Hometown Hero

Last week we went on a field trip with our homeschool buds to the National Guard Museum at Forbes Field in Topeka.  They had artifacts from the Civil War to present, everything from bayonets to a recreated M.A.S.H. unit.  Our guide even let the kids try on some uniforms at the end, which of course inspired some pretend play of world war III after lunch:)

One super cool thing we learned is that Forbes Field is named for Daniel Forbes who is buried in our hometown of Overbrook!  Major Forbes is known for being one of the pioneers of strategic photo-reconnaissance flying combat missions & died in 1948 while piloting a "Flying Wing".  Of course, when Bubby found out that he was buried in our town's cemetery, we had to pay a visit to Maj. Forbes!