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SUMMARY:Living History School Day 2024
DESCRIPTION:March 22\, 2024\n$10 per student\n9:30 AM – 3:30 PM\nEvent Checkin 8:30 AM \nLiving History Schoolday is a ‘Special Event Day’\nthe museum will not be open for regular visitation \nREGISTRATION FOR THE SCHOOL DAY IS OPEN – Click here to register \nAlong with the Living History Weekend\, The Museum of the American G.I. hosts a Living History School Day for regional home and private school students. This is an opportunity for students to view history in a new way! The purpose is to educate students about US military history from the Civil War to the present. The program has many demonstrations and displays that will excite and engage students while honoring our veterans and their sacrifices. \nThe Living History School Day is an all-day program with two sessions (one morning and one afternoon) with a lunch break in between! To accommodate more students and displays\,  students will be free to visit the stations of their choice but on a fixed rotation schedule.  A list of stations and a general station location map will be emailed to all registered participants approx. 1 week before the event. \nCamp Hood*: \n\nWWII Living History Display (US and British Airborne Encampment)\, Tanks and Historic Vehicles (WWI – Vietnam)\, and US Small Arms\n\nCamp Swift*: \n\n WWII Living History Displays – US Signal Corps\, General Patton Van\, and Headquarters\, US Navy Seabees\, and German Encampment\n\nCamp Travis*: \n\nCivil War camps\, WWI Living History Displays (Allied and Axis Camps) and tour from above of WWI Trench\n\n* – the final stations in each camp may vary in response to the final event layout to allow for optimal flow of students (e.g.\, the German Camp and the Airborne camp might switch places). \nEach of the three camps will have 4 to 5 stations to allow time for interaction between the students and the presenters. Students will rotate through the stations at fixed intervals.  The presentations are best suited for 2nd – 12th grades. Kindergarten and 1st-grade students can register (as a convenience for parents with older children)\, but beware that each station will last approximately 20 minutes\, with each session lasting 2.5 hours. Please consider your child’s attention span and ability to focus when registering Kindergarten and 1st-grade students. \nRegistration will close on March 10\, or when a maximum of 300 students have registered. \nThe cost is $10 per student and $7 for each parent and extended family member. For private schools\, 2 teachers/chaperones are free for every 10 students. The cost is the same whether you attend one or two sessions.  Life can disrupt the best-made plans\, so we will refund registrations (minus the processing fee) when the cancellation request is received before 10 AM on March 8. After March 8 we will be unable to provide any refunds. \nParticipants may bring a lunch or pre-order a Chick-fil-A lunch (price TBD). You will be allowed to place a lunch order during the registration process. You can also come back on a later day and add lunches to your registration. The last day to add lunch registrations will be Friday\, March 8 at noon. \nA tentative schedule is shown below: \n\n8:30 AM – 9:15 Check-In ( near main museum building)\n9:30 AM – Noon – Morning Session\nNoon  to 1 PM – Lunch (Staggered Start)\n1:00– 3:30 – Afternoon Session\n\nGeneral Information: Everyone will park at Santa’s Wonderland and enter the museum grounds from that parking lot. Morning Check-in and pre-event staging will be near the main museum building. All Camps and lunch will be at the museum demonstration ground (at the “top of the hill). All activities will be outside. In the case of inclement weather (rain (except light or drizzle) or lightning)\, students will relocate to the main museum building to shelter in place. \nHere is a small sample of what the students have experienced in the past: \nThe Museum of the American G.I. has one of the largest collections of restored\, functioning historic military vehicles in the United States. Vehicles and equipment used in WWII to the Viet Nam conflict will be on display at the school day. Students will not only be able to view the vehicles and equipment\, they will also learn how the military utilized them. \nHistory will come alive for your students as they interact with our living history displays! \nWWII United States Army Signal Corps encampment: Students will learn about the US Army Signal Corps as they view Camp Lili representing an encampment in a forward position in southern France. The unit is based on a signal company attached to the 441st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion\, a part of “Camel Force\,” which invaded southern France between Cannes and St. Raphael in August of 1944 as part of Operation Dragoon. This area was spearheaded by the Texas 36th Infantry Division\, to which the 441st was attached. In addition to static displays\, the following items are demonstrated at Camp Lili\, many of which visitors may participate in carrier pigeons and signal flags\, field phone EE-8\, switchboard BD-71\, telegraph TG-5A\, signal lamp SE-11\, aldis lamp\, Chaplin’s field organ\, and field phonograph. \nCamp Lili is a private collection dedicated to preserving the history of WWII and honoring those who did their part. Please follow Camp Lili on Facebook for pictures\, updates\, and more. \nWWII German Field Encampment: View a field representation of what a German Soldier’s “home” would look like\, including a small tent portion and a small burner stove for warming rations and cooking coffee. Everything on display would have been carried on the back of the soldier\, thrown in a truck car\, or tied to the side of an armored vehicle. The display represents a Waffen-SS field/maneuver unit that operated alongside the regular army and often served as shock troops as part of an initial attack. Waffen-SS troops served widely at the front lines in action alongside HEER (Regular Army) units and were often commanded by an overall General or Field Marshall who was “regular army”. Please note: While it is a historical fact that a small number of SS became notorious for their atrocities and crimes against humanity\, the entire Waffen-SS was not an organization of hate. The vast majority of Waffen-SS soldiers were simply Axis combatants. This display represents these troops who served their country with honor and distinction.
URL:https://americangimuseum.org/events/living-history-school-day-2024/
LOCATION:Museum of the American GI\, 19124 Highway 6 South\, College Station\, Texas\, 77845
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