Day 12 - Memphis/Peabody Ducks/Civil Rights Museum
The Peabody hotel is full of history and grand tradition. Nothing is more
symbolic of this hotel than its world-famous ducks,
who spend part of every day swimming in the main lobby
fountain. Every day at 11 a.m., they are led by
the Duckmaster down the elevator to the Italian Travertine
marble fountain in The Peabody lobby. Red carpet is
unrolled and the ducks march through crowds of admiring
spectators to the tunes of John Philip Sousa. The fanfare is
repeated at 5 p.m. when the ducks retire to their rooftop
palace.
With music playing and great anticipation the elevator door opens and out pops the ducks. They waddle past you on their red carpet.
They march up red carpeted steps and jump into the water fountain and begin to frolic around in the water. I would say that there was well over 100 people watching and taking pictures.
The floral arrangement that is above the fountain is spectacular.
They live in the lavish "Duck Palace" on
the Plantation Roof.
This cute sign is attached to the cage when the ducks are in the lobby.
Our next stop was at the The National Civil Rights Museum
The museum is housed in the gutted out Lorraine Motel. This is the hotel that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was staying in when he was assassinated.
Through interpretive exhibits and audio-visual displays, the museum brings to life this significant period of modern American history, including the sights sounds and tensions of the Civil Rights movement.
At the end of the exhibit you exit through the room that Dr. King stayed in that fateful day.
The next thing that happened to us was purely by coincidence and was fascinating. Standing right next to us and sharing with a couple of visitors was the Reverend "Billy" Kyles. He was with Dr. King when he was shot and he described how he cradled him in his arms as it appeared to him that Dr. King took his last breath. Rev. Kyles does not work at the museum but just happened to be there at this time. This put an emotional twist to the end of our visit.
We both felt very fortunate to have been enlightened by this museum.
They march up red carpeted steps and jump into the water fountain and begin to frolic around in the water. I would say that there was well over 100 people watching and taking pictures.
The floral arrangement that is above the fountain is spectacular.
They live in the lavish "Duck Palace" on
the Plantation Roof.
This cute sign is attached to the cage when the ducks are in the lobby.
Our next stop was at the The National Civil Rights Museum
The museum is housed in the gutted out Lorraine Motel. This is the hotel that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was staying in when he was assassinated.
Through interpretive exhibits and audio-visual displays, the museum brings to life this significant period of modern American history, including the sights sounds and tensions of the Civil Rights movement.
At the end of the exhibit you exit through the room that Dr. King stayed in that fateful day.
The next thing that happened to us was purely by coincidence and was fascinating. Standing right next to us and sharing with a couple of visitors was the Reverend "Billy" Kyles. He was with Dr. King when he was shot and he described how he cradled him in his arms as it appeared to him that Dr. King took his last breath. Rev. Kyles does not work at the museum but just happened to be there at this time. This put an emotional twist to the end of our visit.
We both felt very fortunate to have been enlightened by this museum.
They live in the lavish "Duck Palace" on
the Plantation Roof.
This cute sign is attached to the cage when the ducks are in the lobby.
Our next stop was at the The National Civil Rights Museum
The museum is housed in the gutted out Lorraine Motel. This is the hotel that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was staying in when he was assassinated.
Through interpretive exhibits and audio-visual displays, the museum brings to life this significant period of modern American history, including the sights sounds and tensions of the Civil Rights movement.
At the end of the exhibit you exit through the room that Dr. King stayed in that fateful day.
The next thing that happened to us was purely by coincidence and was fascinating. Standing right next to us and sharing with a couple of visitors was the Reverend "Billy" Kyles. He was with Dr. King when he was shot and he described how he cradled him in his arms as it appeared to him that Dr. King took his last breath. Rev. Kyles does not work at the museum but just happened to be there at this time. This put an emotional twist to the end of our visit.
We both felt very fortunate to have been enlightened by this museum.
Our next stop was at the The National Civil Rights Museum
The museum is housed in the gutted out Lorraine Motel. This is the hotel that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was staying in when he was assassinated.
Through interpretive exhibits and audio-visual displays, the museum brings to life this significant period of modern American history, including the sights sounds and tensions of the Civil Rights movement.
At the end of the exhibit you exit through the room that Dr. King stayed in that fateful day.
The next thing that happened to us was purely by coincidence and was fascinating. Standing right next to us and sharing with a couple of visitors was the Reverend "Billy" Kyles. He was with Dr. King when he was shot and he described how he cradled him in his arms as it appeared to him that Dr. King took his last breath. Rev. Kyles does not work at the museum but just happened to be there at this time. This put an emotional twist to the end of our visit.
We both felt very fortunate to have been enlightened by this museum.
Through interpretive exhibits and audio-visual displays, the museum brings to life this significant period of modern American history, including the sights sounds and tensions of the Civil Rights movement.
At the end of the exhibit you exit through the room that Dr. King stayed in that fateful day.
The next thing that happened to us was purely by coincidence and was fascinating. Standing right next to us and sharing with a couple of visitors was the Reverend "Billy" Kyles. He was with Dr. King when he was shot and he described how he cradled him in his arms as it appeared to him that Dr. King took his last breath. Rev. Kyles does not work at the museum but just happened to be there at this time. This put an emotional twist to the end of our visit.
We both felt very fortunate to have been enlightened by this museum.
The next thing that happened to us was purely by coincidence and was fascinating. Standing right next to us and sharing with a couple of visitors was the Reverend "Billy" Kyles. He was with Dr. King when he was shot and he described how he cradled him in his arms as it appeared to him that Dr. King took his last breath. Rev. Kyles does not work at the museum but just happened to be there at this time. This put an emotional twist to the end of our visit.
We both felt very fortunate to have been enlightened by this museum.