Today was the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, so we thought it would be perfect to visit the Freedom Center in Cincinnati. Of course, so did 300 other students from Columbus :) We still had an amazing time- it was educational, enlightening and inspiring.
There was so much to see and absorb, we easily spent 3 1/2 hours there, and could've stayed longer, but head to head home to get Ellie.
We can't wait to bring Ellie and Rob back to learn even more!
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| We each used individual ipods, which the kids were very excited about,and programmed the number at each station we visited. This quilt was a beautiful story told of slavery through pictures. |
There were poems, letters, and quotes displayed all throughout the museum- we were touched by so many.
This was a Slave Pen, a 177 year-old building discovered on a farm in Kentucky and donated to the Freedom Center. It honors the memory of all those who were enslaved.
The girls were experiencing what it was like for this slave, Henry "Box" Freedom, that traveled in this box in order for him to experience freedom. We were excited because we had actually read the book about him!
This was the kids favorite parts. It was a safe house where they listened to their ipods and they had to choose a hiding spot and then it would walk you through the pros and cons of each place, then tell you if you made it or if they were able to hunt you down.
I wish this turned out better, it was a poem that was displayed on the cellar steps that talked about how scared, dark and wet it was, and how they prayed the were with a slave conductor, and not a slave catcher.
This was a movie- pretty scary and very realistic, which made you feel as if you were really there! You developed such an apathy of what the slaves went through to risk the life of freedom. We will not take our lives for granted for a long time! It was a very humbling, revealing, shocking, inspiring and emotional experience. You can get an app if you visit www.freedomcenter.org.
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