Yesterday I decided to take my kids to the local military museum for their Army Heritage Days. I wish I would have remembered my camera. What an awesome day! My co worker Chris told me he was taking his son and I decided to steal his idea and take my kids since the museum is only 1 mile from my house.
The event started off with a pair of parachute jumps from the 82nd Airborne into the field outside the museum. We got to see them jump and the chutes open and stood to watch them come down safely. It was a gloriously sunny day with a bit of a breeze so it was not too hot to be walking around outside either. We spent some time in the WWI trench exhibit getting lessons on everything from gas masks to machine guns by the reenactors. We climbed in and out of trucks and humvees and the kids got to help “build” a cinderblock building with some engineers. We climbed the fort and talked to the Native American reenactors. The kids got to play with stilts and hoops from the colonial era as well as watch people cook without modern conveniences. There were so many reenactors from the French and Indian War all way through the Vietnam era. We climbed in and out of buildings to see how people lived and worked long ago. I could have stayed all day but the little guys needed food and naps.
If anyone gets to visit the Carlisle, Pennsylvania area I highly suggest a walking tour of the exhibits outside. It is located at the Army Heritage and Education Center. Worth the trip in so many ways, but don’t forget your cameras!
