Vicksburg National Military Park - USS Cairo - Birthplace of Bottled Coca-Cola - Windsor Ruins

[@MariMiniattL]

I think Pokestops are removed if the place is considered "hallow ground" The 911 memorial is no longer a Pokestop, for example.

[@RikFTK]

You can request Niantec to have a pokestop removed from your property. A lot of schools and hospitals have done so, for instance.

[@mollysmith1226]

The 911 memorial is really neat So glad my husband and I visited it

[@maryblaufuss7533]

Well, good!

[@CherylM1959]

Hands down, this is my favorite video so far! I love American History, especially the Civil War. Job well done!

[@ladyleopard1106]

I know when Pokémon Go first came out, a ton of churches petitioned to have their places of worship removed. The Holocaust Museum also petitioned for removal as a pokestop, and it was granted.

[@maryblaufuss7533]

Well...also good.

[@timewithoutconsequence]

The deadpan delivery of the shirtless runner.

[@jelliiifiiish]

I ugly laughed, Jacob has great comedic timing 😆

[@jockandtrusty]

President Lincoln and Jefferson Davis did indeed know each other. Jefferson Davis was President Lincoln's Secretary of War prior to secession. Most of them (generals, etc) all knew each other prior to the war.

[@Gene_Solomon]

Davis was James Buchanan's Secretary of War, not Lincoln's. There's no indication that they ever knew each other.

[@RHoDS713]

Robert E. Lee attended West Point and did indeed know other generals whom he fought against. As I recall Jefferson Davis asked Lee to lead his Army and it wasn't an easy decision for him as he knew the odds were stacked against them.

[@waterhorse5199]

🏃‍➡️"A guy with no shirt on, running maniacally through the park"- Jacob you crack me up!! 😂

[@RomanDiaries]

Lol, that was very accurate

[@damole7874]

Actually just learned of the raising of The Cairo a few days ago! The raising of the ship went terrible and the cables sliced right through the ship and dumped a lot of the contents into the river where she rested. So cool to see what remains of her!

[@silverghostcat1924]

Wouldn't happen to be the Ask A Mortician video by any chance?

[@loravaloo55]

The story of Mammy's restaurant made we want to pass along to you that the Lil' Sambo's Restaurant in Lincoln City Oregon you visited a while back closed after 65 years of business. It was just the family wanting to move on to something else, not succumbing to pressure they had received. But I do feel sad when we lose some of this history. Also, it was a great restaurant with amazing food.

[@AnaGonzalez-yo9iz]

Good morning Carpet Bagger! This video was educational.Even though I had read about camels being used in the civil war I didn't know about Old Douglas.Great video.

[@mattbaumannmusic]

Been waiting all morning for this! Cheers, man. Safe travels, brother!

[@hunterbirchfield]

I happened to be there just the other day of go it was a pretty interesting area I recommend to anybody that's planning on going here you should definitely

[@matthewfarmer2520]

Morning Jacob 🤓📸 Happy memorial day to you, thanks for sharing this.🇺🇸

[@dylancaton7115]

Thank you so much for Vicksburg! I enjoyed it all . Great experience 👍

[@maryblaufuss7533]

My father was a Civil War buff, so to a large degree, I followed suit. When I was a kid, we visited all of the major battlefield sites except for Vicksburg, which was a bit too far from our home in Western New York for us to be able to get there. And now I have! Thank you, Jacob!

[@MsVagabondBelle]

Thank you for the towel reference! That made me smile 😊 great video!

[@AwkwardAnxiousJennifer]

The Vicksburg Military Park is not the type of place I have any interest in visiting myself, but seeing it for 20 minutes through your POV was cool. Seeing where Coca-Cola was first bottled was awesome. It's hard to imagine a time before bottled or canned soda, when you could only get it at a soda fountain. My, how times have changed! Looking forward to the rest of this road trip!

[@CAJUNAFOL]

Good for the park making itself a Pokémon free zone.

[@stevehill6062]

Leave Mammy's the way it was built. We are losing so much of our history by not wanting to make anyone feel uncomfortable. Things are not the way that they were then. Nobody wants to bring those awful days back! If we keep erasing our history so we don't offend anyone, as the old but very spot on adage goes, if we erase our history, we are destined to repeat it. Enjoying this trip with you very, very much Jacob!

