I
thought this would be a quick stop on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga to walk
around a small park and look at the views. We ended up spending several hours
looking through the two small museums, reading a lot of signs, talking to the
workers, and even chatting with our neighbors (from the campground) who turned
out to be also visiting.
The stone
entrance was built in 1905 as a replica of the Corps of Engineers insignia.
The
views were definitely spectacular. You can see the town of Chattanooga, the Tennessee
River, and
multiple sites of a Civil War battle.
This is
the New York Peace Memorial. The statue on the top shows a Union and
Confederate soldier shaking hands. Interesting, but I liked talking to a couple
of workers even more. They were finishing up a restoration of the memorial. They
had been cleaning the bronze, marble, and granite for months and were happy to
be finishing up. They had used high pressure water with sand for most of it,
but also used a laser to clean the statue at the top. I asked them if they were
scared of heights..”Not any more.”
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