{"id":15311,"date":"2025-07-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/?p=15311"},"modified":"2025-09-18T16:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:27:37","slug":"keiths-perspective-on-assorted-historic-sites-in-virginia-le-point-de-vue-de-keith-sur-divers-sites-historiques-en-virginie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2025\/07\/30\/keiths-perspective-on-assorted-historic-sites-in-virginia-le-point-de-vue-de-keith-sur-divers-sites-historiques-en-virginie\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith&#8217;s Perspective on Assorted Historic Sites in Virginia\/Le point de vue de Keith sur divers sites historiques en Virginie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Saturday, Dad went to a marina event, then we went sightseeing around Old Town Norfolk. We came upon this museum called The Meyers House. It had a bunch of information, and I learned that a presidential candidate named Decatur was killed in a duel. If he hadn\u2019t been killed, then Andrew Jackson wouldn\u2019t have won, and America would likely be very different. For dinner we went to a gourmet grilled cheese restaurant. It was soooooo good, and all the ingredients were top notch. The fries in particular were very good.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0746.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Moses Meyers House, Norfolk, VA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Samedi, Papa est all\u00e9 \u00e0 un \u00e9v\u00e8nement de la Marina, puis nous sommes all\u00e9s d\u00e9couvrir la vielle ville de Norfolk. On a vu a mus\u00e9e qui s\u2019appelle la Maison de Meyers. Il y avait beacoup d\u2019informations, et j\u2019ai appris que le candidate \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sidentielle qui s\u2019appellait Decatur a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 dans un duel. Si il n\u2019avait pas \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9, Andrew Jackson n\u2019aurait pas gagn\u00e9, et Les Etats Unis seraient tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rents. Pour le d\u00eener on a mang\u00e9 \u00e0 un restaurant de Grilled Cheese raffin\u00e9s. C\u2019\u00e9tait trop bon, et tous les ingredients etaient de tr\u00e8s bonne qualit\u00e9. Les frites \u00e9taient tr\u00e8s bonnes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8105.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, we went to a nautical museum where they had an actual battleship that you could tour. We went to the battleship and looked around one of the decks. I got super claustrophobic and hot, so we didn\u2019t tour the entire thing. There are some crazy things in a battleship. There was a dentist, a post office and even a donut factory!&nbsp;After the battleship, we looked at the museum, which was pretty interesting. I learned that the mascot for the naval training academy is a goat!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8109.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">USS Wisconsin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0899.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">USS Wisconsin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dimanche, nous sommes all\u00e9s \u00e0 un mus\u00e9e nautique o\u00f9 il y avait un vrai bateau de combat que tu pouvais visiter. On est donc all\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur du bateau de combat, et vu un des pont. J\u2019\u00e9tais tr\u00e8s claustrophobe et j\u2019avais chaud, donc on a pas vu tout le bateau. Il y avait des choses dingues sur le bateau de combat. Il y avait un dentiste, la poste et une usine de donuts.&nbsp;Apr\u00e8s le bateau de combat, nous avons visit\u00e9 le mus\u00e9e, qui \u00e9tait plut\u00f4t int\u00e9ressant. J\u2019ai appris que le mascotte pour l\u2019acad\u00e9mie navale est une ch\u00e8vre.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_0935.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">USS Wisconsin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1009.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">USS Wisconsin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, we went to a recreation of what old Jamestown was like back in the colonial days. It was pretty boring most of the time, but I really liked the musket demonstration and the armory. The musket is quite an interesting weapon. Back in Britain the longbow was used more, but the musket was perfect for America. It took about 20 seconds to reload, but a group of musketeers could fire a gun every five seconds! The musketeers carried vials full of gunpowder and a bullet on bandolier, and they filled the gun with the gunpowder and bullet. Muskets work very well against chainmail armor, however they don\u2019t do much about plate. I also learned that a soldier in those times generally carries about 1\/3 of their body weight in gear. Any more than that and the marches would be too tiring. These days soldiers wear much heavier equipment, but they have transports to carry them. After Jamestown we ate at a french restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jamestown-musket-demo-2.