We loved seeing the original Lucas Tavern where the men stayed in one room and the women in another. General Lafayette himself stayed in the lodge!
We saw the original well at the Ordman-Mitchell-Shaw house and the slave quarters that were still there.
We saw the Adams Chapel school house used from 1895-1948. The teacher taught the children all about what was expected in an 1800s school house.
He said after the civil war the law said that they had to face the north to say the pledge of allegiance. That ended, but the board of education did determine that schools should have students facing north so that the sun came in on the west side over their shoulder.
The boys loved this raised map of Alabama at the archives building-
Then we went on a guided tour of the capital building, which was built in the 1850s. It has the senate chamber where Alabama seceded from the union and is the location where Jefferson Davis was sworn in as President of the Confederacy.
At this point Charlie was too tired! He kept saying, "Can I sit down? Can I take my shoes off?" :)
We did enjoy seeing the capitol rotunda with all the paintings. We had read about all the stories and knew what we were seeing.
A tiring, but educational day. :)
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