[@FDSixtyNine]

"If you don't know your history, you are doomed to repeat it." The same re-writing and softening of history is happening in schools. Strange how none of you are crying about that.

[@penxor53]

It would be best to let good African American artists restore Mammy in a way they want their ancestors remembered. A white Mammy doesnt do that at all

[@OutdoorsWithShawn]

They just got done doing renovation/restoration work on the Windsor Ruins columns. I was there last year and it was all fenced off. The original wrought iron stairs leading to the front door (on the 2nd story) are at a chapel at Alcorn University just down the road. The owner married his cousin and had a few children with her...

[@susanboatman7913]

I love your show on Vicksburg. I've been there many times. My grandparents farm was a couple of hours east of there. I also love oysters, my mom got me hooked on them when we would go to Biloxi and eat at restaurants on the Gulf of Mexico.

[@CCcastro336]

I have enjoyed your adventure you following that Mississippi river this has been so cool to watch. Thank you.

[@GLI1346101]

I loved Windsor Ruins. MGM filmed a movie onsite there for the 1957 film. "Raintree County." Elizabeth Taylor did so well in that scene with her lines while filming at Windsor Ruins in that movie.

[@ericmueller1987]

Great series, enjoying it immensely!

[@nataliecrow6533]

This place reminds me of Gettysburg with all the monuments

[@syedhamidi5643]

🤗 love the video Jacob. Learn many new things during this adventure ✨️

[@funkopopasylum]

The music hitting at the right time as you took a bite of the seafood meal so cool

[@Sparty-pi3jq]

We have a camel (horses and a mule as well) Nowadays, they are their own dysfunctional herd, but it took a good 6 months before the horses would go anywhere near our (shockingly sweet) camel. Great video Jake

[@paulfuryes203]

Great video, Jacob. Love the river boats, keep them coming. Safe travels, my friend, and as always, take care.

[@StraightThruTheHeart]

"And if you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there."

[@gretakaim7616]

Happy memorial day Jacob 🇺🇸🎆🇺🇸

[@lindacostello159]

Pretty cool being able to walk on the USS Cairo!

[@MrRyguy2112]

Glad to see they are more concerned with showing history than catching pokemon.

[@burritofueled7415]

I visited Vicksburg as a kid in the late '80s. At the time they were digging up so many artifacts from the battlefield that they just piled them up, unsorted, in the middle of the musem as an exhibit until they had the time and/or inclination to make sense of it all. It was super cool.

[@JGanes]

The river next to the museum is actually the Yazoo. The Mississippi is about a quarter mile downstream.

[@Frank-jl1ce]

Love this video carpetbagger more videos please.

[@robylove9190]

Acme Oyster House is worth the trip down the Great River Road.

[@Bolobob1]

These are your best vlogs

[@saratf]

After the video of Cairo and the Memphis pyramid, I couldn’t help think that a camel gravestone kind of followed the expectations. 🙃 I’m learning so much with those videos! Great series!

[@DougFromTheBayou]

Im looking forward to the New Orleans episode! Hopefully you spend a few days in the area. I went in 2012 with some friends (all of us from the UK) and I'm looking forward to the nostalgia hit!

[@sandramcglinchey7712]

Love this work but it reminds Valley Forge. National Park!

[@mike407r]

My grandfather’s great great grandfather or how ever many back it is actually fought in the battle of Antietam. He was honorably discharged after taking a ball to the shoulder. The Springfield rifle he carried is actually hanging on the wall in my dads house. And my same grandfather when he was a teenager he was a soda jerk. He used to tell me stories about working doing that.

[@Th3NoobSlay3r]

I still think Jacob needs to put a piece of wheat in his hatbrim to add a ton sawyer touch to his Mississippi trip and to signal it’s part of his Mississippi trip in the thumbnails. Great video!

[@BrandonWendt-s1z]

Can you just imagine how beautiful that plantation home would’ve been the columns alone are breathtakingly gorgeous I’m sure the inside of the home was like faint gorgeous lol

[@latoacwoad]

Great video. I have really enjoyed this series.

[@greggseiter1412]

Always keep a towel with you and don’t panic ! Thanks for the fishes, even if they are Mississippi catfish !

[@oldsouthmike65]

They have a Douglas plushie!!!! 😍😍😍

[@Mrs.Frankenstein]

Mammy's should stay open and people should keep going. Everyone has gotten so sensitive as of late. I called my Grandmother Mammy my whole life and never thought bad about it. The more people talk about it the worse it is. Great trip! We love the videos!

