Mott's Military Museum

Back to my week! We really had a big week around here and I'm eager to share Friday!

We had a co-op field trip scheduled to go to Mott's Military Museum. One of the classes at co-op for Brandon's age was WWI so this seemed a perfect choice for the semester. Let me just say, it couldn't have been more perfect. We loved it! Mr. Mott himself gave our tour and he was a fascinating man! He started collecting pieces of history as a boy digging up arrowheads (which he has on display) and his passion continued right on into adulthood. He shared his passion with his son who grew up to be one of the men who "acts" in the Battle of Gettysburg reenactment!

Mr. Mott likes to tell about his pieces by talking about the people who used them. He really seemed to enjoy bringing history to life for our group. And we loved hearing all his stories! His museum covers our nation's history, war by war. There's an extensive Civil War display, tons of Native American things and information about some of the more famous battles with them, WWI, WWII, and he has a new wing under construction for Korea, Vietnam, and Dessert Storm.

There's also a replica of our own local war hero, Eddie Rickenbacker's, house filled with things about him. I never new he was so fascinating!

Although everything he has is labeled, having him give the tour made a huge difference. You can go in any time and read all the labels about all the things in his museum, but his stories are the best part :) He is a wealth of information!

I snapped one picture before one of the other parents informed me we were not allowed to take any pictures inside. Oops! Here it is, money from the Civil War time period:
We were, however, allowed to snap away outside and I did ;)

Planes and tanks :
Our group:
Kyle was so sweetly playing with Megan:
Thank you, Angi, for setting all this up! Too bad you guys couldn't come, you would have loved it! It was really a neat place and I hope we go back in the spring after WWII!