Monday, September 21, 2009

Forward March!

Our first "field" trip was to a large open field. How's that for a literal interpretation of the concept?

It was all about the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, and the Vietnam War. It was rainy and muddy on Friday and the different stations were very spread out so we were only able to see a few things, but Fletcher (and his friend Noah) had fun. They were a little young for the American history aspect of the trip, but they enjoyed seeing the various military vehicles and people dressed up like soldiers from the different wars.








Fletcher saw this and said, "Look, Mom! They have barbeque here!" Actually this is a replica of a submarine used in the war. I suppose you could cook some serious bbq on this thing if it really were a grill.
The kids did a little marching and firing practice.






They watched a blacksmith make a horseshoe.





I have a few videos from the day too, but I am having trouble getting them to upload onto the blog. Guess I need to do some research... Maybe I'll post them later this week.

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