[@mikehughes4969]

I'm a certified history freak, so the Vicksburg Military Park greatly appealed to me. The coke museum was interesting as well and I couldn't help but wonder if they made it with the original recipe. It was the 1890s after all.

[@Sparty-pi3jq]

I assume Rick James or possibly Prince, are the only people allowed to certify anyone a history "freak". I imagine you have some sort of freak diploma or a purple velvet suit and gator shoes, to prove this accomplishment.😂

[@alanlough638]

Your KZbin Channel is awesome! 👍👍👍👍

[@caroleroseburgh1344]

Good Morning Jacob.🙋🏽.

[@suthius85]

I say good on the park for doing that!

[@jenniferlee1993]

Happy Memorial Day.

[@OffRampAdventures]

Nice tour, Jacob!...or should I say "You all?"

[@Retromicky82]

We have the coke santa truck touring the uk every Christmas all lit up it's now a tradition to look out for it 😅

[@josephstanley5138]

Another suggestion follow the Susquehanna river from Otsego lake in New York and follow it all the way to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland

[@randygoesplaces-yh3xd]

Always bring a towel when you're hitch-hiking the galaxy,

[@maryblaufuss7533]

And always know exactly where your towel is!

[@TruthExposer2006]

My grandfather captained the tow boat Betty June Walker

[@history_leisure]

Vicksburg reminds me of Spoon River Anthology, its a short story collection

[@Crossfirepyro2]

Awesome love the Civil War stuff. Next time you’re in Maryland or Virginia try looking up Antietam battlefield, the bloodiest battle in Civil War history.

[@maryblaufuss7533]

I visited when I lived in the South. I'd heard the ghost stories about hearing battle cries to this very day and what not. I have never spent a more peaceful and beautiful day anywhere. I was almost disappointed! 🙄

[@silverghostcat1924]

I thought that was Gettysburg. It had twice the casualties as Antietam.

[@Crossfirepyro2]

@@silverghostcat1924 maybe you are right it was the bloodiest day not battle

[@silverghostcat1924]

@@Crossfirepyro2Yes. Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle lasting three days, while Antietam was the bloodiest single day battle.

[@Infantryvet83]

Another great video. Thank you

[@wadethomas6952]

That reminds me of haha Tonka Missouri State The runes was on the show

[@jeffeckrich2637]

Jacob,you by for are the busiest KZbinr out there! Thank you for all the journeys you take us on.

[@RHoDS713]

I highly recommend the book "To Rescue the Republic" by Bret Baier for those who are curious about hard facts along with interesting and sometimes surprising facets of the Civil War.

[@harleygrrrrrl225]

It would figure you visit the park when I don't work there anymore! Time for a word vomit: I worked there when the Pokestops got removed-two of the big reasons they were removed was because people were climbing on the monuments, which is HIGHLY unsafe, and also because there were Pokestops in the National Cemetery, which is across from the Cairo site. I don't think I need to explain why that was a problem. The reason there are so many monuments in the park is due to what was known as the Peace Jubilee, which was held in Vicksburg in the 1890s/1900s. Both Union and Confederate veterans attended in massive numbers and when they toured the battlefield, they were able to say, "our regiment was here," "this happened here," and so on. The Park Service took note of this and put up markers in the correct areas/states sponsored monuments honoring their respective regiments, as can be seen all over the battlefield. VNMP is thus one of the most accurately marked Civil War parks and is also known as an art park thanks to the aesthetics of the monuments. Another nugget of knowledge: the Illinois Monument has 47 steps, one to commemorate each day of the Siege. The park is also still a teaching tool- we used to have cadets from military academies come through all the time to study the terrain/battlefield layout-I assume they still do. Re: "the guy running maniacally"-the park is very popular with locals who want to walk/jog/bike their way through-my mother still does on good days. Nice to see the Cairo (pronounced Kay-row) again-I loved working there and getting to talk to so many people from all over the world about the War. My favorite artifact was/is the bottle of Worcestershire sauce on display in the Cairo museum; supposedly when they dug it up during the Cairo excavation in the 1960s, they opened another bottle and found it still tasted good 100 years later! One more thing about the Cairo- it was actually very well preserved when it was raised in the 60s; the reason why it looks like it does today is because it is still an active US Naval ship (which is why the US flag flies over it on display) and as such was the property of the Navy back then. It got sailed down via river to the Mississippi Gulf Coast....and unfortunately dried out on the beach just in time for Hurricane Camille to pay a visit. So a hurricane 100 years later did more damage than the War did. We used to sell a little book in the Cairo bookstore that showed a picture of it on display pre-Camille on the beach and it was way more intact. I can't remember what year the Navy deeded the Cairo to the Park Service, but that is why it is in the park today, not far away from where it sank. All of this to say thanks for the fun trip down memory lane and I hope you took longer than an hour to explore the park-there's so much to see! You can easily spend an entire day going through and still not see everything.

