A day at the museum

[johan_steele]

We had a "Museum Crawl" this weekend where all the Museums in town were free admission with special programs & displays. I guess I was the special display for the Aliveo Military Museum and enjoyed meeting and speaking with a myriad of good people. I spoke of coming home after the war because for me it was May 31, 1865.

What bothered me to a degree was the lack of youth coming to visit; I don't believe I saw more than ten high school or younger children come through. Though most that we did have were rather sharp. We had two pairs of twins come through that enjoyed me dressing them up in the accoutraments of the Infantry. One set seemed most interested in my blanket and thought it was odd how it was both scratchy and soft at the same time. They had never seen a wool blanket before. The other set of twins were most impressed when they understood that what I put on them would be all a soldier might carry in the field on campaign. I was impressed at how much the idea of making do with the absolute minimum caught their imagination.

When I told them the story of the twins in the Irish Brigade you could have heard a pin drop. Reactions like that are why I enjoy doing what I do.

 

[kepi]

I would have loved that in my high school days!

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Keep it up!!......As a teacher, I have to remind myself that, IF I spark JUST one kid's mind, then that child has a future to pursue!!.....I wish I could spark them all, but each child has their own interests, so if I can introduce something "new" to someone new, then they will also grow, learn and pass on our history.....

 

[Craig L Barry]

FACT: We are going to have a generation of Americans without much interest in or knowledge of American History.

 

[huskerblitz]

And this is why I spend the money to bring a CW living historian into my classroom every year.

 

[Blessmag]

For you out of town and out of state folks, that military museum is a gem for a small town.

 

[redbob]

FACT: We are going to have a generation of Americans without much interest in or knowledge of American History.

Unfortunately, we already do.

 

[johan_steele]

This was a nice pic of one set of twins who showed a real interest in history. They wanted to stay longer but the family had to go to all the museums.