So, here goes another blog. I know, don't fall down in surprise or anything. I'm attempting to chronicle some of our summer activities. We're not taking a big vacation but instead are attempting to take lots of smaller "Family Field Trips."
On Thursday, we loaded the kids in the car and headed to Prairie Grove National Battlefield, a Civil War battle field about 15 miles from our house. We recently read an article in our local paper about the updated visitor center and thought we'd check it out. I've driven past the battlefield on the way to other places, but I honestly don't ever remember stopping.
Here's the commemorative plaque giving information about the battle, fought on December 7th (hmm. . . . a famous date in history??)
Inside the Hindman House Visitor Center, Samuel really liked the exhibits on weapons.
Hannah wasn't really into reading about the battle, and she was not happy at all to learn about the medical instruments used to amputate wounded limbs. (The boys, however, thought they were cool.) Maybe she should have skipped this part.
There was a little desk and a set of post-it notes and instructions that encouraged young visitors to leave a note about something learned or liked. Samuel and Hannah both wrote notes.
The tiny gift shop area did have some costumes. Samuel is sporting Union blue, and Jacob is all smiles as Johnny Reb.
It was hot out, but we did walk around a bit and look at the memorials, houses, and signage outside.
Boys love to climb on things.
Hannah decided to wear a dress on this outing. She thought this was a good opportunity to pose for some pictures.
We also did the driving tour, stopping to get out at this overlook. The kids are checking out the information about the fighting that took place in the field below. John read aloud the information for each stop , but the kids had pretty much lost interest by this point.
2 comments:
I liked reading about your "field trip" and seeing the pictures. You need to blog more often! (Ha!)
I have missed your blogging. Looks like fun. We probably need to stop there too for a family field trip. I actually think it is listed in the Dayhikes book by Ernst?
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