By Emma Rausch
Hundreds flocked to O.J. Neighbours Elementary School as the students brought history to life at the 28th annual 1800s reenactment.
Parents and friends wondered around the David F. Sodervick Outdoor Education Center as students like Jaycee Jones demonstrated Navajo weaving and her peer Amaya Sellers oversaw cooking at her teepee.
The event is simply a wonderful tradition, according to Kim Stone, third grade teacher.
“It’s something that started many years ago with O.J. Neighbours and it started with just a few buildings and now we’ve turned it into this massive thing,” Stone told The Paper of Wabash County. “The kids just look forward to going through each of the stations. I really think it instills something back to the kids’ hearts and something that they can relate to instead of just seeing pictures in books and reading that information.
“They get to go through the parts and act like a Navajo Indian or act like the Miami Indians. I think that brings it all home.”