Themes, Stories & Activities at Fort Monroe #2
 

1. Each theme at Fort Monroe supports many stories. One very rich theme is the colonial history of Old Point Comfort. If you could pick just one story about the Colonial Period to tell, what would it be? Please provide 1st & 2nd choices.

 1st choice2nd choice
Anglo-Indian relations
Arrival of the first Africans in British North America
Colonial period mariners and their ships
Daily life in Lower Tidewater Colonial Virginia
Fort Algernoune
International trade in the Colonial period
Pirate raids
The Indian village of Kecoughtan
The people, society and culture of maritime Virginia

2. The past at Old Point Comfort/Fort Monroe is rich with significant historical figures. Which of these would you like to learn more about? Please choose three.

 1st choice2nd choice3rd choice
Captain John Smith (1608)
Trader William Claiborne (1620s-1660)
French Engineer Simon Bernard (1817)
Marquis de Lafayette (1824)
Pvt. E.A. Perry (Edgar Allen Poe) (1828-1829)
President Andrew Jackson (1829-1834)
Chief Black Hawk (1832)
General (then 2nd Lieutenant) Robert E. Lee (1831-1834)
President John Tyler (1843-1845)
President Millard Fillmore (1851)
Architect Richard Upjohn (1856-1858)
General Benjamin F. Butler (1861-1864)
General George B. McClellan (1862)
President Abraham Lincoln (1862)
Frederick Douglass (1863)
General Ulysses S. Grant (1864)
Abolitionist Harriet Tubman (1865)
Confederate President Jefferson Davis (1865-1867)
Entrepreneur Harrison Phoebus (1866-1886)
President Rutherford B. Hayes (1880)
President James A. Garfield (1881)
Secretary of War William Endicott (1885-1889)
Hotel owner John F. Chamberlin (1896)
President Theodore Roosevelt (1907)
Author Mark Twain (1907)
President William Howard Taft (1907)
President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1939)
President Harry S. Truman
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1947)

3. Recreation at Fort Monroe

After the Army leaves, Fort Monroe will be open to the public. What are the top 3 things you would like to do at Fort Monroe?

 1st choice2nd choice3rd choice
Attend a concert, play, or dance performance
Attend a festival or special event
Attend a symposium on a historical or literary topic
Attend tournaments for sports (ex: youth baseball)
Boating
Camp out in a tent
Camp in an RV
Dance under the stars
Enjoy the historical architecture
Enjoy the waterfront and natural areas
Experience the Fort’s historical ambiance
Fly a kite
Geocaching (electronic scavenger hunt using GPS coordinates)
Get married or host a wedding (or celebrate another milestone)
Go fishing
Go on a house & garden tour
Go to art galleries
Go to the beach
Have a church picnic or other such event (just for the day)
Have a family reunion (including overnight stay)
Have a nice dinner in an elegant oceanfront restaurant
Hunt waterfowl
Jog or walk for fitness
Join a Fitness Center
Kayak or canoe Mill Creek in your own craft
Rent a kayak or canoe
Make time for peace and quiet, solitude or spiritual reflection
Participate in community theatre productions
Participate in seasonal events (e.g. a Halloween ghost tour, Independence Day fireworks)
Research the Civil War, African American, or military history
Rent a bike to ride
Ride your own bike
Rent a historical building for a special event
Rent a historical house and stay for a weekend
Rent a historical house and stay for a week or longer
See the view from a tethered balloon
Shop for antiques or fine crafts
Take classes on heritage crafts (ex: quilting, furniture-making)
Take photographs
Tour the sites of famous historical events
View a Civil War era re-enactment of a day at Fort Monroe
Participate in a Civil War re-enactment
View special temporary exhibits, like displays of firearms or photography
Visit museums
Visit a nature center
Volunteer for habitat restoration
Walk your dog
Watch birds
Watch a computer simulated model of a historical event
Windsurf on Mill Creek

4. Learning Labs at Fort Monroe

If summer day camp or weekend classes were available for kids at Fort Monroe, which of these topics would you be most likely to sign your child up for? (All would be run by professional instructors.)

 1st choice
Archaeology Investigators
Art Lovers
Boating and Water Sports
Brainiacs (academic)
Camping out
Computer skills
Craft Creators
Earth, Sky, and Stars
Firearm safety
Fishing
Geocaching for Kids
History Detectives
"How Did They Do That?": Skills from the Past
Living History/ Re-enactment Camp
Kids Cooking
Nature Adventurers
Sailing
Sports Camp
Survivors (outdoor survival skills)
Theatrical Performance

5. Access to the Stories

Fort Monroe has many stories to tell. How would you prefer to experience them at the Fort? Please mark your top 3 choices.

 1st choice2nd choice3rd choice
A film or video
A live theatrical performance
Audio tour (with a unit like a wand or headphones)
Cell phone tour (you call a number to hear information)
Electronic touch screen kiosks
GPS-guided tour (a unit that automatically provides information when you get near certain geographical locations)
Guided trolley tour with interpreter on board
Guided walking tour of the Fort’s buildings and landscape
Display of historical photographs
Lectures by scholars on historical or contemporary topics
Living history (where interpreters demonstrate historical lifeways)
First-person interpretation (where the interpreter “pretends” s/he is a person from the past)
Museum-style exhibits
Segway tour
Self-guided walking tour using interpretive signs
Self-guided walking tour with brochure
Virtual, online, or computer simulated tour

6. Do you have any additional comments? Please add them here.

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