During the second of our three weeks in Ohio, Mom and Dad, Tom and I loaded up in the car and headed out for an overnight adventure. Our destination was Frankfort, Kentucky, but we made a few additional stops. Our first stop was a national park site I had never visited: William Howard Taft National …
From National Parks
Sundry Duties at Fort Frederica National Monument
As volunteers, Tom and I have specific duties we perform at the national park sites where we work. We do living history demonstrations and work in the Visitors Centers. But we also do other duties as assigned. These can run the gamut from cleaning the restrooms, designing a museum display, or working with a group …
Hartzog Award Winning Living History
Last year Tom and I basically started the Living History program at Fort Frederica. Previously the rangers had done it occasionally and some volunteers came in for special events. Tom and I made living history a weekly occurrence. This year the living history program really expanded. We were out there three or four days a …
International Fest at College of Coastal Georgia
Just over the causeway from St Simons Island is the College of Coastal Georgia. It is a small, pretty campus with mostly commuter students. It is one of Georgia’s newest public colleges. I recently got to spend some time on the campus when Rachel and I represented the Monument at the International Fest. The International …
Spinning My Wheels for Living History
I learned how to use a spinning wheel last year at San Juan National Historical Park. When I did, I knew that I would be coming back to Fort Frederica which had a broken spinning wheel. So, when Tom and I came back to Fort Frederica this year, our first order of business was fixing …
Founding of Frederica: 282nd Anniversary
In February and March of 1736, the first colonists came to Frederica and started to build the town. Frederica was a military outpost, a fortified town on the southern frontier of the British colonies. The people of the town and the 42nd Regiment of Foot that was stationed here knew that the Spanish might attack …
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Our final National Park Site to visit in Georgia was Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Although the Chattahoochee River itself is 430 miles long, the National Recreation Area runs along 48 miles of the river, primarily in the urban area in and around Atlanta. Thus it is a haven of green in an increasingly large …
Martin Luther King Jr National Historical Park
I am moving along in my quest to visit all the National Park Sites – 417 of them – in the United States. My Passport Book, Collector’s Edition is great because it lists of all the National Park sites in every region and every state. I can easily see where I have been and where I need …
Jr Ranger Letters to London
Jr Ranger season at Fort Frederica is in full swing. Spring breaks from school are the prime Jr Ranger season here. We get more Jr Rangers in the week before and after Easter than we get the rest of the year combined. So I recently cleaned out the Jr Ranger letters bin. I wrote last …
Visiting the Classroom with a Ranger
Ranger Ellen, here at Fort Frederica, has a program that she does with Kindergartners in the Glynn County School System. She visits their classrooms and talks to them about the National Park Service. I think it is her favorite part of her job. Ranger Ellen rotates schools and takes one of the volunteers with her …