Stones River National Battlefield

The second stop on our "adventure" on Sunday was Stones River National Battlefield.  After going to Fort Negley on Saturday, the boys were begging to see more cannons and where people fought.  They don't really understand the civil war yet, but I'm all for exposing them to more history!  Plus getting outside was a priority since we haven't had many warm days lately!

We went to the visitor center first.

They have a small museum explaining what happened at this site.  There was also another short film that the boys were super excited to watch.

While in the visitor center, we had to get Grayson's national parks passport book and his first stamps!

Next we went outside to see the cannons and wagons.

We did a short hike on the Pioneer Brigade Earthworks Trail where the big boys did their best shooting stances :)

We drive over to the Hazen Brigade Monument next and searched out a recently placed letterbox.

Inside the box was a First Finder prize as well as a hitchhiker we'll place in a box the next time we find one out of town.

The First Finder prize was just a certificate and we taped it into our log book.

Our last stop was our favorite, though it has a really morbid name - the Slaughter Pen.  As you'd probably guess, there were a lot of soldiers that died here.  However, the rocks here are really unique and so much fun for the boys to play in.

And since it's winter, I wasn't too worried about snakes, weird bugs, and poison ivy :)

I had so much fun with my boys on our weekend adventures.  I'm looking for more adventures to go on soon!