Thursday, December 1, 2011

Rosa Parks Museum

 Today was the 56th anniversary of the day that Rosa Parks sat at the front of the bus in Montgomery, AL.  The local museum was having a "get in free" day in honor of the anniversary.  We got there about 4:05.  The museum closed at 5:00.  We quickly went into the children's section and got into huge group of kids on a field trip.  They moved us onto a FAKE bus and had us sit for 20 minutes listening to the history of slavery.  The video stopped right as Rosa Parks got onto the bus.   The video suggested we go next door to the museum to hear about Rosa and the bus.
We were not allowed to take pictures of the fake bus.  But, we were at the back of the pack and I sneaked this one as the guide turned the corner. 
At 4:40 we rushed over to the museum.  We entered the museum and a museum guide called Nate over and said, "You can't go in there without a guide, and the last tour was at 4:30." So....we left the Rosa Parks museum after sitting on a fake bus and not hearing anything about Rosa Parks.  At least it was free!!

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