Feature Photo: Berkshire Students Learn History First-Hand
Middle school students learned about the Civil War last week during a visit from Battery D, the First Michigan Light Artillery.
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Cole Hendrikson, a sixth grade student, and other sixth graders look on as Max Duncan from Battery D loads a Mountain Howitzer at Berkshire Middle School. The visit from the Civil War experts from Battery D took place March 20
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Berkshire Middle School students took a trip into the past during a recent visit from Battery D, a historical group representing the First Michigan Light Artillery, the unit that fought during the American Civil War.
Volunteers from the historical society visited the middle school on March 20, during which Students engaged in hands-on activities as they learned about muskets, Civil War-style tents, a Mountain Howitzer and other historical elements.
