Walking Tour of Fort Wayne

In our district, each class gets to go on 1 field trip each year. This year the 3rd grade field trip was a walking tour of Fort Wayne. The kids learn about the history of town during the school year, then at the end, they get to go see the sites in person. This year I went as a chaperone with Samuel's class. Here are some pictures from the day.

The entire class by the statue of Mad Anthony Wayne, who Fort Wayne is named after.

Samuel and his friend Brady at the Historic Old Fort:

At the history museum:

The class making silly faces at one of the pieces of artwork around town:

I didn't get any pictures of it, but one of the things that Samuel enjoyed most that day was lunch because it was at a Fort Wayne landmark called Coney Island, famous for the hot dogs it serves. 

After walking around town all morning, we spent the afternoon at The Embassy Theater, a restored old theater in town. The kids had a chance to act out a play on the stage, complete with costumes and props, and then we were given a tour of theater, which was really interesting. Personally, one of the things I found most interesting was a fact our 70-year-old tour guide shared: when he was a kid, he would go to the movies on Saturdays to see a newsreel, 1 hour of cartoons, and 2 westerns. He would be at the theater for about 5 hours, and all of this cost 17 cents! That's a far cry from the $7.50 it costs for 1 ticket for a matinee in 2015.