A.P. Hill

Several of the girls and Joshua and Madelyn have been exploring a little. They went into some woods and found the first burial place of Lt. General Ambrose Powell Hill. Most of us think of him as A. P. Hill from the Civil War. Bethany started doing some research on him and found out that he was first buried in the little cemetery in the woods and then later moved to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, and then later he was moved and buried under a statue of himself near Hermitage Road and Laburnum Ave. in Richmond. When the monument was taken down he was moved to Culpeper, VA where his parents are buried. So, he has had four burial places. Another little bit of information Bethany found out was that he was buried standing up, as he requested that before he died. Bethany says she is going to do a lot more research on him. All of this has sparked her interest.

They brought home a few things that were in the woods. They were pretty excited about all they found and saw. I don’t know why they didn’t get a picture of his tombstone.

Aria

We had a pretty quiet day at home today. Aria decided she wanted to start getting ready to make a few fairy houses or doors to put on trees. We had a few plain blank doors and she painted them and then got some sticks to make a ladder. She got pretty excited after we talked about all the fairy houses and fairy doors Bethany made from wood and then painted. Also, the ones she made with moss and leaves and sticks, etc. So, Aria has asked for a few supplies to make some fairy houses in the yard this spring – if she can wait that long. She reminds me a little of Bethany as she does love a project.

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