Valley Forge NHP
Children participating in the "Join the Continental Army" Junior Ranger Program
JOIN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
Appropriate for boys and girls, ages 6-12
Participants will be mustered-in to the Continental Army by receiving enlistment papers and copies of Continental currency. How to stand and march like a soldier will then be covered. The recruits will be issued wooden dummy muskets to learn some of the different ways Washington's soldiers would have carried these. The process for loading and firing a musket will also be practiced. Most importantly, attendees will be encouraged to return for future programs. This is the key to the program, as the topics covered will be different each time. Those who participated in the first programs will help to teach and train newcomers, just as Washington's veteran soldiers would have done.
*** This program has concluded for 2009***
