STAFF PHOTOS BY DO?l C GU?GANUS VOLUNTEER SCOTT Mil. MOAN (far left) shows fourth-graders from Shallotte Middle how to make a broom out of dried marsli grass. Waiting their turn are (from left ) Tatnara Cause , llrenita Marlowe, Casey Aslimore and Alyxandra Kuigre from Linda Ionian's class. STUDENTS STEP INTO PAST AT BRUNSWICK Heritage Days Offers Hands- On Learning It Y IX)UI C. (ilHUJANUS Fourth grade students al Waccamaw ami Shallotlc Middle schools visited a setting that resem bled lilc in the late 1 Sth century last Thursday. They were the last of three groups of students to participate as Brunswick Town Stale Historical Site opened its gates for Heritage Days. Since ll)83, the ruins of the colo nial settlement have been part of the Heritage Day program, an educa tional hands on experience for local students. Uremia Marshboiirn, assistant site manager, recalled that the annual event was originally named F;all Heritage Days, but by the late 19K teach students about lile in the late l7(X)s. The curriculum for fourth grade covers American anil North Carolina history, and field trips of this sort are scheduled specifically to fit in with the state's required les son plans. In groups led by their teachers and several parents, students moved from one station to another, watch STENCILING HY HANI) was the best way to decorate a home be fore wallpaper became available in the colonies. Demonstrating the art form to Shallotte Middle School students are volunteers Ed and E ranees Allen. a 9 mm 7^ Mr J ing as volunteers dressed in the fash ions of the mid-lo-lalc l7(X)s showed them a bit of what it was like to live in Brunswick County 250 years ago. At many stations stu dents also got to try their hand at a craft, chore or game. They listened to Ellen Dorsett ex plain how candles were made at home by hand. She reminded them first that homes were not ci|uip|\'d with electrical outlets back then, and that candles were the only source of light during the evening. Tammic Bangert described the types of food cooked by colonial women of that period. Ash cakes, roasted hens anil cars of corn, gin gerbread. rice, combread and other reci|)es prepared in the New World were cooked over a fire with unso phisticated cast-iron or wtxxlen tools. The students also learned how brooms were made, where the fibers for ropes could be found and the types of games colonial children played. Volunteers for the program came from the Friends of Brunswick Town, the county schools. Fort Fisher and Caswell-Neuse historic sites. Lcland Middle School fourth grades visited Tuesday; Bolivia and Southport Elementary students toured the ruins Wednesday. Brunswick Town was founded in 1726 as a port under British colonial rule. Its people were some of the first to show resistance to the empire when in 1765 they revolted against die Stamp Act. Residents held royal Gov. William Tryon under house ar rest while they unloaded cargo that was not stamped from ships at the port. The settlement was soon vacated as Port Wilmington became more popular. British soldiers burned the deserted town in 1776, leaving it in ruins. Years later the site was used by Confederate Suites Army soldiers during the Civil War. Called Fort Anderson at that time, the Confederates were forced to aban rrTWgwr*** / >/?.' A / f )i\S Tit A Th\ ( I HOW CA\'I>I.I'.S were made during the lute ISth century, volunteers Joan I tomtit! (left) and Jan Calhoun melt beeswax over afire. don the fort when federal soldiers at tacked nearby Fort Fisher. Admission to Brunswick Town is free. Information about tours and schedules is available from the site staff, 9 1 9-37 1 -66 1 3. On Blinds! Call Seaside! 579-7592 ? Hwy. 179, Seaside] r MICIIEAI. 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