It is with great excitement that we have started registration for Liberty Camp this year. Last year was one of the largest camps we ever had and we hope to expand on it this year. Please sign up on our webpage at www.3elearningenterprises.com and if you are interested in volunteering please let us know.
Current sponsors of the 2022 Hocking Hills Liberty Camp for Kids: Cornerstone Baptist Church Heinlein-Brown Funeral Home, Michael and Janet Roth, Olde Dutch Restaurant, Buckeye Toyota Automotive, Logan Insurance, Robert’s Funeral Home, Carpenter’s Mini-mart, Father’s House International, … Check back often as the list keeps growing!
Fill out the form below to become a 2022 Sponsor of this year’s Camp!
A Fun, Educational, Interactive American History Camp!
The 2021 Hocking Hills Liberty Camp for Kids is about to begin! July the 26th through the 31st! (Monday through Friday, 6 – 9 p.m. & Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.) Ages 8 to 12 years of age.
Registration is still open. Click HERE to register!
Watch this video showing highlights of our last Liberty Camp!
Every day starts with a Prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the National Anthem and we close with singing “God Bless America” with glow necklaces or bracelets. Campers earn Liberty Camp coins during the week and get to spend those coins on Saturday! We will be visited by some historical characters! Watch out for King George and his taxes!
Campers will learn about the Magna Carta, what Colonial Family life was like.
Watch a “spinster” using a Spinning Wheel and making yarn from rabbit fur!
Watch a real Blacksmith.
Play with Colonial toys (Cup & Ball, Whirlygig, Game of Graces)
Learn how to write with real quill pens and ink and sign your own Declaration of Independence.
Eat a “Pilgrim Hat” cookie, a Joe Frogger cookie and maybe some patriotic ice cream!
Watch a Flag folding ceremony by the Sons of the American Revolution.
Learn about the Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, Intolerable Acts, Paul Revere and the Declaration of Independence.
Throw tea into the Boston Harbor!
Be visited by Revolutionary War reenactors, the 8th PA regiment!
Watch a real Revolutionary war style cannon be fired!
Learn about the Continental Army, the Militia and Revolutionary War Surgeons by the Sons of the American Revolution.
Learn about Valley Forge and who Isaac Potts was.
Learn the history of the Star Spangled Banner.
Hear about our US Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Learn about the difference between Democracy vs. a Republic.
And much more….
On Saturday we will:
Give out Camper certificates and goodie bags.
Present the John Dye Camper of the Year awards.
Enjoy a Picnic.
Visit the Liberty Store.
Play Patriot Dodge Ball.
Plant a Liberty Tree.
Close listening to the Heritage Fifes & Drums!
Registration is still open. Click HERE to register!
Where is it held? Cornerstone Baptist Church, 15024 S.R. 328, Logan, Ohio 43138
What is the cost? Liberty Camp is offered for $25 per child, $15 per additional child in the family.
When is it held? July 26 – July 31 (Monday through Friday, 6 – 9 p.m. & Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.)
An American History interactive camp for ages 8 – 12
Dates: July 26 – July 31, 2021
Highlights of the Camp
God’s role in the creation of our beloved country.
Each day we will explore a different theme. On Monday, our theme is “Colonial Life.” We will learn about the first settlers in the new American land and what life was like for them. On Tuesday, we will look at the events leading to the Revolution, such as the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, Paul Revere’s ride, and the Declaration of Independence. On Wednesday and Thursday, we learn about the Revolutionary War from members of the Hocking Valley Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution and a group of re-enacters from the Brigade of the American Revolution, 8th Pennsylvania Regiment. Friday’s theme is the American View of government. We will explore our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and learn the difference between a republic and a democracy. Do you know whether the United States is a democracy or a republic? Do you know the difference and why it is important?
Saturday is Family Day at Camp. We will have a potluck picnic and present campers with their certificates and awards. Campers will have an opportunity to visit the Liberty Store. Other special presentations are planned for families to learn together. AND we close camp with a very special appearance of the Heritage Fifes & Drums.
The camp is an interactive camp, with many activities each day and throughout the week. Activities and topics may change from year to year, as we bring new topics of interest to the camp. However, some activities may include dressing as the Sons of Liberty to re-enact the Boston Tea Party, experiencing what it feels like to march though ice and snow with only rags wrapped on feet, grinding corn and making butter, and signing your own Declaration of Independence with a quill pen.
Throughout the week, we will be visited by various characters from our history.
Each day, we will learn about our flag, our national anthem, and other symbols unique to America.
Where is it held? Cornerstone Baptist Church, 15024 SR 328 Logan Ohio 43138
What is the cost? Liberty Camp is offered for $25 per child, $15 per additional child in the family.
When is it held? July 26 – 30 from 6 – 9 PM and concludes with Family Day on Saturday, July 31, from 10 -2. Please register online at www.3elearningenterprises.com.
2021 Dates: July 26 – July 31 (Monday through Friday, 6 – 9 p.m. & Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.)
Highlights of the Camp:
† God’s role in the creation of our beloved country
.† Each day we will explore a different theme. On Monday, our theme is “Colonial Life.” We will learn about the first settlers in the new American land and what life was like for them. On Tuesday, we will look at the events leading to the Revolution, such as the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, Paul Revere’s ride, and the Declaration of Independence. On Wednesday and Thursday, we learn about the Revolutionary War from members of the Hocking Valley Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution and a group of re-enacters from the Brigade of the American Revolution, 8thPennsylvania Regiment. Friday’s theme is the American View of government. We will explore our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and learn the difference between a republic and a democracy. Do you know whether the United States is a democracy or a republic? Do you know the difference and why it is important?
