Kevin sponsors a Historical Society at his college, and they have started doing field trips to historic sites in the area. I wasn't able to join them for their trip to the Battleship, but was able to join them for the trip this weekend to Washington on the Brazos. I'm not sure how, as a native Texan, I've never made the trip before, but neither of us had!
I didn't even realize the significance of the site -- its where the Declaration of Independence for Texas (from Mexico) was written and signed. We were able to see a reconstruction of the building where it happened -- and we were even there the time of year that it had happened. I am glad the temperature wasn't in the 30s when we were there like it was in 1836. The town is gone, but we were able to walk the site and see where the ferry crossing (across the Brazos River) was -- the drawings of the ferry look like not much more than a flat bottom boat, a rope and a pulley.
We also saw the house where the last President of Texas lived - smaller and more rustic than you'd expect for a president! Surrounding the house we were able to see living history exhibits with people to explain and answer questions - seeing cooking and plowing how they were done at that time was humbling..I didn't get to see it demonstrated, but just the tools for laundry on display make me want to give my washer and dryer a big hug!
It was also quite a treat to get to meet some of Kevin's students and really see him in his element. We toured the site and then all had lunch together in Navasota before going into our separate cars to head home.
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