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...Build a taxpayers' monument; list all 270 million of our names...
...head north on I-95 to New York City and Yankee Stadium, site of more than 30 World Series since it opened in 1923. Take advantage of the fact that the Bronx Bombers are on the road by doing the stadium's behind-the-scenes tour. Don't miss Monument Park in deep center field, where you'll find tributes to Yankee greats like Babe Ruth and "Iron Man" Lou Gehrig. You can see a game in the Big Apple, at Shea Stadium, home of the Mets, who have a three-game stand against Philadelphia July 16-18. Shea...
...least one night in a city hotel, inn or bed and breakfast (call the Fredericksburg Visitor Center for complete lodging information). While you're in the neighborhood, visit the James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library, where Monroe had his first law office, and the George Washington Birthplace National Monument, about 38 miles west...
...etched in brass, and the stern visage beneath the hard-hat peers back. His eyes search off into the distance, grimy and determined. Where is he looking? What is he feeling? And, for the love of Pete, just who is this John "Muggsie" Kelly that he rates his own monument on prime Harvard Square property, earning a momentary glance (if not a full-fledged stare) from thousands of pedestrians daily...
...Kelly's monument still stands just outside the iron fence of Harvard Yard where Straus Hall ends. His face keeps watch on all those who pass--the students, tourists, shopkeepers, punks, and derelicts who rush to descend into the tunnels he helped to build, hopping onto the Red Line or just-muttering to themselves while wandering aimlessly, looking for a place to urinate. With the recent erection of the "Magnetic Poetry Wall," some may believe that the spirit of Harvard Square has reached its nadir, particularly if one is reading the latest attempt at actual verse or simply another adolescent...