We had an incredible first week exploring urban parks that are a part of the National Park Service. We had stops at the White House in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia. At each stop students are collecting ideas to possibly start a movement in creating a National Park at our Inner Harbor. |
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On Friday we traveled down to the Sports Legends Museum next to Camden Yards. Our campers learned the history of the Orioles, Ravens, Colts and many other sports team both college and pro from the area. While we don't have as many World Series trophies as the Yankees, it was nice to see the ones we do have. Hopefully we have another one to add for next year! Many of our campers did not know that the Colts had once been a Baltimore team. The day before we watch the ESPN documentary, "The Band that Wouldn't Die" to give them some background. Next we walked over to the Babe Ruth Museum and learned about the life of the famous baseball player from Baltimore. After the tour we enjoyed a walk to the Inner Harbor and of course the fountains. While we did take a mile off of our walk by using the free and green Charm City Circulator, we still managed to walk 4 miles. That brings our total of 12.8 miles for the camp so far! We began today with another visit to the Jewish Museum of Maryland. We explored two exhibits there. "The Voices of Lombard" exhibit depicts a timeline of immigrants to the community in the early 20th century and how they integrated with the variety of ethnic groups already in the area. The "Zap, Bam, Pow" exhibit is an incredible display of comic book history including the first sketch of Superman. Many of the early comic book authors and illustrators were Jewish. Students conducted a scavenger hunt at both sites and even created their own villains and heros! If you have not been to the Jewish Museum of Maryland I highly recommend it. They have hosted us for years and I always look forward to our next tour there. We ended the day with lunch at the Inner Harbor Food Court and then outside to cool down in the fountains for a couple of hours. We walked a total of 4.2 miles today. Add that to yesterday's hike of 3.6 miles and we have marched a total of 7.8 miles in our first two days! For more pics go to the bottom of the page here. |
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