When is a Shrine Not a Shrine?

We return to my trip home from the beach in July 2021. My next stop was to a place I had seen markers for during the 25 years or so that I had traveled with Jim's family to the beach, but had never stopped. It had always said "Jackson Shrine," and I assumed it was some small statue to him--I never realized it was part of the National Park System. This is technically part of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park.

This is where Andrew "Stonewall" Jackson died from injuries sustained in battle at Chancellorsville. Ironically, he was shot by Confederate soldiers who mistook his scouting party for a group of Union Soldiers. He was wounded in the arm and hand, and of course, in the 1800s, infection was the real enemy. His arm was amputated, but he eventually died from pneumonia and never made it farther from the field than this building (an office on a plantation). What I like most about this site is that it has changed names to the Jackson Death Site, and the focus of interpretation includes Jackson's time here as well as the story of the Chandler family and the enslaved people living on the plantation. So yes, it's worth a stop!

While the basis of this layout is from a pin I saved (with the left and right sides switched), I am also playing along with Lasting Memories. Challenge #750 is one of this month's tic-tac-toe boards. I chose the bottom row of circle, two patterned papers, and a die-cut border. The papers I chose are from Creative Memories' "Memoirs Memories" pack from 2019, with embellishments from the Our Moments collection (2022). Some other embellishments are from the stash, including the circle, which was mounted on foam squares. There are a few more circles in the enamel dots strewn across the pages.. The laser-cut border on the right was strung on a border sticker. The matching border sticker is along the left page to help tie the colors together.