A day at the battlefield

We went to visit another battlefield today (one of the perks of living in our historic area!), the Spotsylvania Battlefield just down the road from us. This is where General Grant changed the course of the Civil War by moving forward to Spotsylvania.You can read more about the Spotsylvania Battlefield by going to this website:   http://www.nps.gov/frsp/spot.htm

We started out at the pavilion, where Nathaniel loved hearing the echo of his shoes pounding the pavement. He is looking at the brochures there, where among them is one for Todd's Tavern, one of Steve and Nathaniel's place to shop. No, its not an actual Tavern (anymore), but is a little store where they like to stop and get Milky Way Darks, Nerds and ice cream.

Nathaniel posing beside one of the "reading tablets"

Steve giving Nathaniel a history lesson. He was teaching him about the trenches.
















This has no Civil War history value, but it was a really BIG tree that had fallen over a couple of years ago.

Another really cool tree. Heeellllooooooo!

An action shot, he loved running!

We had a great time visiting the battlefield today. We enjoyed learning about the battle and Nathaniel enjoyed looking at the acorns and playing with the sticks.