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Homeschool Field Trip to Old Fort Steuben
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 9:39AM It's time for another homeschool field trip!
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In keeping with our early American history studies, we also took the kids to Old Fort Steuben in Steubenville, Ohio. The government built Fort Steuben in 1786 to house and protect surveyors and to discourage squatters. The fort was named after Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus von Steuben, who is best known for training Revolutionary soldiers under George Washington at Valley Forge during the American Revolution. The kids first learned of Baron von Steuben from Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution by Benson Bobrick. It is a wonderful book and is great for reading aloud.
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Since it was Constitution Week, the museum had a big exhibit on the Constitution and the Northwest Ordinance. The grown ups enjoyed the displays, but the kids thought the best part was signing the copy of the constitution.
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We spent the rest of the visit wandering around and looking at the buildings. Occasionaly I made them read a sign or two, but mostly they just played around. A few imaginary Indians were shot in cold blood, and the perpetrators placed themselves under arrest for murder. I didn't mind. I took pictures of all the signs so they could read them later. :D
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Reader Comments (7)
You all do the nicest things! I love the pictures of them in the stockade. Your children are so cute!
This looks like another great field trip! How do you find out about all these neat places?!
Your girl's hair is getting so long~! She is beautiful.
My eyes are tingling from delight! I just love those little people!!!!
Oh yeah, it looks like you had a fabulous time. I love the pics!
I love the pictures of the trips! I can't wait until we're a little older. Right now my son thinks old stuff is... well, I'm not sure of the right word... something along boring because he can't put the fact that what we read happened here. I guess he can't think abstractly yet?
Oh, and I frequently take pictures of signs too!
The kids are getting so big! Was it just over a year ago that we saw you all???
What an opportunity!
Thanks!
Beth, we knew about these places because my parents grew up in that general area. It's sort of cheating. LOL
Elaine, it has been just over a year! How time flies! We will probably be in town next summer, though. We'll have to meet for coffee!
For the record, JellyMan would like everyone to know that the punishment device in the pictures is actually a pillory. Stocks are the ones you put your feet through, and were a less severe form of punishment. I referred to the pillory as the stocks while we were there and got a lecture for my troubles. LOL