Monday, June 14, 2010

Civil War Era Fort Field Trip

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Yesterday, we took a field trip to Fort Clinch, a Civil War era fort neat Fernandina, Florida.

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Blaze had been playing with this head-lamp flashlight in DH's room at the plantation before we left in the morning, and insisted he needed to take it with us. I thought it was silly to wear it during a bright, sunny day, but it turned out that there were plenty of dark passageways at the fort, where he could play with the light.

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The laundry:
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A costumed interpreter explained about fort life and then wrote Blaze a pass so he could leave.

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2 comments:

  1. Very nice! The bunks are so tiny...and I love they had a checkerboard there, too.

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  2. The movie at the museum there, explained that each man received fresh straw for his mattress once a month. I still don't think they'd be very comfortable, though.

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