War. Started out 40+ years ago as a museum dedicated to Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz and evolved into a very good museum dedicated entirely to the war in the Pacific.

National Museum of the Pacific War


If you visit this museum and the National WWII museum in New Orleans, you will have seen a very good retrospective of WWII from the US point of view.

Well worth it the next time you're in Fredericksburg....

[mreid]

Definitely! We run a leadership course at the museum to teach new leaders how to be the best they can be.

[Tobra]

I seem to remember getting some very good German sausage there one time too, just sayin' In Fburg, not at the museum

[74-911]

Originally Posted by Tobra

I seem to remember getting some very good German sausage there one time too, just sayin' In Fburg, not at the museum

Absolutely. Saturday for lunch: couple of Brats with Kraut and a big side of German style potato salad. All washed down with a schooner of a local micro-breweries red ale...

[tcar]

Originally Posted by Tobra

I seem to remember getting some very good German sausage there one time too, just sayin' In Fburg, not at the museum

Ditto... great food.... and bier.

The 'Hill Country' in Texas is steeped in German history. They settled the area.

[lowyder993s]

Thanks for the heads-up...I saw that that blasting thru in April when towing out to race @ COTA w/ PCA. Next weekend I move my daughter to Austin for school. She and mom are flying out...I'm taking her clothes, etc and her Audi. I think I'll start on Friday to make it there for the tour. Nice way to break up the drive!

[vash]

Originally Posted by lowyder993s

Thanks for the heads-up...I saw that that blasting thru in April when towing out to race @ COTA w/ PCA. Next weekend I move my daughter to Austin for school. She and mom are flying out...I'm taking her clothes, etc and her Audi. I think I'll start on Friday to make it there for the tour. Nice way to break up the drive!

your kid is going to UT Austin? damn cool. if i could do it all over again..i'd go there!!

that is the best place to party..by party, i mean "study group" of course Dad.

[red-beard]

6th street. 'nuff said.

[lowyder993s]

Originally Posted by vash

your kid is going to UT Austin? damn cool. if i could do it all over again..i'd go there!!

that is the best place to party..by party, i mean "study group" of course Dad.

Naw...just a Junior College there w/ her friend to see if she can handle Tx. Told her to find a dude whose parents have a nice 1k acre ranch overrun w/ whitetails

[Hard-Deck]

When I was stationed in San Antonio we used to go to Fredericksburg fairly often. Remember if you are in Fredericksburg to stop by Luckenbach as well. I took my dad to the Nimitz World War II museum on Veterans Day three years ago. It was an awesome turnout of World War II veterans which are thinning out by the thousands monthly.

[vash]

Originally Posted by lowyder993s

Naw...just a Junior College there w/ her friend to see if she can handle Tx. Told her to find a dude whose parents have a nice 1k acre ranch overrun w/ whitetails

hahah..

she is gonna love it.

[yazhound]

... if you ever thought about custom cowboy boots... Easterling Boots.. in F-Burg.

[Tobra]

There was an old Mexican guy in El Paso that made some sweet boots too. He has to be dead by now.

Red, the Celis brewery is pretty all right too. Better before they put a limit on how much beer they would give you.

[RWebb]

what is the connection of Fredericksburg with WWII efforts? i.e. why the museum?

for NoLa they argued on the basis of the landing craft...

[74-911]

Originally Posted by RWebb

what is the connection of Fredericksburg with WWII efforts? i.e. why the museum?

for NoLa they argued on the basis of the landing craft...

Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz was born/raised in Fredericksburg. His family were some of the original settlers of the town and owned the Nimitz hotel which was the original museum and just about him and his family. When they started the museum, Nimitz insisted it should be about all those who served in the Pacific theatre, not just about him.

[mattdavis11]

Originally Posted by lowyder993s

Naw...just a Junior College there w/ her friend to see if she can handle Tx. Told her to find a dude whose parents have a nice 1k acre ranch overrun w/ whitetails

I hope she is attending St. Edwards. UT is a junior college with higher accolades than deserved, a repository for ones with lesser intellectual capacity.

Too bad the Stonewall Meat Market will be closed during your travels, as it is the best processor of harvested meat in the state. You might try Opa's in freddie's town, but I always choose to cruise on past. The Hill Country Cupboard in Johnson City is a nice place to stop.

[Les Paul]

I hope she is attending St. Edwards. UT is a junior college with higher accolades than deserved, a repository for ones with lesser intellectual capacity.

Really did you attend either?

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by Tobra

There was an old Mexican guy in El Paso that made some sweet boots too. He has to be dead by now.

Red, the Celis brewery is pretty all right too. Better before they put a limit on how much beer they would give you.

You would not believe the number of great breweries all over Texas. Lone Pint in Magnolia is a new favorite. If you're over out here, try the "Yellow Rose"