Fort Snelling had 4 special homeschool days this last month. We attended one on frontier technology. It was really cool! I can't believe I've lived here for 11 years and have never gone before now! Not only was the Fort demos fun, but we also caught a glimpse of a barge coming down the river!
Ethan and Noah posing on a soldiers bunk in the living quarters.
Not sure why Noah is sticking out his tongue here. Maybe he is really feeling his "horse" character...
Ethan as a soldier circa 19th century.
I think this was both of the boys favorite part (besides getting to help make a brick)!All the historians inside are dressed in period. They didn't take it quite as far as the Plymouth Plantation interpreters did...they at least would answer your 21st century questions like "where is the bathroom?" It was a lot of fun, though. The boys got to work pulleys, a wood turner, pretend to chop planks from logs, play in the old schoolhouse, scrape a moose hide, make a brick, build a rock wall, and watch a blacksmith. Ethan thought the potty chairs in the hospital were "GRRRROOOOOOSSSS!!!!!"
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