JacquieTours

03/11/2024

TEACHING MOMENT

“Did You Know?” The City of Chicago Was Founded & Settled by A Black Man
Chicago. A Black man. From Haiti. From the continent of Africa. An Immigrant.

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, an immigrant, a black man of Haitian descent, of Origins from the continent of Africa, first settled and founded the entire territory along Lake Michigan, in the 1780's, in what would later be called Chicago.

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable is the founder of Chicago. Born in Haiti around 1750, Point du Sable traveled to North America in his twenties and settled on the shores of Lake Michigan, an area that would eventually develop into the city of Chicago.

The name Chicago was first recorded in 1688, where it appears as Chigagou, an Algonquian Indian (native indigenous people) word meaning “onion field.”

Chicago’s first permanent settler in 1779 was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a trapper and merchant credited with building the trading post that evolved into Chicago.

With French and African parentage, du Sable hailed from Haiti and settled in what was to become Chicago with his Potawatomi wife, Kittihawa.

He is honored in Chicago with Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive, DuSable Bridge on Michigan Avenue, and the DuSable Museum of African American History.

Du Sable is also commemorated by a huge bust in front of the Evanston Public Library 📚
Photo 2024 by Philip Green.

27/10/2024

The Corinth Canal in Greece is a remarkable feat of engineering that connects the Aegean Sea with the Ionian Sea, cutting through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth. Completed in 1893, this man-made waterway is approximately 6.4 kilometres (4 mi) long and only about 21 metres (69 ft) wide, making it one of the most difficult navigation routes for modern ships. The canal dramatically reduces ships' travel time by avoiding the long journey around the Peloponnese peninsula. Carved through sheer limestone walls that rise up to 90 metres (295 ft) high, the Corinth Canal is not only an important maritime passage but also a popular tourist attraction, offering spectacular views and thrilling experiences such as bungee jumping.

14/10/2024

The second Monday in October is proclaimed as Indigenous People's Day in the US. It is to celebrate and honor the "invaluable" contributions and definite RESILIENCE of Native Americans.

HOWEVER, not all states recognize this important day. Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin, Alabama, Maryland, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine and Washington D.C. all officially recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day. If you're in the United States and YOUR STATE is NOT on this list..... it's not recognized as an official day. There may be some work that needs to be done! It should be on the list. If your state is on the list.... congratulations for being forward thinkers in doing what is right for Native Americans.

Yes, Columbus Day still exist as a Federal Holiday, but is not as celebrated as it once was. The truth will prevail.

Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, and Vermont no longer observe Columbus Day, opting to officially celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day (or Discoverers' Day in Hawaii).

13/10/2024

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I can't wait to take a group to this establishment as I show the African American side of the war in Gettysburg. Over the years, I have taken many tour groups to this area and the African American side is so often left out. The more questions I ask, the more answers I have received, but the bigger question is why are we not talking about it. Time to change the narrative, NOT the history/story, the narrative!

Three Siblings Open First Ever Black-Owned Bed & Breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

10/10/2024

I love to wake up to soothing music in the morning and falling asleep to it at night. I have my "road trip music" for long drives, music to calm my nerves, music to clean the house to (must be upbeat....lol) etc ..... Music is a part of my DNA.

Can you imagine a world with NO music? I can't !!!!

15 CURIOSITIES ABOUT MUSIC THAT I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW

▪️Listening to music is one of the few activities that involve the use of all parts of our brain.

▪️When listening to music, your heart modifies its beats to try to imitate the rhythm of the music you listen to.

▪️Did you know that having a song playing in our head all day and not being able to stop it? This phenomenon is known as "musical worm".

▪️When listening to rock or pop our physical resistance can increase by 15%.

▪️When we listen to music, dopamine is released in our brain, like when you take drugs, have s*x or eat.

▪️Music can help us in reasoning processes and significantly improves the motor areas of our brain. That's why it is believed that music emerged to "help us all move together."
There is research that has shown that what we feel when we listen to a song is very similar to what the rest of the people in the same place are experiencing. (That's where it comes from that we make so many friends at concerts!).

▪️The music listened to is stored in areas of the brain different from those of the memories, that's why people with Alzheimer's are able to remember melodies from their past.

▪️Listening to loud music can cause us to drink drinks faster in less time. Now we understand why the music is so loud in discos.

▪️Touching a musical instrument can improve verbal communication.

▪️Flowers can grow faster if there is music around them.

▪️The kind of music we like at the age of 20 is usually the kind of music we will like for the rest of our lives.

▪️ Babies learn the meaning of the emotions of the music before the meaning of the words.

▪️The way we conceive the world is conditioned by the type of music we listen to.

Now that you know ..... Go get your JAM on!

04/10/2024

Have a Beautiful Weekend

04/10/2024

03/10/2024

Heading home!!!

So excited to sleep in my own bed tonight.

Have a ton of photos to share from my adventures in New England, Montreal and Quebec over the last 10 days....sharing soon in the next couple of days.

Meanwhile, wheels up!

02/10/2024

So I arrived last night in New Hampshire at the famous and historic Omni Mt. Washington Bretton Woods in the evening...couldn't see much.

I wake up, open the curtains to greet the day and NATURE says hello in such a majestic way.

God's handiwork!

The view from my hotel window. I don't even want to move.

01/10/2024

Just crossed back into the USA

29/09/2024

Help ... I don't think this is going to be productive. Even with the lights on, I missed the step twice. Lord help me when the lights are off.

29/09/2024

Moving my tour group from Montreal to Quebec this morning by rail. We're off!

28/09/2024

Stowe. Vermont

28/09/2024

Vermont

28/09/2024

Arrived in Montreal yesterday!

26/09/2024

The Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad in Meredith, NH is a cute train ride that goes along the lakes region. The train speed can NOT go more than 15 miles and we stayed at a steady 12 (to avoid a ticket ...lol)

Nice to life slow down and enjoy mother nature!