Sunday, January 17, 2016

Germantown White House and Ebenezer Maxwell House, Philadelphia, PA (September)

This house is called Germantown White House (now a National Historical Park) because George Washington stayed spent the summer of 1793 here to escape the yellow fever epidemic raging in Philadelphia, while he was president
 
 
 
Sam earned another junior ranger badge and proudly showing off his badges
 
 
 
 
 
 
This is a Victorian house in the same neighborhood
 
 
 

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Historic Speedwell, Morristown, NJ (August)

Speedwell was an industrial site in the 19th century producing iron and using a stream and water wheel to power it
Behind the water wheel
This was also the site where Samuel Morse (the inventor of Morse code) first demonstrated Morse code. The tour guide is showing us the laboratories
 
 

Ironworks exhibit
There was also a workshop for kids where Sam made a model of water wheel and learned how it works. He got to keep it and used it at home, too!
 

Hanging out near home (August)