On to Kansas City

I read about the WW1 Museum in Kansas City and decided I wanted to see it.



So, Al's set

Freddy is ready

Go, uh oh road work

past cornfields















farms and soy bean fields.



















Into Illinois

 and our "slot with a view" for one night.















I was going to get a couple of ears to cook but they were a little too old to be tender.

Freddy says : where to next"
















Across the Mississippi River

into Missouri

across the Missouri River

Through the Ozark Mountains


















Checked in the Campus RV park in Independence MO.
We attended a RV rally, hosted by Bob and Peggy Beers in 2006 on our way to a larger rally in Sedalia MO.

Slots are a little close but we are in the middle of town.



















World War I Museum.

We have been to the WWII Museum in New Orleans so we wanted to see this one also.

When we stepped out of the car, I took the first picture, then looked down. This tile was right in front of me. Families donate to have a loved ones name with the war he/she was in on a tile.

The actual entrance is below ground level.















World War I sometimes called "The war to end all wars"

First thing you see is a timeline.

then a chart showing the Allies in red and the German allies in black












One thing I will not be able to show is the presentation on trench warfare. It was done in a trench/movie setting. Very tragic.

But there was a lot of open field fighting, thus the big guns

British field gun. Fired 18 pounds of explosive 4 rounds per minute.

German field gun

French field gun


















US field gun

these guns were designed to fire explosive shells into and around trenches.

They also used captured guns. The next gun was originally on a British cruiser that was captured by the Germans and transferred to a German warship. Th US seized the ship and used it against Germany.














The deck gun















The better weapon against trenches was the mortar. They could lob their projectile high and explode it over the trench. Also they could lob them up and over walls and other obstacles.

German mortar

U.S. mortar














 Various types of machine guns

water cooled

air cooled

round magazine


















Tri-pod and bi-pod mounted, etc
















Gas masks of all sorts were necessary

fabric covered planes were used

torpedoes also

when the US entered the war, many posters were made to get enlistment. This is one of my favorite.

This is hard to read but basically it is about the Model-T Ford being the work truck.

This was used to haul ammo and other cargo. Somewhat different from the Jeep of WW2














French made tank by Renault



















note the small size gun

















The tank carried two type armor piercing rounds.

The tank crew carried revolvers











Mules and horses pulled much of the equipment into battle.

This is a 75MM gun cassion.

Typical campsite


















gear from the 110th Engineering Division














Typical aviation gear.

Note the cane. Theodore Roosevelt's sons all volunteered. One was a pilot. He crashed and was killed. One of his buddies salvaged the Propeller and made a cane out of it. He gave it to Roosevelt who carried it for the rest of his life.











The cavalry's gear

Infantry gear

















Signal corp gear

Note the small parachutes, flare guns, radios, telephones and down in the left lower corner a trench periscope.














and very much needed, Doctors, medics and their gear.

more medical gear

an ambulance on a Ford Model-T frame.













And finally, "WELCOME HOME"
















In Independence we found a great restaurant

named:

"A Little BBQ Joint".












What we were looking for in the Kansas City area was "Burnt Ends"

From Wikipedia:
Burnt ends are flavorful pieces of meat cut from the "point" half of a smoked brisket. When brisket muscles are separated, the lean "first cut" or "flat cut" is the deep pectoral, while the fattier "point", also known as the "second cut", "fat end", or "triangular cut", is the superficial pectoral. A traditional part of Kansas City barbecue, burnt ends are considered a delicacy in barbecue cooking. Either the entire brisket is cooked whole, then the point end removed and cooked further, or the point and flat are separated prior to cooking. Due to the higher fat content of the brisket point, it takes longer to fully cook to tender and render out fat and collagen. This longer cooking gave rise to the name "burnt ends". Sometimes when the flat is done, the point is returned to the smoker for further cooking. Some cooks re-season the point at this time.

This is the best tasting piece of meat on a cow.








They are served with BBQ sauce but we did not bother to use it.

Cathy had the cheesy corn and fries with hers. 

We ate there every night we were in Independence.