The First Annual H.O.G. Society History Fair

Jaden in the stocks! her "friends" paid to have her "locked" up and then she had to match the payment to get out.











Auben in the stocks trying to collect "bail". The proceeds went to the H.O.G. Jr. Board. Alan was the sheriff.

















Below: Shooting Potato cannons














Auben and his friend DJ in the gladiator pit.















Below: Inkle weaving














There was a General Store where you could by Old fashioned and not-so-old fashioned items.
Kaylen is the short one behind the counter.

















Below left: Jaden ran the Maori face painting booth. Ashley ran the Pirate Geo Caching Booth.














Below: Civil war reenactor

Below: A US war reenactor (sorry can't remember which war)

The H.O.G.'s Head restaurant that Maryann and I ran. We served simple historical fare such as; frankfurters, bbq chicken, hoe cakes, bullets in a pot, and switchel. We were very popular.lol. We also had live entertainment... We enjoyed the fiddlers.

This is Maryann and I making hoe cakes.

The History Fair was a blast! There was so much to do. All of my kids had projects that they were in charge of. Auben was in charge of the Gladiator Arena. He and Hyrum dug the pit, hung the poles and flags, made the weapons... they had to do a lot of research. It was a hit!! Pun intended.

Jaden was in charge of the Maori face Painting. That was a lot of fun researching too.

Maren was a Floater. So, she had to learn about a lot of different projects. Kaylen worked in the General Store. She learned how buy wholesale and sell retail, inventory and of course, making change. She also enjoyed learning about old toys and candy.

Rylen helped with the kite making and mostly just enjoyed the freedom of roaming the fair.

There were a ton of hands on exhibits:
Musket Shooting - 1912 schoolhouse
- Wwi trench digging - brick making
- gladiator arena - pirate geocaching
- telegraph - electronics graveyard
- berlin wall mural - maori face painting
- Inkle weaving - much, much more!

It ended w/ a "Haunted" forest. It was all about historical figures' last words and it was kinda creepy. Maren was Joan of arc (being burned at the stake) and Jaden was a southern belle pirate (I just forgot her name:( ). Auben was a guide and the rest of us just enjoyed the "haunted" trail.

Stuff like this makes me grateful we homeschool...because home's cool. ;)

If you didn't make it this year...don't miss it next year!