| One student was excited to find a piece of the Berlin Wall on a recent trip to Florida. I have seen a couple of sections of the infamous walls that separated Germany after the second world war, but I was closer to home. One is located in the Cosmosphere, the impressive space museum in Hutchinson, Kansas. Another is in our home state, in Fulton, Missouri. Read more about the latter at this link: Fulton Missouri: Winston Churchill Memorial and Library. It's not so hard to find these treasures if you keep you eyes open: they are hidden in plain sight, and often, they are hidden nearby. | |
Last weekend, another student took a trip out of state, but on the way she stopped in St. Louis to visit our beloved "Gateway Arch", which marks a celebration point for Westward Expansion in the United States. She also walked across the street to the "Old Courthouse". The is the site of the infamous Dred and Harriet Scott Decision that left the enslaved couple under the ownership of their master.
As we often say, history is ugly, but it's always fun to hear that students are looking for history and excited to learn more. The mother of one of our afterschool History and Arts Group recently approached me to let me know that I have succeeded in getting her daughter to love colonial history. It must be contagious!
As we often say, history is ugly, but it's always fun to hear that students are looking for history and excited to learn more. The mother of one of our afterschool History and Arts Group recently approached me to let me know that I have succeeded in getting her daughter to love colonial history. It must be contagious!
