Sam Houston Museum, Huntsville

Sam Houston's statue

Today, I went to the Sam Houston Museum. Sam Houston was the first and third governor of Texas and the leader of the Battle of San Jacinto. 


Going to Sam Houston's Museum is my school, Buckalew's, field trip. At 8:50, two buses came. We hopped on the bus and we were on the road!


At first, I listened to the i-touch because it's boring. 40 minutes later, I started to half-sleep. -_-  


The bus started to stop. Half of the fourth graders squeezed inside the mini auditorium to watch a video clip about Sam Houston.


After that, the fourth graders were divided into four groups-- two in Sam Houston's house, one in the kitchen, and one in a place called bear house ( I think). 


First, We went into Sam Houston's house. A woman guided us throughout the house. It's pretty, really. Suddenly, we heard a loud 'bam' ! Some of us even screamed (not me)! We realized that the gunfire noise was to remind that we need to switch station.


Next, we were ordered to go to the small, stuffy room-- luckily there are some benches-- the kitchen. Another young woman made popcorn with real coal ( the kitchen was almost burning!), pig fat, and corn. While we waited for the corn to pop, she demonstrated some chores the slave would do. She picked several people to demonstrate carrying two buckets of water, grinding corn, and grinding butter. I got picked to grind the butter for two whole hours! My friends kept saying, " One hour and 55 minutes left!" so I laughed really hard! But of course, I didn't do it for two hours! 


Before we went to another station, and after terribly loud gunshot, the young woman gave each of us a handful of plain, yummy popcorn. Mmmm....... Better than buttered popcorn, but not caramel popcorn ( my favorite)!


Lastly, we went to a small wooden house. Two men told us about the weapons, including axes. They answered the questions we asked and finally, one man took out a gun and told us to watch when he shoots. We yelled "one, two, three!"  and he shoots. ' BAM!!!' Lots of smoke flew towards us students.

Sam Houton's Museum

We went into the Sam Houston's Museum. There are tons of artifacts and paintings. We just went inside for seven minutes because the bus drivers were in a hurry. We went to the gift shop next. There are lots of keychains, necklaces, bracelets, flutes, and even slingshots! I bought a pale pink charm necklace and a tiny pouch with a dream catcher on it. Too bad that the line was long, long, long.


Lunch time! We ate at the gazebo for 15 minutes and were on the road again. We reached Buckalew at 2:10 and watched a movie. Today is such an interesting, full-of-fun, and awesome day!

Sam Houston