Thursday, March 1, 2012

Adventure to Colonial America

 This is our first day of our "hands on history" week. We visited the Yorktown Victory Center where we learned about 18th century farm and soldier life.

We got to talk to soldiers in the army that taught us how to shoot  a flint lock musket, modern medicine and healing methods, where soldiers slept and what happened to them when they were bad. We also learned about a ship called the Betsy that was sunk by the British that is located at the end of the fishing pier we frequently fish at. Discovering that the Betsy was the main reason for our frequent loss of tackle was very interesting!  
A home our family would live in if we lived in the 18th Century
We learned that they ate off of knives not forks! 
Outdoor kitchen



Littlest love bug always ready to play dress up
 

A little to heavy to carry for the littlest love bug
Farming the old way

Drying Tabacco


Our friend George Washington
Musket Training
Modern Medicine
Would you like some tea?

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