teaches the children about history and writing about history

We long ago learned that one program does not fit all. Below are basic guidelines for the available programs. We can customize any program to fit the needs of your individual group or school.

PROGRAM #1:
Military living history field trip program located between Rusk and Alto, Texas. This is by far the most complete program we can offer since all of our equipment and vehicles are available at one place and we utilize several acres of land. It has proven to be an excellent addition for field trips to the Texas State Railroad in Rusk

COST: the cost for this program is based upon a per student charge that varies according to the number of students. Please contact us with your requirements and we will give you a quote.

A Military living history program presented at your school. This is an OUTSIDE program requiring enough space for a small encampment of pup tents to be set up, one or two military vehicles to be displayed along with uniforms, field gear, rations (food), field telephones and radios. Space to demonstrate one vehicle is also desirable.

This Program can focus either purely on World War II, or more generally on the military history of the 20th century. We will bring one operational military vehicles. Either a WWII jeep with machine gun simulator (very loud, but totally safe) it is used in movies, a Fast Assault Vehicle (FAV)  or a Ferret armored car (basically a small tank with rubber tires). These have appeared  in the movie "UNIVERSAL SOLDIER THE RETURN",

This program can accommodate any number of students from kindergarten through adult. Groups of twenty to thirty students can begin tour at regular intervals throughout the day. This also enables several smaller schools to use the program on the same day.

COST: base price is $750/day, plus transport costs ($1.25 per mile) and lodging for program staff. Depending upon the number of students, staff varies from a minimum of two, up to four. An additional $100/day for each staff member over 2 will be charged, so a maximum effort capable of serving 1,000 students per day would be $900 plus transport and lodging.

This is a scaled-down version of Program #2 and can focus either on World War II or military history of the 20th century. It is great for smaller schools or single grade levels. Tom Townsend will present three 45 minute programs including as many of the artifacts mentioned above as will be practical to transport to, and display at your school. Display will also include one military vehicle. This program can accommodate approximately 300 students per day in three groups of 100 each.

COST: $300/day, $1.00/mile transport cost, lodging

A military history program presented in class room, library or cafeteria. We will bring in what equipment will best suit the needs and interests of your students. Basic equipment: uniforms, field gear, radios and field telephones, and rations. It can also include a large variety of deactivated weapons. Although any program designed to teach military history is much less effective without the appropriate weapons, this choice is yours.

COST: $300/day, $.50/mile transport cost, lodging. We can do three (3) 45 minute performances per day.

MEET THE AUTHOR, TOM TOWNSEND. This program is about meeting and interacting with on of the top children's and young adult authors in the southwest. Tom Townsend is the author of twenty-three books and has been doing school programs over a dozen years.

COST: $300/day, $.50/mile travel (or airfare), lodging. Can do up to three (3) 45 minute performances per day.

COST: $300/day, $.50/mile travel (or airfare), lodging. Can do up to three (3) 45 minute performances per day.

  (sorry this program has to be approved by the school board)

MEET DAVY CROCKETT. Davy Crockett talks about his childhood on the Tennessee frontier. This program has been performed over 600 times since 1987. It is an excellent follow up to Tom Townsend's biography of Davy Crockett (DAVY CROCKETT AN AMERICAN HERO, Eakin Press, 1987 ISBN 0-89015-618-2). This program requires several antique weapons to be displayed and will not be performed without them.

COST: $300/day, $.50/mile travel (or airfrare), lodging. Can do up to three (3) 45 minute performances per day.

(Sorry this program has to be approved by the school board)

 

OBJECTIVES: To honor the memory of those men and women who fought and died in the wars of this century. To build in students a respect and understanding of the vehicles which have carried our soldiers to war. To show the evolution of military life from World War II to the present. To develop a responsibility in future generations to remember past wars and thereby avoid future ones.

OBJECTIVES: To honor the memory of those men and women who fought and died in the wars of this century. To build in students a respect and understanding of the vehicles which have carried our soldiers to war. To show the evolution of military life from World War II to the present. To develop a responsibility in future generations to remember past wars and thereby avoid future ones.