Bancroft Elementary School fifth-graders recently stepped into the shoes - and other clothing - of the nation's first soldiers.
The youth were immersed in the lifes of the Continental Soldier at a Revolutionary War presentation by Hands on History's Denis Cormier. Students dressed in uniforms from George Washington's Army, the British Army of King George III and the French Army; handled artifacts from the 1700s, and walked through drills and procedures, gaining an understanding of what it took to win the freedom of a new nation, according to parent Mary Hall.
The Friday, Jan. 13 event was sponsored by the school's PTO.
