Today's adventure took us to Martinez, CA for a VA appointment for Craig. We have had to do several things in order to get Craig into the system so he can have his followup colonoscopy next year. While in this part of California we went to Mare Island. We read up on it and looked online and it looked like just the spot for Craig and his history interest. Mare Island, was the site of the U.S. Navy's first permanent base on the West Coast. During World War II, the shipyard employed more than 44,000 civilian personnel, a fifth of them women. Naval operations ceased and the shipyard was decommissioned on April 1, 1996. We were disappointed in the museum. It was quite apparent that there is not much interest in keeping the museum up. I felt bad because it is a piece of history which is fading because of lack of concern and probably dollars.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
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Today's adventure took us to Martinez, CA for a VA appointment for Craig. We have had to do several things in order to get Craig into the system so he can have his followup colonoscopy next year. While in this part of California we went to Mare Island. We read up on it and looked online and it looked like just the spot for Craig and his history interest. Mare Island, was the site of the U.S. Navy's first permanent base on the West Coast. During World War II, the shipyard employed more than 44,000 civilian personnel, a fifth of them women. Naval operations ceased and the shipyard was decommissioned on April 1, 1996. We were disappointed in the museum. It was quite apparent that there is not much interest in keeping the museum up. I felt bad because it is a piece of history which is fading because of lack of concern and probably dollars.
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