{"id":3605,"date":"2021-10-13T15:15:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T20:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vxr.direct\/vr-field-trips-route-66-and-chickamauga\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T16:23:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:23:44","slug":"vr-field-trips-route-66-and-chickamauga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vxr.direct\/vr-field-trips-route-66-and-chickamauga\/","title":{"rendered":"VR Field Trips: Route 66 and Chickamauga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Understand the significance of historic Route 66.
\nTravel along stretches of this highway and view the surroundings.
\nDiscover what this historic highway symbolized upon its commission by President Eisenhower.
\nVisit the Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park and learn of its significance.
\nHear about General Rosecrans vs General Bragg during skirmishes near Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1863.
\nExamine the Mountain Howitzer Cannon and the Napoleon
\nCannon, both used during the Civil War.
\nStand on a vista at Lookout Mountain, hear about the battle there, and learn why Union forces won that fight.<\/p>\n