There are many reasons why I personally L-O-V-E the month of March....aside from it also being my birth month. We get to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Now, for the history buff, you know that this great holiday is so much more than wearing green and tormenting folks who don't with a pinch. St. Patrick was… Continue reading St. Patrick
Tag: history hunting
Fort Washington
We planned to do some more of our History Hunting Saturday and do a quick drive by of Fort Washington before grabbing lunch and rolling over to Mount Vernon. That was a major tactical mistake!! Fort Washinton had tons of ammo rooms and store houses open that we ended up spending hours there. The kids… Continue reading Fort Washington
Fort McHenry
There is just so much to see and do here in this area!! We actually did Fort McHenry over two weekends. We did make it up there for the Star Spangled Banner Weekend marking the anniversary of the battle here. However, we didn't make it in time to see many of the reenacters there. We snapped… Continue reading Fort McHenry
Battlefield Mania
our children will probably NEVER want to hit another battle field as long as they live. we got to the DC area in april. we just happen to need to do one more unit of history at that point, all our other homeschooling was complete. i chose to do our civil war unit and of… Continue reading Battlefield Mania