[@silverghostcat1924]

Cool about monuments. Maybe it's just me, but it seems disrespectful to have Pokemon stops on an actual battlefield.

[@harleygrrrrrl225]

@@silverghostcat1924 If I'm remembering correctly, it was news to everyone who worked there as well. We weren't consulted and didn't even know until the LE rangers (Law Enforcement) caught people climbing up the sides of the monuments just to reach the Pokemon, and they'd tell them that was why they were doing it every time. There were also people caught in the park after hours trying to accomplish the same thing. Hence the quick work of getting the Pokestops removed from the park.

[@silverghostcat1924]

@@harleygrrrrrl225 good thing they acted quickly before any of the monuments were damaged too much.

[@alfredsmith1566]

Loved the video, but was a little upset you skipped right over the city of Natchez and only showed Mammy's Cupboard sandwich shop. Natchez is the oldest city on the MS river "2 years older than New Orleans", begining of the Natchez Trace national parkway, and has the most huge, beautiful antebellum mansions in the South! You could do a whole episode here! 😎

[@mike407r]

Jacob your gonna have to reserve a spring or summer to go the pacific coast highway. You know Seattle down to California.

[@goofyrulez7914]

🎵"By the em eye crooked-letter crooked-letter eye crooked-letter crooked-letter eye humpback humpback eye... Mississippi... flowin' down to New Orleans ..."🎵

[@penxor53]

6:00 is it ok to call the house Shirley?

[@lordsjaak]

38:16 honest, coca Cola company did like the idea about Sinterklaas (sint Nicoclaus) in the netherlands and did change in to santa Clause what you see and stil keep that look.

[@candacedolan4857]

Pls don't apologize for history. It is the American story and no one needs to apologize to anyone for the events of our ancestors so many years ago. Another great vlog, Jacob.

[@JumahDay]

It's very interesting that American History is diluted with false accounts of actual events that depict treacherous and horrifically indoctrinated ideals/morals of warped minds regarding anything more superior than the "Great White Way". Let alone all the omitted truthful accounts of how this "Great Country" was built on the backs, blood, sweat, tears, contributions and stolen inventions of Indigenous Americans, slaves and indentured servants. So yes, if someone feels compelled to apologize because they have a heart, by all means do so. They say that you can't rewrite History... I say you can, if the History/Herstory/Their story/Our story you're being taught is inaccurate. Great Vlog Sir Jacob! We appreciate all that you do!

[@FDSixtyNine]

@KimgCorbajfs Guilt can shape a person's preferences.

[@orb938gmail.]

We live and learn.

[@LilMzMandy]

No one needs to apologize for their ancestors actions. Everyone however should learn from them.

[@ShelleeGraham]

YES 👍 HISTORY cannot be changed, so it is important to have it shown and learn from it-good and not-so-good.

[@davidabrown92]

Jacob loved this you should do a highway road adventure I95 ? Be safe heading back to NC are you stopping in Florida Adam the woo is there go see him happy memorial day ❤

[@mlg1783]

Mercury was used back in ye olden days when tanning leather products. The mercury preserves the leather by preventing bacteria and such from destroying the leather. I learned this at the Titanic exhibition.

[@denisestoops202]

There is an old movie from the 70’s called HAWMPS! It’s a comedy about camels in the Calvary. It’s pretty funny. 🐪

[@bonniekaye]

*Loved the video!*

[@sillywetrat]

While you're down here, you should visit the Mississippi coast.

[@DizJake]

The guy with no shirt on running maniacally through the park, LOL

[@maryblaufuss7533]

Well, he kinda was! I would have been reamed by my high school cross country coach if I'd have used a similar technique.

[@scottwebster5211]

Sir you need to be buttered because you are on a roll!

[@SomeGuyInThe3-1-5]

Love the content!

