We took the kids over to the Carnton Plantation on the anniversary of the Battle of Franklin. There were lots of people in period clothes reenacting various things from the time and answering questions about the battle and time period. There are still bullet holes in some of the buildings and blood stains on the floor of the home where they treated the confederate soldiers. There is also one of the largest confederate graveyards in the country because the battle was such a bloody one. The kids were actually way more interested then we expected. They listened to a black smith and a gun expert for a long time. These guys take it very seriously. It is good for the kids to feel a little piece of history and learn a little more about the civil war (or as one man called it, "the second revolutionary war" Ha!)
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