I had the opportunity this summer to take a graduate class through
"Freedom's Foundation at Valley Forge."
This is the 5th class through them.
Two were totally free and the other three,
I used Foundation money that I had donated to myself
(before they stopped letting you do that).
I have also had 2 free history trips with the
Teaching American History
though the Alpine School District.
So, seven free/partial free history trips are just fine with me!!!
I love seeing the history of our country in person, plus...I love making friends all over the country!
On this trip, it was my second time to:
Charlottesville, Virginia
Monticello
University of Virginia
Mount Vernon
Stafford County, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
and my 4th time to Fredericksburg, Virginia
(I didn't count Washington, D.C., cuz the first time, I just sat in the airport!)
I love it more each time!
MONUMENTS AT MOONLIGHT
TROLLEY TOUR
(Analee & I flew out a day early and did this tour)
U.S. Capitol
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial statue
Washington Monument
Jefferson Memorial
Washington Monument
Martin Luther King Memorial
"Raising the Flag at Iwo Jima"
Love this statue!
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
WOODROW WILSON'S HOME
Pentagon City
Washington D.C.
After he finished his terms as president...Woodrow Wilson's friends bought this house for him.
(He had no money to buy his own.)
Presidential pensions did not start until after Harry S Truman's presidency!
(Many of the homes I visited, you were not allowed to take pictures inside.)
Kitchen Stove
Check out these old labels!
Autographed Babe Ruth Baseball
Wilson's desk
Piano in the music room
Analee Wiser at the piano. She taught 8 years in 5th grade at Alpine Elementary.
She was also in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
She currently teaches 5th grade at Forbes Elementary.
Bedroom
Bathroom
Toilet...notice there is no tank.
To flush the toilet, you pulled a chain.
This was in the early 1920s.
LINCOLN'S COTTAGE
Summer home of Abraham Lincoln
Washington D.C.
To escape the heat of the summer, Lincoln and his family lived in this cottage.
It was like "Camp David" is today.
Lincoln still traveled every day to the White House.
Many soldiers would sleep on the cottage lawn and were fed by the staff during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln with his horse.
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Washington D.C.
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S OFFICE
Winchester, Virginia
George Washington used the building here as a military office from
September 1755-December 1756
when he was 23 years old.
WOODROW WILSON'S BIRTHPLACE
Staunton, Virginia
(A cool side note. My assistant history teacher in the district,
Dallas, was teaching school after he graduated from BYU.
After teaching about 3 years, his bishop gave him a blessing.
In the blessing, he was told he MUST go on a mission!
So, he quit teaching, and was called to a mission in Virginia.
It was here, in Staunton, Virginia, that he met his wife!)
"Pierce Arrow"
WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
Staunton, Virginia
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Charlottesville, Virginia
Church at UVA
Dorm room of author Edgar Allen Poe
"The Raven"
One of Poe's most famous poems.
University of Virginia
Not only was Thomas Jefferson the first president of the university, he was also the
architect of the buildings!
The smartest students at the University lived in these
"prestigious" dorms.
MONTICELLO
Home of Thomas Jefferson
He was also the architect.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Grounds of Monticello
Burial site
ASH LAWN PLANTATION
Home of James Monroe
Charlottesville, Virginia
President Monroe's house
MONTPELIER
Home of James Madison
Orange, Virginia
(horse race track in front)
Here I am with James and Dolley Madison!
This is Don Ward. He is the father of Chris Ward, a former student of mine about 20 years ago.
He taught AP History at Alta High.
He is the one that got me on my first trip with Freedom's Foundation.
I knew it was legitimate, because I knew him.
Thanks for the opportunity to participate in 5 history trips!
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
Richmond, Virginia
This is the church where
Patrick Henry gave his famous speech...
". . . Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery?
Forbid it, Almighty God!
I know not what course that others may take...
But as for me, Give me Liberty, or give me Death!"
Check out what pages the hymns are on!
JOHN MARSHALL HOME
Richmond, Virginia
John Marshall was appointed Supreme Court Justice in 1801 by
President John Adams.
BERKELEY PLANTATION
Home of President William Henry Harrison
Charles City, Virginia
SHERWOOD FOREST
Home of President John Tyler.
Charles City, Virginia
John Tyler was the vice president to William Henry Harrison.
Harrison died after one month in office!
His plantation is just down the road from Harrison's.
Tyler's grandson currently lives in the home!
WHAT???
John Tyler was president in the 1840s.
He was born in 1790.
He had 15 children by two different wives.
His second wife was dating Tyler's son when they met.
Tyler's 13th child was born in 1865 at the end of the Civil War when he was 75.
That son had a son born in 1928 (the year my dad was born) when he was 63.
AMAZING!
We've had 34 U.S. President's since John Tyler!
Some of our class in the guest house.
The white haired lady on the couch is Sister Georgia.
She is beginning her 55th year of teaching at a
Private Boys Catholic high school in Kentucky!
PATRICK HENRY'S HOME
Scotchtown, Virginia
KENMORE PLANTATION
Home of Betty Washington Lewis
George Washington's sister
Fredericksburg, Virginia
(One of the few homes we could take pictures in)
FERRY FARM
Childhood home of George Washington...ages 6-22 ("Chopping down cherry tree")
Stafford County, Virginia
The original home does not stand...but they have excavated, and know the exact location and dimensions of the house.
The Excavation
GUNSTON HALL
Home of George Mason
Lorton, Virginia
George Mason is known as
"The Father of the United States Bill of Rights."
MOUNT VERNON
Home of George Washington
Potomoc River
The kitchen is located off the main house
Washington's original tomb
Washington's current tomb
George Washington's remains are on the right.
Martha Washington's remains are on the left.
(Guarded 24/7)
