For the past 6 weeks, J has been taking a Civil War class at a the Litchfield Historical Society.  It was geared toward homeschoolers aged 6-12, and he loved it!  They did all kinds of projects relating to Civil War times, including making pinhole cameras, making a telegraph and learning the Morse Code, and cooking up some hardtack and corn dodgers.  On the last day, they had a reenactment of one of the battles of the Civil War.  J played a soldier named Kendall.  Here are some pics:

All of the union soldiers:

Soldiers marching (J is the one in the camo outfit and blue crocs):

J and another boy reading their lines:

Unfortunately, Mr. Kendall succumbed to an early, but giggly, demise:

The kids had a lot of fun, and he met some homeschoolers from the northwest part of the state.  The Historical Society sponsors a lot of classes for homeschoolers, so even though it's kind of a trek, we might join next year to get the reduced member fees on all of the programs. 

Have a great week!