Monday, August 24, 2009

It rained again alittle bit yesterday.
We went to church, as usual. Jacey, Holden and Quentiana made up the entire Youth Group on Sunday. There were three teachers and three kids, so it was a pretty good ratio.
After church we went to the Schuyler house in, you guessed it, Schuylerville. Mr. General Schuyler was a good friend of George Washington and the father-in-law of Alexander Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton is on the $10 bill and was shot by Aaron Burr in a duel. Gen. Schuyler was also credited with making the canal system popular in the U.S. He had seen the locks in England and thought it would increase the efficiency of trade. He mapped out the whole system, including the Erie Canal, but died before he could see the project finished.
We visited a lock on the way home to get a closer look.


We also went up and saw the Saratoga Battlefields. The visitors center was very neat, and the rest of the park was also awesome.



We Miss You All.
Your Friends,
-The Daughtons-

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