Big Bro’s final project of fourth grade was a history project about one of the thirteen colonies. To my excitement, he was assigned my home state of Virginia. As he researched Jamestown for his project, I decided it was time we go see the real thing.
So this summer, we took a trip back in time.
Our Virginia trip allowed us to catch up with friends and family, and do a little road trip I’d been thinking about for a while. We explored the ruins of Jamestown, chatted with archaeologists still excavating the site, and walked along the James River where John Smith and the Powhatan tribe had stepped before. On July 4th, we spent the day with family in Colonial Williamsburg, watching reenactments, learning from blacksmiths and tinsmiths, and experiencing life as it was hundreds of years ago.
History was one of my favorite subjects in school, probably because I had the opportunity to learn in a hands-on environment. Transforming the colonial era from dusty pages in a textbook to a lively experience full of canon-fire and horse-drawn carriages, I hope this trip into the past is one they remember for a long time.
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