NC Field Trip: Day 5

Dear Parents,

Tomorrow is Day 5 of the North Carolina field trip. This means that we will be going to the Civil War Heritage Walking Tour, which is located in New Bern, NC. After that, we will go to the Lynnwood Park Zoo, which is located in Jacksonville, NC.

We will leave in the morning and arrive to the Civil War Heritage Walking Tour first. New Bern is surrounded by a wealth of Civil War history, making it an important player on the stage of Civil War landmarks. Better known in the South as “the War between the States,” the war, as depicted by Southern storytellers, was anything but civil. Nevertheless, New Bern played a strategic role in shaping history in the South during this turbulent era. This footprint in history is worth a walk to investigate.


While at New Bern, we will get a tour at a number of key locations. For example, the sign at Union Point Park indicates a frightful scene as the Union fleet and army descended upon the helpless town just after the major battle. Another location we will go to is the Harvey Mansion. Built in 1798, this handsome and imposing brick structure served as both a warehouse and as elegant living quarters. Recently, the historians of New Bern found out that this mansion was used during the Civil War as temporary barracks for those Union soldiers assigned guard duty. These are only two of the many places that we will visit on the walking tour in New Bern. I believe that the children will learn a lot about the Civil War and how it relates to the state of North Carolina. If you have any more questions about this field trip to the Civil War Heritage Walking Tour, feel free to ask me or click on this link for more information.


After we are done at the New Bern walking tour, we will get back on the bus and head to the Lynnwood Park Zoo located in Jacksonville, NC. Here, we will get to see a wide array of animals. We will see bobcats, alligators, emu, and hundreds of more different types of animals. In this trip we should have a very fun time looking at all of the different types of animals. This trip should go very well with our biology lessons. If you have any more questions about this trip to the Lynnwood Park Zoo, feel free to ask me or click on this link for more information.