Our class connected, using Skype, to Lauren at Fort Loudoun in east Tennessee, and we really enjoyed the hour we spent there. Lauren, decked out in a Redcoat uniform, told us about the first time the British army ever surrendered to Cherokee Indians during the French and Indian War (Even the surrender did not go well for the British.).
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Afterward, Lauren showed us the different parts of her uniform (though women would never have been accepted in the army of the time. She even described and showed the parts of her Brown Bess musket, loading it with powder and firing it a few times.
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Finally, she took us on a tour of the fort before opening the conversation to questions from students. I was absolutely impressed by the caliber of the questions they asked. At least eleven from our class asked questions during this time, and they seemed to take away some interesting information from our encounter with this obscure part of history.
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Our next virtual field trip will be next Wednesday with some folks from George Washington's Mount Vernon. We look forward to seeing what they have to offer, as well.
