Apr. 18, 2008 - Hey Indiana Homeschoolers!
Any Indiana homeschoolers or those traveling through our state wanting to learn some history...I have a homeschool friendly field trip for you...Vincennes!
We visited Vincennes, Indiana as part of our study on the French & Indian fur trade, westward expansion and George Rogers Clark. This is pretty much an ongoing study for us as this time period in Indiana is of special interest to Daddy-o. The George Rogers Clark National Park offers FREE admission to homeschoolers and allows access to the monument, the park grounds, a 30-minute historical movie about George Rogers Clark and the Battle of Vincennes, and the Old Cathedral and French and Indian cemetery. The park rangers are awesome...very informative and helpful. We also visited the William Henry Harrison mansion and village nearby. This is not free but $10 for the family.
Here are some pictures from our trip:
This is a picture of us on a 6 pound cannon like the British used to try to keep George Rogers Clark from taking Fort Sackville with the National monument behind us.
This is the site of Fort Sackville with the monument in the background.
Inside there are six paintings depicting the events that led up to the capture of Fort Sackville. A statue of George Rogers Clark is in the center of the monument overlooking the site of the original fort.
Here we are listening to a short recording about the battle and the monument.
The kids are awarded their Junior Ranger badges for participating in a short educational program. (They are collecting their Junior Ranger badges from all the National Parks we visit)
This is the Old Cathedral and the site of the cemetery where the first public school teacher (back when God was allowed in our schools) in Indiana is buried. Vincennes University is the fist university in Indiana.
This is a picture of the inside of the cathedral.
This is the side of William Henry Harrison (our nation's ninth President) mansion.
These buildings are just outside of the mansion. These are all Vincennes State Historic Sites.
