This museum was built in 2001 and was the vision of our 38th Lieutenant Governor, Bob Bullock. He was a student of Texas history and was also a Secretary of State for Texas. Mr. Bullock died before the museum was built.
Inside the museum, we found this quote from Sam Houston:
We saw many fascinating exhibits in the museum that told the history of Texas -- from the view of the explorers, the Native Americans, and the settlers.
At the gift shop, we bought a bunch of interesting items (souvenirs) that had something to do with Texas. Most of us had money left over. One of us had only two cents left!
We also visited the Texas Capitol. It was very big and its outer walls are made of granite. When we walked in, we looked up and this is what we saw:
Inside the capitol we also saw this statue of Stephen F. Austin. It was created by Elisabet Ney, a German-American sculptor. We had read about her in our social studies book.
Our trip was so much fun! We learned so much about Texas history!
We also brought along some healthy snacks for the bus ride.
What part of the trip was your favorite?
Looks like the Austin Trip was a success again this year. Wish I could have gone along, but so glad I got to attend one out of my three chances!!!
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much for taking the time to post a comment on our blog. We love when parents visit our classroom blog, and we hope you post again!
I am grateful to have so many wonderful parents like you who volunteered to chaperone!
The capitol was a great expirience for anyone.
ReplyDeleteThe capitol made me smarter.
The capitol was a great place to learn stuff.I hope I go there again.It was so much fun.
ReplyDeletei loved the trip so much it was so fun and i learned a lot when i was having fun!!!
ReplyDeleteThe best part was when we went to the gift shop, It was so exciting!
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