Mr. Alan Boley — Revolutionary War Soldier 

On Thursday, January 19, 2012 the Fourth Grade classes were transported back to the late 1770’s and experienced life as a Revolutionary War soldier through the presentation of Mr. Alan Boley.  Complete in authentic garb, Mr. Boley highlighted items like the canteen, bayonet, musket, and the basic tools every soldier needed to have to be prepared to fight.  After the initial presentation in the classroom, the students went outside to be lined up in ranks of Company A and Company B.  After learning to line up, interpret and follow military orders, Mr. Boley showed them how the musket is fired.  Actually... Mr. Boley FIRED the musket.  Filled with black powder, but no ball…in a cloud of smoke, the musket BOOMED across the athletic field.  “Awesome!” was one 4^th grader’s reaction.  “That’s cool!” said another, and “Whoa…man!”  The demonstration from start to finish brought to life the reality of what it was like for those men who risked it all to make America the “land of the free and the home of the brave.”