Tippecanoe Battlefield

About five minutes away from Tad and Michelle's house is the site of the Tippecanoe Battlefield.  It is a large park with a monument recognizing William Harrison who, on November 11, 1811, led an army against the representatives of Tecumseh's Native American Confederation.  Harrison later went on to become president of the United States, but he died on his 32nd day in office making him the shortest serving president in history.  This has little or nothing to do with the Tippecanoe battle, but I hadn't realized (or remembered) that Harrison's tenure was so brief and found that very interesting.  He died of complications from pneumonia contracted as he was giving his inaugural address.

Anyway, Lydia acted again as our tour guide and told the whole story of Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa who was also known as The Prophet.  She showed us all over the property and walked us along a river trail.  On our way home, we stopped at Prophet Rock where Tenskwatawa got the Native Americans all riled up for the fight.  It is always fun to visit new places and learn parts of history we haven't known before.

Brandt is standing in the park with the monument to his right.

Monument

That's Harrison in sculpture.

I took this picture of the children and then Brandt said, 

"I want to take one of you."

Blythe wanted to take pictures too, so she captured us here.

This is a wonderful little cemetery near the actual official park.  

It is right next to a church.

I wanted to take several pictures there, but my camera battery died.

We did stop at Prophet's Rock on the way home and while these pictures were not taken the same day,

they do show the location, a super fun place to climb around.

That's quite a stick gun.

I'm not entirely sure what's happening in this picture.

Is Brandt mad, hurt, angry with his little sister who doesn't care, just yelling for the joy of hearing his own voice really, really loud?

Hard to say.

This evening we went into town for a band concert.  The Lafayette Citizens Band performs each Thursday evening in a plaza in front of the train station.  The band is large, about 120 players, and their repertoire is varied.  I managed to get Merlynn in the car, it was a cool evening, and it was lovely to be outside listening to music together.  The Lion's Club even comes and gives out free popcorn.  Free!  We were delighted to be at  the concert because we missed this week's park concert in Provo.  The Lafayette Citizens Band more than made up for our loss.  I wanted to take pictures, but I forgot the camera in the kitchen where I had left it charging.  Fortunately, I was able to snag one off the internet, a picture with George and Merlynn even in it.  

In this picture, George and Merlynn are on the left.

George is wearing the light blue shirt and black hat.  Merlynn is in white with the very white hair.

Kent and I were sitting with the children on the grass to the side, out of the picture.