Why it is important to make trips to historical places -- by Nick

Today I’m writing on why it is important to take trips to see historical places. I think it’s important to take trips because then you can separate fact from fiction; over the years, a story can be stretched. Also, you have the visual learner; if you read something, it might just go in one ear and out the other. However, if you see it yourself, it can change everything for you. It can finally click with you. It is easier to write on if you see where people fought and died. It stays better in your memory.  


Also, you can get a better idea of what the people went through. Back then, you didn’t have all the conveniences that we have today. There was no air conditioning and there were no cars. The soldiers wore woolen uniforms, which were really hot when most of the fighting was done in the summer. If you go to a place like Charleston during the summer, you can feel the heat that they had to fight in.  Going to South Carolina, you can see the lay of the land. You can experience some of the difficulties that they had to overcome.

I can’t wait to walk where Francis Marion walked and experience some of the conditions that he faced.