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lundi, nous sommes all\u00e9s \u00e0 une reconstitution de ce que l\u2019ancien Jamestown \u00e9tait \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque coloniale. C\u2019\u00e9tait plut\u00f4t ennuyant, mais j\u2019ai aim\u00e9 la d\u00e9monstration du mousquet et l\u2019armurerie. Le mousquet est une arme tr\u00e8s int\u00e9ressante. En Grande Bretagne l\u2019arc et les fl\u00e8ches \u00e9taient le plus utilis\u00e9, mais le mousquet \u00e9tait parfait pour l\u2019Am\u00e9rique. \u00c7a prenait environ 20 seconds pour recharger, mais un groupe de mousquetaire pouvait tirer toutes les 5 secondes! Les mousquetaires avaient des fioles remplies de pourde \u00e0 canon et des balles en bandouli\u00e8re, et ils remplissaient leur arme avec la poudre et les balles. Les mousquets \u00e9taient tr\u00e8s efficace contre la cotte de maille, mais ils pouvaient rien faire contre l\u2019armure de plaque. J\u2019ai aussi appris que les soldats de cette \u00e9poque portaient environ 1\/3 de leur poids du corps en \u00e9quipement. Plus que \u00e7a et les voyages auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 trop fatiguant. Aujourd\u2019hui les soldats portent des \u00e9quipements beaucoup plus lourd, mais il y a des transports pour les porter. Apr\u00e8s Jamestown nous avons mang\u00e9 \u00e0 un restaurant fran\u00e7ais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1519.heic\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dessert at Blue Talon Bistro in Merchant&#8217;s Square, Colonial Williamsburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, we had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, but mom\u2019s food had pepper in it. Then we went to pick up my new glasses and then went shopping at Costco.&nbsp;On Wednesday, we went to West Marine and Carvel. Then we went to the boardwalk and took a picture with a really cool statue. After the boardwalk, we went to Miss Roxy\u2019s house and hung out for a while, then we wet to a restaurant on the beach for drinks. After drinks, we went to my mom\u2019s friend\u2019s house and hung out with them for a while. On Thursday we didn\u2019t do much in the morning, but in the afternoon we went to Portsmouth to hang out at a kid boat. I had a good time.&nbsp;On Friday we had lunch at a really good Mexican food restaurant, then we rested for the rest of the day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8139.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Neptune Statue on the boardwalk in Oceanfront, Virginia Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mardi, nous avons mang\u00e9 \u00e0 un restaurant Mexican, mais la nourriture Mexicaine avait du poivres dedans. Apr\u00e8s \u00e7a nous sommes all\u00e9s \u00e0 Costco pour r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer mes nouvelles lunettes.&nbsp;Mercredi nous sommes all\u00e9s \u00e0 West Marina et Carvel, puis all\u00e9s au boardwalk et fait une photo avec une statue tr\u00e8s cool. Apr\u00e8s la promenade, nous sommes all\u00e9s \u00e0 la maison de Miss Roxy et nous y sommes rest\u00e9s pour un temp, puis nous sommes all\u00e9s \u00e0 un restaurant \u00e0 la plage pour boires un verre. Apr\u00e8s \u00e7a, nous sommes all\u00e9s \u00e0 la maison de l\u2019ami de maman et rest\u00e9s avec eux pendant un moment.&nbsp;Jeudi, on a pas fait becoup de chose le matin, mais l\u2019apr\u00e8s midi nous sommes all\u00e9s \u00e0 Portsmouth pour voir d\u2019autres enfants matelots. J\u2019ai pass\u00e9 un bon moment.&nbsp;Vendredi nous avons mang\u00e9 \u00e0 un tr\u00e8s bon restaurant Mexicain, puis nous nous sommes repos\u00e9s pour le reste de la journ\u00e9e.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1649.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lola&#8217;s in the Little Creek neighborhood of Norfolk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Dad went to a marina event, then we went sightseeing around Old Town Norfolk. We came upon this museum called The Meyers House. It had a bunch of information, and I learned that a presidential candidate named Decatur &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2025\/07\/30\/keiths-perspective-on-assorted-historic-sites-in-virginia-le-point-de-vue-de-keith-sur-divers-sites-historiques-en-virginie\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,19,346,2,398,397,422],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-guided-tour","category-keith","category-northamerica","category-tourist-activities","category-united-states","category-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15311"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15335,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15311\/revisions\/15335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}