Historic Visit to Historic Site

From Nicholas - Month 4

Nicholas visited his first historic site today--Ft. McHenry. For those of you not well-versed in your Baltimore/War of 1812 history, Ft. McHenry was where the Battle of Baltimore was fought (i.e. the British bombed the fort like crazy but couldn't make landfall) in September 1814 while Francis Scott Key watched on and was inspired to write the poem that later became the national anthem.

Anyway, we toured the fort today with Grandma Kathleen and Grandpa Dan, and Nicholas was remarkably content through most of the tour, as long as we didn't stand in the sun too long.

From Nicholas - Month 4

For the most part he was more interested in chewing on his hands or the Baby Bjorn than anything else, but he did spend a lot of time looking around taking things in and was fascinated by both the video and the LCD light presentation of the battle. I think it was the lights and colors more than the historical content, but there's time for that later.

And, as always, there are more pictures in the gallery .