Replicas of the Nina and Pinta: May 31, 2012

The view of the city from the James River.

The Ships:

There was a massive amount of rigging.  I would get very confused.

On the side of this cabinet were the names of the original crew.

A little fun afterwards.

US Army's Women Museum Part 1

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D was dresses up as a soldier from the American Revolution.
Not all soldier were dressed like this, but several of them served in the
French and Indian War leaving them with this particular uniform.

Rebecca was super excited to get picked to dress as a lady from the AR time period.
 Wearing the hoop skirt made her day.
She would love to have one of these.

In her full colonial garb, hoop skirt, hankie, and all.

T was decked out in Civil War jacket, hat, canteen, and powder horn.
You could tell he was itching to get his hands on the musket,
 but the instructor didn't hand it over.

Emily volunteered to dress as a lady from the
Civil War in hand made garments.

Isn't she cute?

A group picture representing the uniforms of the military spanning
the time from the America Revolution to present day.

The varying types of hats and weapons through the time periods.

The museum had a great assortment of dress
clothes for the children to play in.

A time chart of pictures of sorts to show the
 progression of women's roles in the military throughout the years.

The small sign read 'Come on in' making this area kid friendly
 and great for the tactile learners.

World War I (19-17-1918)
"When the US Government declared war on Germany in the spring of 1917, women as well as men felt the impact of the nations decision to go to War. When roughly 16% of the male workforce trooped off to battle, the call went
out to women to fill the vacancies in shops, factories, and offices across the country. Eventually, 20% or more of all workers in the wartime manufacture of electrical machinery, airplanes, and food were women. At the same time, they came to dominate the formerly male preserve of clerical workers, telephone operators, typists, and stenographers. Such skills, along with nursing, would be needed both on the home front and the fighting front in the so called "War to End All Wars."

"Given the vast social changes affecting women, on the one hand, the total nature of the conflict that was about to erupt in the spring of 1861, it is not surprising that women played important roles on both sides during the Civil War.
The overwhelming percentage of women who had an active role took care of the farm and families at home, end encouraged and supported the war effort in a thousand different ways, morally and materially.
They also served soldiers in the fieeld more directly as nurses or "angels of mercy" who took care of thousands of sick and wounded, cookes, laundresses, clerks, members of the US Sanitary Commision, the Christian Commision, and a host of other support-type groups, in numbers wholly unprecedented in our nations history."

THe WAAC was responsible for all clothing and equipment issued to them. If through fair wear and tear, the clothing was no longer servicable, the could turn it in to their supply leader. It was important that the WAAC inspected their clothing daily. If the clothing became unservicable through neglect, they could be charged for them.