After breakfast we left and went to Rome, N.Y. to see Fort Stanwix National Monument. The park ranger was from Tyler, Texas, Jim’s hometown. We talked to him awhile and then went through the fort. The fort was involved in the French and Indian Wars and the War of 1812. While in Rome we went to the VFW there. The men at the VFW in Syracuse had told us to make sure and stop by. The VFW in Rome is in an old historic red stone house that looks like a castle. The people who were there gave us a tour. The house still has original woodwork, fireplaces, chandeliers, clocks, furniture and beautiful ceilings. The ladies room has a beautiful overhead frescoe. The first floor is used as a gathering place and bar. The second floor is offices and restrooms while the third floor is a ballroom. This was a beautiful house. We had a beer and talked to the members and then left for Cooperstown, N.Y. Cooperstown has the National Baseball Hall of Fame. On the way we tried to see the Remington arms manufacturing museum but it was closed for the weekend. We spent two hours in the Baseball Hall of Fame and we went through really fast. You could have spent days reading everything. In Cooperstown there was another brewery that makes Belgian style ales by the name of Ommegang. We had some really good pomme frites (French fries) and two beers. We asked them if we could stay the night on their property since because of the holiday everything was booked. They told us yes and we had a really quiet site in a pretty field.
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