5/5 Sarah 2 years ago on Google
Despite
having
lived
in
Texas
the
last
11
years
and
visiting
Fredericksburg
several
times,
I
had
never
visited
the
national
Museum
of
the
Pacific
for
before
volunteering
as
an
escort
with
our
students
this
weekend.
I
had
visited
the
D-Day
beaches
and
cemetery
in
Normandy,
but
knew
very
little
of
the
Pacific
theater…
This
outstanding
museum
features
endless
interactive
exhibits,
eyewitness
accounts,
reenactments,
and
priceless
artifacts
from
both
the
US
and
Japanese
militaries,
including
planes,
tanks,
and
submarines.
My
main
reason
for
visiting
was
to
see
the
garden
for
peace,
which
was
donated
by
the
citizens
of
Japan.
I
have
written
about
Japanese
gardens
for
the
military
newspaper
Stars
and
Stripes
and
had
wanted
to
see
this
one
firsthand;
it
didn’t
disappoint.
It
looks
as
authentic
as
the
ones
in
Japan
because
there
is
a
full-time
gardener
that
has
been
specially
trained
to
maintain
it.
Unfortunately
we
only
had
an
hour
to
view
the
museum,
you
could
easily
spend
half
a
day
here
viewing
all
of
the
exhibit,
plus
there
are
several
additional
buildings
nearby
in
downtown
Fredericksburg
with
additional
exhibits.
Already
planning
a
return
visit
to
take
my
time
and
really
get
the
most
out
of
my
visit;
two
hours
would
be
the
bare
minimum,
to
really
immerse
yourself,
plan
on
four.