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Ok, if my big brother, travel editor Ed Boitano, can do it, then so can I. Though, I must confess this pilgrimage piece is also inspired by John Lennon. His passage in In My Life<\/em> goes something like this:<\/p>\n

There are places I’ll remember
\nAll my life, though some have changed
\nSome forever, not for better
\nSome have gone, and some remain
\nAll these places had their moments
\nWith lovers and friends, I still can recall
\nSome are dead, and some are living
\nIn my life, I’ve loved them all<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 John Lennon, excerpt from In My Life<\/em><\/p>\n

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Costa Rica is endowed with plazas and statues dedicated to national hero, Juan Santamar\u00eda (The Little Drummer Boy). A national holiday is held every April 11 to commemorate his courageous death.<\/span> PHOTOS COURTESY OF TICO TIMES.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Little Drummer Boy \u2014 Costa Rica<\/h3>\n

In 1856, American William Walker and his ragtag army of mercenaries attacked Honduras, Nicaragua<\/a> and later Costa Rica<\/a> with the intention of creating a slave-holding empire with himself as its president. With the blessing of US President Franklin Pierce, Walker was successful in Honduras and Nicaragua, then turned his sights on Costa Rica. President Juan Rafael Mora Porras<\/a>\u00a0called upon the general population to take up arms and head north to fight against the foreign invaders. After routing a contingent of Walker\u2019s soldiers at\u00a0Santa Rosa<\/a>, Costa Rican troops continued marching north, following Walker\u2019s army to the city of\u00a0Rivas<\/a>. The\u00a0Battle of Rivas<\/a>\u00a0was brutal and fierce with Walker\u2019s men retreating into a hostel near the town center where they commanded an advantageous firing position. Juan Santamar\u00eda, a poor laborer and son of a single mother, had joined the army as a drummer boy. A general suggested that a soldier should advance towards the hostel with a torch and set it on fire. Juan Santamar\u00eda volunteered for the suicide charge, but with the condition that someone would look after his mother if he died. He then advanced and succeeded in setting fire to the hostel, and was mortally wounded by the enemy. His heroics were the defining factor in the Costa Rican victory at Rivas. Walker escaped, and eventually returned to\u00a0Honduras<\/a>\u00a0in an attempt to reestablish his control of the region, but was captured and executed by a firing squad in 1860. Juan Santamar\u00eda, the Little Drummer Boy, is Costa Rica\u2019s national hero. You will see monuments, statues and parks named after him throughout the nation. Juan Santamar\u00eda Day, a national holiday, is held every April 11 to commemorate his courageous death.<\/p>\n

\"John
An archival photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969\u2019s Bed-in for Peace in Montr\u00e9al.<\/span> PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIC KOCH \/ ANEFO, via WIKIMEDIA COMMONS \/ CC01.0<\/a>.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

John and Yoko \u2014 Montr\u00e9al<\/h3>\n

Located in the famous Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel, this one-bedroom\u00a0suite was the site of the legendary 1969\u00a0Bed-in for Peace\u00a0<\/em>in\u00a0Montr\u00e9al<\/a>, where John and Yoko recorded the song\u00a0Give Peace a Chance<\/em>.\u00a0 Guests singing along included\u00a0Timothy Leary, Petula Clark, Tommy Smothers and whoever happened to be\u00a0present in the room.\u00a0The\u00a0living room and bedroom\u00a0feature memorabilia composed of press articles, framed gold records and pictures of the famous couple. The suite is available for lodging and can also be rented for parties.\u00a0 Sometimes I will only make a pilgrimage to the room\u2019s exterior, just to see the plaque on the door.<\/p>\n

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The Old Hanging Oak of Houston.<\/span> PHOTOS COURTESY OF VISIT HOUSTON<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Old Hanging Oak \u2014 Houston<\/h3>\n

From the top of the double-decker tour bus we passed blocks of Houston\u2019s<\/a> commanding, almost futuristic-looking office towers that dwarfed the remaining older buildings in the surprisingly modest downtown center.\u00a0 As the tour continued, an oak tree situated behind a gate caught my attention. The guide informed me that it was the Old Hanging Oak<\/em>, a 400-year-old tree, the oldest in Houston. The official word was that it had been used to hang over eleven criminals between 1836 and 1845. Unofficially, I learned it was the source of an untold number of lynchings, generally of African-Americans, during the Jim Crow racial segregation laws at the end of the 19th century. In particular, when African-American troops in WW1 , treated as heroes in France, returned home to the states, they had a greater sense of self-esteem, but were pushed down and faced virulent hostility by white Americans. Perhaps only the Old Hanging Oak<\/em> could tell the real story of all the atrocities in which it has played a part. It\u2019s not unusual to bury unsavory parts of history. There was barely a mention of the now defunct Enron, whose branding was once proudly displayed throughout the city. The Old Hanging Oak<\/em> made me think how much Houston had progressed, where it is now one of the nation\u2019s most ethnically diverse cities, with one in four Houstonians foreign born. The Old Hanging Oak Tree of Houston<\/em> is a symbol of hatred and racism, but now represents a reconciliation of the past and a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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Top: The terrible beauty of the Connemara.<\/span> PHOTO COURTESY OF SONSE, via WIKIMEDIA COMMONS \/ CC BY 2.0<\/a>;<\/span> Center Left: The enduring Celtic Cross at the site of Connemara\u2019s Doolough Tragedy of 1849.<\/span> PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS HOOD, via WIKIMEDIA COMMONS \/ CC BY 2.0<\/a>;<\/span> Center Right: The Mam Ean Pass in Connemara.<\/span> PHOTO COURTESY OF WILDERNESS IRELAND;<\/span> Bottom: Pilgrims commemorate the victims of the Doolough Tragedy at the annual Famine Walk.<\/span> PHOTO COURTESY OF TOURISM IRELAND.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Doolough Tragedy \u2014 Ireland<\/h3>\n

My wife and drove through the sweeping hills of the Connemara in County Galway<\/a>, a landscape once described by Oscar Wilde as a place of \u2018terrible beauty.\u2019 We pulled off the road to study a Famine Trail. Known as the Doolough Tragedy of 1849, where scores of destitute and starving people staggered through horrendous weather for 15 miles to a manor\u2019s house in the hope of food, only to be turned away. Apparently, the grand man of the manor did not want to interrupt his lunch and never met them. Later, corpses were found\u00a0 by the side of the path with grass in their mouths. Too weak to walk or speak, many were crawling to churches so that they could be laid to rest on consecrated ground. Once a year a Famine Walk\u00a0\u00a0takes place on the trail to commemorate the victims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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