The American Village

Last Friday was field trip Friday for the Rushing girls.  We took a short drive south to the American Village just twenty or so minutes from Birmingham. It is a colonial village recreation that is totally interactive.

The girls got to do so many things that kept even Caroline engaged.  Here they are pretending to be indians getting ready to board the English ship in Boston Harbor where they threw tea overboard.  The kept chanting: "Rally Mohawks! Raise your axes, tell king George we'll pay no taxes on your foreign tea!"

 They learned a few games that kids played in early American times.

 Then they re-enacted the Battle of Lexington and Concord.  Here is Taylor defending  Lexington against the redcoats.

 Anabelle and Caroline defeated the redcoats and chased them out of Concord. 

It was fantastic.  In the first five minutes we were given a message to deliver to George Washington regarding the redcoats plan to attack.  The actor who played the redcoat was a little too real for Anabelle's taste and she stuck pretty close to me for the first few "missions."  But as you can see, she had no trouble at all chasing the little boys from our group who dressed up as Brittish soilders.  :)