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Meharg, Dan [[email protected]]

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Patanio Jaclyn (31r016)‎; Geri Kobryn-Blatter ‎[[email protected]]‎‎; Jason Wickersty ‎[[email protected]]‎

Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:12 PM

You replied on 5/27/2014 2:08 PM.

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<div>Jackie,</div>
<div>I will be happy to assist your fourth graders from PS 16 make a video and take photos for their North Shore of Staten Island video project on May 19 and May 21. &nbsp;I am wondering if you would like to share with your students some letters and diaries from
 soldiers who served at Fort Wadsworth (then called Fort Richmond) during the civil war. &nbsp;Here is a link to Lester Hildreth's diary. &nbsp;He arrived at Fort Richmond on August 2, 1863. &nbsp;The diary describes daily life at the fort. &nbsp;Lester does bad things in his
 diary (comes back late after being on leave) and does not seem to understand why he is being punished.&nbsp;</div>
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<div>We also have letters from another young soldier Dalton Cooper to his sister which I can send you. &nbsp;It might be interesting for the students to try and find some of the places mentioned in the diaries and letters or try and recreate some of the scenes.</div>
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Dan Meharg<br>
Education Specialist/Park Ranger<br>
Gateway National Recreation Area<br>
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