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Sorry for the very belated post- last month, we were lucky to be able to experience Federal Hall, the birthplace of our nation! It was where George Washington was inaugurated as President of the United States and where the Bill of Rights was composed! Since Federal Hall is a National Park, we got a (free) tour from a park ranger and we got some cool National Park badges at the end and we all became Junior Park Rangers. Here are a few pictures of us with captions about what we learned/did. This field trip was the perfect complement to our social studies unit on the Revolutionary Era. Learning about journalism and the Peter Zenger trial (which ultimately led to our Freedom of the Press!) We got to see the Bible that George Washington used to swear in as President of the United States. He was sworn in in 1789 right here in Federal Hall! At the time, this atrium cost 1 million dollars to build (hey, that was a lot of money back then!) It was gorgeous to look at. The cracks in the foundation are the result of the September 11th attacks. Here we are getting a briefing from our own personal Park Ranger before getting to explore. Investigating a vault. Federal Hall served as America's treasury until 1920 and so millions of dollars worth of gold and silver were kept here.
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June 2019
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