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You have been with me a very long time... Rend Lake is a huge Preserve and near a National Park..lots of hiking and camping... Great place to move you along! Safe Travels!

It’s hard to believe this gorgeous mansion was built in 1864 as a simple two-story brick farmhouse by tobacco dealer Edward Anderson. When Ed Atkins bought the house in 1903 he hired his friend, architect Alda Lafayette Lassiter, to conduct an extensive renovation. When completed the house included a grand staircase, the portico with towering Corinthian columns, and was painted white. Atkins named the house Whitehaven.
For over eighty years the house belonged to the family of James Smith, a former mayor of Paducah. After the Smiths moved out in 1968 the house was left to caretakers who let Whitehaven fall into disrepair. In 1981 Paducah Junior College purchased the house and property with intent to expand their campus, but could never raise the funds to renovate the house.
Later that year Kentucky Governor John Brown, Jr. visited Paducah and learned about the historic mansion. The state purchased the house and property and conducted a large renovation and restoration. It opened in 1983 as the Whitehaven Welcome Center.

Veterans Memorial Park and Cemetery
Merrillville, Indiana

This memorial is dedicated to the Veterans from all branches of service. The bronze statue includes life-size figures representing the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. At the center of the statue is a Civil War Union soldier carrying a U.S. flag.
 
The sculptor, Jerry McKenna of Boerne, Texas, was present at the ceremony on the morning of Nov. 11,2006 shortly before the 11 a.m. in front of Town Hall, 7820 Broadway when the veterans statue for the Merrillville/Ross Township Veterans Memorial was unveiled.

McKenna, a U.S. Air Force veteran has also created a number of other well-known statues in the Chicago area.