NPS reflection

We took a trip to downtown Salem to really get a sense of place for the city, and to dive into more of Salems history. We all went down to one of Salems oldest docks, so that we might take in some of the sights sounds and smells of this historical area. I remember drawing a picture of an old house. In the distance of the old house was a vast ocean behind it, with the sun beaming down. That was a nice day in terms of weather, not to hot not to cold, with a nice breeze. Fall has just arrived, there were definite signs of fall especially that crisp air. We met up with this national park service ranger, she was very knowledgeable about the history of trade, ships and the way of life here in Salem over the past few hundred years. One of my favorite things to learn about was how the government supported piracy, they just calle it a different name essentially, they called it being a privateer. During the revolutionary war this was important that the privateers take over British ships, so the colonies could  get goods in some way and was a big factor in the reason we won the war. Salem was just a huge factor in the fishing business and the trade of many things from all over the world