[@mattsquire2284]

The reason Santa wears red is because of cola. Traditionally he used to wear green. At least in the UK anyway. 😊

[@history_leisure]

26:15, yes this looks sanitized af

[@steveandtammyb]

You mean no one told you to go see the little church with the golden finger at the top of it pointing to the sky? It is in Port Gibson, MS too!!

[@slytheringingerwitch]

Always know where your towel is.

[@Okiegirlexplores]

I’ve been to that coke museum once

[@briangilliver2197]

Mamas cupboard, history should be kept as is,. Great video as always, sir

[@RibeyeSusie]

Great vid! ❤

[@Corgis175]

Always a thumbs on your videos, especially this trek.

[@waterhorse5199]

Jacob, I absolutely LOVE that you play Pokemon! Makes you even more endearing. You go, Jacob! 😊

[@SierraNevaduh]

I agree that no Pokemon should be allowed in war zones

[@milliondollarredneck]

Another Great Video 🤘

[@InkblotHyena]

Unfortunately, the USS Cairo was actually in quite good condition at the bottom of the river. When the ship was raised, the people doing it did it wrong, which essentially caused it to fall into multiple parts. At the very least, it seems it was pieced back together. Being exposed to the elements afterwards hasn't helped. Ironically, the lessons learned from that hasty raising helped to save the Confederate submarine, the H.L. Hunley, which is on display in North Charleston, South Carolina.

[@silverghostcat1924]

I just saw a video about that the other day on Ask A Mortician! Interesting video.

[@ptorq]

There are the ruins of a rather large (200 acre) hydraulic model of the ENTIRE Mississippi river basin near Jackon MS. Unfortunately it's not in good shape. There's a volunteer project to clean it up and restore it.

[@seanfurgeson9602]

Great video. I always enjoy watching them on your road trips. I have to correct you on one thing. The correct way to pronounce Cairo, IL is Kay-Ro. Lots of people pronounce it wrong as people think it's pronounce the same way as Cairo Egypt. But, keep up the good work and videos. I'm enjoying your Mississippi travel.

[@silverghostcat1924]

No it's not! It's named after the city in Egypt which is why he's pronouncing it correctly! Just like Memphis TN is named after Memphis Egypt. If you name a city after another it would stand to reason you'd pronounce it the same way.

[@seanfurgeson9602]

@silverghostcat1924 the main reason I say that is because I know several people who use to live in that town including my mom. They get pretty agitated when they here people mispronounce the name. I'm just going by the people who actually lived there.

[@silverghostcat1924]

@@seanfurgeson9602 I guess, but you would think if a city is named after another city, you would pronounce it the same. But that's just my take on it. However it's silly (and to my chagrin, myself included) to get totally bent over, spelling, pronunciation and grammar. Especially when you consider that English isn't everyone's first language. The only thing I really get ticked about is when people write long posts and use neither punctuation or capital letters!! Sheesh those are almost impossible to read 😸

[@seanfurgeson9602]

@silverghostcat1924 I do agree that you would think some of these cities and towns would be pronounced the same way as the original way. I think it's more about which section of the country you live in is the way you pronounce cities and towns. But, I do agree that these cities should be pronounced the original way. I like the idea of how they name the towns and cities as the Mississippi River is like the Nile.

[@bg199083]

Happy Memorial Day Jacob! Also, that guy running maniacally with his shirt off in the park made me laugh. 😂😂

[@nuggdimmadome2192]

I'm only bringing it up cos you'll probably be back there but both the ship and town it's named after are pronounced "kay-roh". Like the corn syrup.

[@silverghostcat1924]

It should be pronounced like the city it was named after.

[@ProfSir1]

The lack of Pokémon Go stops in the entire park is super interesting!

[@freezedry69]

Will you be visiting the new American giants museum? Atlanta illinois just opened.

[@sebastianpadkins]

that’s a bed pan for warmth between the layers of your mattress, not chamber pot for your defecation as i think you made reference to

[@TruthExposer2006]

The Mississippi tow boat was built for the us army Corp of engineers

[@Graphite42]

Now I'm hungry for some Cajun food. 😋

[@chuckoneill2023]

Lincoln and Davis were acquainted, they served in congress together.

[@Retromicky82]

Wow I thought those types of ships only appeared in things like video games or steampunk novels 😅 they look like a form of modern stealth boats or jabbas barge thing .