Every year we go to Penn's Colony...a French and Indian war reenactment and craft fair about 45 minutes north of Pittsburgh. City Hubby can get anyone interested in history, and over the course of a few days, he got W. up to date on the French and Indian war...(W: "But why is it the French and Indian war if the French and American Indians were battling the British?")
(He actually started with Mesopotamia to explain the migration of people and ended up at the French and Indian war in such a manner that you'd think he'd been a history teacher or something...)
The reenactors were very into the whole thing...one year they had W. upset because the British saw him talking to the French...they called him a traitor and a spy...
With all the excitement...
...all C. worried about was collecting acorns. By the end of the day she had nine packed away in her tiny pocket...
Maybe she feels a need to squirrel away food too for the winter...
So fun. I remember going to reenactments growing up. What a great learning expereince.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful annual tradition and a memorable way to teach history.
ReplyDeleteWe love getting out and about...I think reenactments keep history alive for children.
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