On Monday my class and I had an opportunity to go and visit the National Park in Salem. While on the trip I learned a lot about the custom house in which inside we learned a lot about how they weighed goods. We seen the original Eagle that was first made and had the 13 original stars on the original flag. My group was responsible for learning about the middle class it was amazing to be able to learn about the middle class house. It was also important that the Ranger was able to answer all my questions about the middle class. I was very curious to learn how they were able to keep track of all the people who had live their before. She told me that they did this by the fact that a hundred or more years they did not have trash trucks. Which meant they just would throw the trash in the backyard and barry it. This meant that archeologists would dig through the yard and fine evidence of who once lived there.

Middle Class House

Custom House

My Drawing 

Below you will find a link about the NPS

https://www.nps.gov/sama/learn/historyculture/narbonne.htm

What struck me the most is the smell of the salt water and how in the middle of where the water was there was this brown house. It smelled like an ocean and I was curious how the how go there. The stories Tracy the Ranger shared about how strict the people were about spices. This makes me grateful for today that there is no issue when it comes to having seasoning and spices. The way the Ranger went through the stories she told them in an excitement voice and very informative.

This impacted my sense of place because I learn that Salem is full of history and I plan to contribute to this very history. It is important to know the history of where you are when figuring how to build your sense of place.

Questions?

What other historic Restaurants and hangouts in Salem?