Revolutionary War Soldier


Revolutionary War Soldier Visits Beauvoir 4th Graders The pictures on this page were taken by 4th Grade Students-Tiara, Gunner, Jordan and Jennifer.

Mr. Linwood Herron is a "reenactor", that's a person who makes history come alive by dressing in the exact uniform as a soldier from American History.	He came to Beauvoir to talk to the 4th graders.

He told them all about the uniforms that they wore then.	He let the children touch the wool coat to see how heavy it is. He explained that wool and cotton were the only materials they had back then.

He showed the kinds of shirts, pants and hats they had also.	The pants didn't come in sizes, they had expandable waistlines built in!

He showed us a lot of the equipment they used, this is a box that bullets were kept in.	Here is a powder horn used to fire their guns.

This is their "flashlight" or candleholder as it was known back then.	This is flint that was used to start fires-and light their "flashlights.".

The beaver skin was used for hats, coats, shoes and blankets. He also showed us the 3 cornered hats they wore.	He told us that America may never have been settled without all those beaver skins to help keep them dressed and warm.

Here is the soldier's sewing kit.	Some soldiers called it their "wife" because it helped them take care of their uniforms.

The scissors looked really strange back then!	We looked at their water canteens.

Here he is showing the basic equipment for a soldier, a pouch, powder horn, canteen and axe.	He shared some of his books with us.....

and answered our questions....	then we got to look at all that good stuff.

Some of got to try on the hats...	and equipment.

Mr. Herron gave us copies of many historical documents that we can use in our classrooms.	Thank you for the visit-please come again!!