Today we went to a celebration of the Mormon Battalion at Old Town San Diego. We also went through the Mormon Battalion visitors center there. They had a lot of booths set up where you can make toys, wash clothes by hand, and learn about how things were done back in the olden days. Robert's great, great, great(I think that's right) grandfather, James S. Brown, was part of the Mormon Battalion that marched all of the way to San Diego.
Grandma & Grandpa Thompson picked us up this morning in their motor home and took us down there. It was a beautiful day outside and we had a great time. Grandpa and our kids were in the parade. Here are some pictures of the day. By the way, three cheers to Grandma Thompson for fixing our camera so we once again have clear pictures! :)
Motor Home
Grandpa and the kids dressed up and ready for the parade!
In the parade!
Robert and the kids
Making biscuits on a stick.
Bruce made a toy.
Grandma Thompson and the girls made dolls.
Bruce touching the cannon that our relative James S. Brown helped buy. It was neat to think that generations later Bruce is touching the same cannon as his ancestor.
Panning for gold!
1 comment:
very cool! I have an ancestor who also marched. I'll have to find out who it was. It's so fun to think that we know people today who have ancestors who likely knew my ancestors.
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