This is just a daily update on borgette’s wanderings that we get from one of the directors of the Junior National Young Leaders Conference. I’m just keeping it here for posterity sake. Memories often fade and I think words often help to bring them back. Especially the good ones.
Dear Parent,
Today Anna traveled to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, located at the junction of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers. Now a national park, this beautiful area was the site of abolitionist John Brown's daring and ultimately unsuccessful raid on a federal armory in 1859. Anna, along with park rangers dressed in historical garb, engaged in a variety of simulations that mimicked life in America during the years leading up to the Civil War. Anna manufactured fake bullets, scrubbed laundry, participated in military drills and learned some fun folk dances. The scholars also examined Brown's life story and discussed his leadership characteristics. They studied the challenges he faced and then debated his actions.
I swear, the girl gets around more than I do…
borgo