† Saturday is Family Day at Camp. We will have a potluck picnic and present campers with their certificates and awards. Campers will have an opportunity to visit the Liberty Store. Other special presentations are planned for families to learn together. AND we close camp with a very special appearance of the Heritage Fifes & Drums.
† The camp is an interactive camp, with many activities each day and throughout the week. Activities and topics may change from year to year, as we bring new topics of interest to the camp. However, some activities may include dressing as the Sons of Liberty to re-enact the Boston Tea Party, experiencing what it feels like to march through ice and snow with only rags wrapped on feet, grinding corn and making butter, and signing your own Declaration of Independence with a quill pen.
† Throughout the week, we will be visited by various characters from our history.
† Each day, we will learn about our flag, our national anthem, and other symbols unique to America.
Where is it held? Cornerstone Baptist Church, 15024 S.R. 328, Logan, Ohio 43138What is the cost? Liberty Camp is offered for $25 per child, $15 per additional child in the family. When is it held? July 26 – July 31 (Monday through Friday, 6 – 9 p.m. & Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.)
It has been many years since Minutemen first appeared on the village green. On Thursday evening, July 4, we took a step back in time in downtown Logan to celebrate the origins of Independence Day and to pay honor to the 56 men who mutually pledged to each other, and to future generations of Americans, their lives, their fortune, and their Sacred Honor when they signed the Declaration of Independence. A very special thank you to Logan Mayor Greg Fraunfelter for welcoming those in attendance, to Brian Mason for opening the event with prayer, to Montanna Stringer for leading the Pledge of Allegiance, to Sharon Hardman for singing the National Anthem, to Jim Hiles, Ed Zell, and Bob Hill for reading the Declaration of Independence, to Jim and Bob for calling the role of the colonies and the names of the signers, to Hocking County Commissioner Jeffrey Dickerson for arranging for and ringing the Liberty Bell, to Bob Hill, Al Gummere, and Jim Hiles for firing the muskets, to Brian Mason for sharing information about the signers and the fates they faced, and to Sharon Hardman for closing the program by leading the audience in the singing of God Bless America. Also a special thank you to the Republican Women of Hocking County who were there to serve those in attendance with ice cream and cold water on a very warm evening. The Liberty Bell rang 13 times, once for each of the original colonies.
Hocking Valley Chapter Sons of the American Revolution mucket fireThe mayor of Logan Greg Fraunfelter Jim Hiles readingIt was such a nice day. Hocking Valley Chapter Sons of the American Revolution Hocking Valley Chapter Sons of the American Revolution and Sharon HardmanEd Zell Hocking Valley Chapter Sons of the American Revolution
Witness the dramatic reenactment of a revolutionary War soldier who being convicted of crimes worthy of death…. foolishly stood before a firing squad with a pardon a still in his hands. Also enjoy revolutionary era ‘Field Music’ from Heritage Fifes and drums.
Cornerstone’s creative arts team will perform God Bless America! as well.
Wear your red, white, and blue, bring a lawn chair, and Celebrate Independence at Worthington Park in beautiful downtown Logan on Thursday, July 4 at 7 PM! There will be a dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence. The event will feature members of the Hocking Valley Chapter Sons of the American Revolution with their muskets, the Liberty Bell, and Logan’s Sharon Hardman. Ice cream with toppings and water will be available for a donation. After the Celebration of the origins of Independence Day, enjoy Logan’s fireworks at the fairgrounds.
Noticed a new book on the American Revolution circling around the internet and the title attracted my attention. What is wrong with it? Hopefully, it is explained in the book.
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777 by Rick Atkinson (Henry Holt and Co., 2019).
New books on the American Revolution often focus on anything other than the military campaigns from 1775 to 1781. Journal of the American Revolution award winners, for instance, have featured the roles of individuals, Native Americans, and the events on the periphery. But Rick Atkinson’s The British Are Coming is the opening volley of what has become in the twenty-first century a bit of a throwback: a multivolume narrative military history. It is unlikely that a major publisher would have ventured on such a project without an author such as Atkinson. But his previous Liberation Trilogy, which followed the American Army through World War II from its landing in North Africa to the fall of Berlin garnered accolades from critics, strong sales, and a Pulitzer Prize. By so doing it proved the multivolume military history genre, which harkens back to such writers as Shelby Foote, Bruce Catton, and Allan Nevins, was still viable in our age of omnipresent screens and 280-character “tweets.” Atkinson’s newest work covers the period from March 1775, just before Lexington and Concord, through Trenton and Princeton at the end of 1776. Weighing in at nearly 600 pages of narrative text (exclusive of bibliography, notes, and index) and focused almost entirely on its military aspects, his account promises to be as detailed military history of the war as we will see in our lifetimes upon its completion. Rick Atkinson. The choice of the American Revolutionary War for his next project is an interesting one. John Sterling, editor-at-large of Atkinson’s publisher, Henry Holt, explains that it has been several decades since we’ve seen a “start-to-finish battle history of the American Revolution.” In addition, more recent works have lacked the detail required to relate the emotional depths of those who personally experienced it to the modern reader. It is this gap Atkinson seeks to close with what Sterling characterizes as a “re-imagination” of the war….. Click here for the full article at Journal of the American Revolution.