The Brooks fifth grade class traved on a school bus to Montevallo to visit the American Village, parents had to ride in their cars.
American Village is Located at 3727 Highway S 119 Montevallo, AL 35115.
At lunch the adults and children sat under the pines at picnic tables to eat.
After lunch we sat in on a debate; where we listen to people tell about the Revelation war, Paul Revere's ride, George Washingtonat Valley Forge, Ben Franklin,& Patrick Henry,signing the Constitution and Betsy Ross,making the American Flag.
At the American Village we the Liberty Bell, Colonial Courthouse, Constitution Green, Washington Hall, (a replica of Mount Vernon) a chapel patterned after Bruton Parish Chapel, tombstones markers, the twelve Amendments to the constitution, and the Whitehouse oval office.
In the Pettus Randall Miniature Museum was a collection of presidents and their first ladies and other dioramas.
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Having a picnic |
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The White House Washington Hall, Assembly Room, and Mt Vernon Room |
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The Pillory |
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Speaker |
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Courthouse |
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Assembly room |
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Assembly room |
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Mt Vernon Room |
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Meeting House |
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Encampment |
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Encampment |
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Colonial Chapel, patterned after Bruton Parish Chapel
that is located in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg, Va . |
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Bell Garden centered with an exact reproduction of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. |
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Pettus Randall Miniature Museum of American History, a separate building which houses a collection of 72 handcrafted miniatures of American presidents and first ladies and 35 uniquely detailed dioramas of critical moments (over 400 years) in our nation's history. |
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President House |
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Randall Museum |
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National Veterans Shrine |
That night hubby and I went to the Rain concert at the VBCC in Huntsville to watch RAIN (singing songs of the Beatles).