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Show Page E8 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, September V, 1992 fflsaaBfiiBs ran wmmmmms FROM LAS VEGAS" lift?!ipltf SIk&l " jjS&MfeS BOISE This headstone marks the gravesite of Stonewall Jackson's arm at the Ellwood farm within Virginia's Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Visit this disarming memorial By LAURA BERGHEIM Feature Syndicate King ker) and death (that house The Grave of Stonewall Virginia's Fredericksburg and He nods knowingly and hands over a special log book you're required to sign for permission to enter the restricted area. You're not the first, nor will you be the last, pilgrim to visit what is probably the nation's single oddest Civil War memorial: the burial site of Stonewall Jackson's arm. After parking your car at the entrance to a narrow drive that veers off Route 20, you walk about e a to an old farm estate called Ellwood. Near the house, out in a field, low fencing surrounds a small copse of trees. Here, within this serene setting, stands the simple stone marker that reads: ARM OF STONEWALL Spotsylvania (Chancellorsville) National Military Park. 1 . prognosis, the ornery soldier died within the week. and wicked ks Yet, standing here in silence, you seem to be at a sacred place. It remains tranquil and .timeless, enveloped in a hushed sense of the past even as modern travelers tromp the nearby battlefields with off Route 20, south of Route 3. Those wishing to see the site must sign in at the Chancellorsville National Park Service visitors' center (off Route 3), after which they will be given a map and specific directions to the grave site. Hours: Always visible, although the Park Service may restrict visitation based on its own regulations Admission: Free son's arm seems a fitting memorial not only to the loss of one man's limb, but also to the shattering of one nation's union. The majority of his body was laid to rest with great military pageantry in his hometown of Lexington, Va. His lost arm, however, was honored with a separate burial near the site of its removal, and marked with a headstone or Virginia welcomes thousands of tourists a year to the sites that commemorate Stonewall Jackson's life (his home is a museum), wounding (the spot is designated with a mar PLANNER: Snuggle up at the Red Flannel Festival in Cedar Springs, Mich., Oct. 3.... Then make your kids eat everything at the Brussels Sprout Festival on the Boardwalk of Santa Cruz, Calif., Oct. and wash it down with a big bowl at the Chowderfest in Mystic, Conn., Oct. 10-1- Knight-Ridde- r - Newspapers You had a CHICAGO breakfast at Lou Mitch- too. gut-busti- ell's. You nibbled and noshed on ta-p- as You at Cafe shopped the coolest clothes at Diner. You overdosed on floors of Nike at the surreal, NikeTown on N. Michigan Avenue. And wasn't the g grand from that outdoor table at Bice? What else to do in vibrant Chicago? Cartoons, anyone? The recently opened Circle Gallery of Animation and Cartoon Art is like a walk-icomic strip. walls are filled with Bright-whit- e animation artwork from Disney, King Features and other cartoon studios. It's a goofy gallery of characters from Bugs Bunny to Winnie the Pooh, Betty Boop to Bart, Homer and Marge. Buy or browse among originals of strips, reproductions d of rare classics or eels the freeze production frames of the animator's genius. ' not all, folks. Treat the kids to the Chicago Children's Museum. Scientists have unearthed hot dogs. An order of guacamole was found resting in and perfect preservation peace beside a newspaper dated 967. If you get the idea we've been fouling Mother Earth, can you guess what makes five pounds of garbage a day, 35 pounds a week? We do. Each one of us. "The Stinking Truth About Garbage" is one of the more sobering exhibits at the Children's Museum. But it finds ways to make learning fun. Kids don hard hats to poke e through and around a with studded garbage dump soda pop bottles, old tires, paint cans and banana peels. They learn about recycling paper, metal and plastics. They sculpt castles and windmills from recyclables. They fill bags with industrial leftovers Learning by doing is at the heart of the museum. In the Newsbrief Gallery, tykes and trolls play anchor in a simulated studio. They SI II II BASEDOW TRIP ROUND EACH WAY BASED Sy V. ON TRIP ROUND EACH WAY I BASED ON TRIP ROUND ; ' MONTH: OF "I Had THE a Blast at the Titan Missile Museum" baseball cap (Green Valley, Ariz.). Know of a weird and wonderful place? Write to Weird, Wonderful America in care of this newspaper. III FIII1 ?fhPWlMlW learn. A is the to "cook" fully-equipp- mini-kitch- ed DaHni VunN-IIT- " ... J? une way . 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General Stonewall Jackson was accidentally shot by his own men on May 2, 863, during the second day of the Battle of Chancellors-v- i He His severely wounded left arm was amputated; despite a good limb-eric- pose silly puns. Phone: None Directions: Ellwood is just "The Ann." is the arm grave is somehow different. The quaintness of it seems darkly whimsical, inspiring you to com- Address: The grave is at the Ellwood farm within burg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. You wait until there's no one else within earshot at the information desk before you lean over and bashfully confide to the ranger that you've come to visit PHOENIX LOS ANGELES ORANGE CO. OAKLAND" SAN JOSE" Stonewall Jackson Shrine). Still, the Jackson's Arm The National Park Service visitors' center is crowded with Civil War buffs touring the Fredericks- Sy I II X. SGI!) 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