Showing posts with label town criers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label town criers. Show all posts

Sunday, January 24, 2021

January Meeting: American History

 Paul Revere's Ride


Alexander McNair members and seniors met virtually through Google Meet to learn more about Paul Revere and his famous ride. They watched several videos:
Members created their own lanterns while watching the videos:





The directions for the craft can be found here: Paul Revere's Lantern Craft

Attendees: 6 members (5 pee wees) and 5 seniors

Sunday, September 18, 2016

September Meeting

Members role-playing town criers while singing the C.A.R. song.

Our Society President shared information he learned through a Google Slides presentation. Members learned about how the news of the Victory at Yorktown disseminated throughout the colonies. He explained how Town Criers shared the news throughout towns. People also learned about the victory from newspapers and broadsides. Members learned the difference between those items, and also learned about the mastheads that were found at the top of them. Members created their own mastheads to be used with the society's newsletter.

Members were able to try on period hats and take turns ringing the bell and shouting, "Here ye, here ye!" The meeting concluded with the members marching to the C.A.R. song with the town crier's bells.