A few months ago I saw an ad at Mary H. Library about
The Military Heroes Project so I copied the info and contacted them about apossible contribution. Somebody responsded to my inquiry so we communicated back and forth via email. hey sent me a form for my husband to fill out. We submitted two, one for my husband and the other for his Dad who is a WW2 veteran. He also included his Dad's late brother, Paul, who died in and was buried in Normandy, France. I have met people with very low regard for men and women in uniform but it doesn't change my high respect for those who really sacrifice their lives for us to enjoy our freedom.
Anyway, back to the prohject that I was talking about, my contact asked if they could interview my husband and hubby agreed so on June 6th, we went to Brooke County Historical Museum so he could be interviewed.
I told my husband that it would be a great opportunity for the kids and I to tag along with him so we could explore the museum and the kids were very excited for the trip.
The museum is in Wellsburg, West Virginiam it's a couple of cities away from our city. We left home early so just in case we get lost or something (we always have that luck when we go somewhere even with GPS), we have time to find it.
We pulled the address of the museum online and that's what we put in our GPS that was a mistake, I shuld have paid closer attention to the emails that my contact has been sending me as it has a new address.
Wellsburg is a small city, it looks very peaceful there but you can tell that it is one of those cities that ius rich with history. My daughter find this crumbling brick fascinating, I don't know why but she thinks it's amazing how it looks old but still pretty.
We parked far away from the old address that we found because the parking area there was full. So we walked and enjoy every sight we see.
Again, anything historical fascinates my daughter so we stopped by in front of this courthouse building.
According to the info that my daughter was looking at, The First Courthouse (Brooke County, Virginia) was built inthe place where this courthouse is. It was built in 1799 by Samuel Herdman, who lived to see it torn down and rebuilt in 1849 as the present Brooke County West Virginia Courthouse.
There's two of this in front of the courthouse.
Here's what we saw when we arrived at the address, lol. That was my bad of following the address online. They should edit the address they have online because it creates confusion, well, at least to people like us who has never been there.
Anyway, before leaving the place, I took a quick snap of this beautiful view. Too bad, the boys are already heading back, we could have had a picture by the park and enjoy this view.
Here's another thing that fascinated Ms. Burrito, an old wooden house. The info on this was in the museum but I failed to read it.
We pass by the city hall when we were looking for the museum.
We had 5 minutes left when we finally find it. We had a little exercise walking around trying to find this place but it's worth it.
When we arrived, I asked the person who will be interviewing my husband if we are allowed to take pictures and she gave us permission.
There are tons of neat things to see there, lots and lots of information through displays.
I took pictures and my kids took pictures as well using their iPods.
Daughter said, the cel was very small. It is nice that they were able to display the orginal jail cell there.
This little guy here was so intriguesd of all the military display.
These are old yearbooks. I think people who grew up in this place can go there and look back through this yearbooks.
Here's my husband being interviewed.
The mueum was huge and there's even a mini stage with these beautiful chairs in it.
LIttle guy got tired of exploring the museum and he used the rest of his time looking at the photos he took and played games of course.
Thanks to the little Miss for taking this photo of mine.
We met Kathy (left) and Bobbie (right), they're the one who did the intervie. I have been emailing Bobbie ever since we submitted our entry and I finally got to met her. We also met Ruby, the lady who maintains and continue to work on mproving the museum. She didn't want to be in the picture but all the ladies were very nice. It's so nice to meet people who really give time to appreciate veterans. Thanks to you guys for making this project possible.
The book will be released for the 4th of July. It will be available for sale so if you want to grab a copy, you can visit The Brooke County Historical Museum & Culture Center at 704 Charles Street, Wellsburg, WV 26070 . The museum is open to the public on Wednesday, Friday,
and Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. Or, special tours may be scheduled by contacting Ruby
Greathouse at (304) 737-4060.
Coming back, we were very satisfied of our little trip. There are so much there to learn about history.
We enjoyed the river view too. This river is what separates West Virginia from Ohio.
I am so glad that I was able to convince my husband to submit his entry to the book because it will serve as a great reference for the next Cottrill clan. The book will be able to tell a little history about him, his Dad, and his two Uncles. I wouldn't be surprised if any of our kids decide to join the military when they grow up as it is in their blood. There's nothing wrong of serving the country, it is an honor and I hope that more people would appreciate the sacrifices they made and still making through their services.
We dropped by Wendy's on our way home and have some burgers and salad. It was our first time inside Wendy's, lol. It was a fun ending of our trip.
