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We understand that learning from home can be a new kind of adventure. The Old Barracks wants to help teachers and students learn about the history that happened right here in NJ while we are learning from our homes.
We have created our Ask the Barracks program to help teachers and students by allowing students to write questions to our interpreters here at the museum. Our interpreters are ready to help keep history lessons engaging and fun! Just have your students write their questions and email them to askthebarracks@barracks.org
Our interpreters will reply with answers to their questions about the Old Barracks and NJ's role in the Revolutionary War. We'll choose a few lucky questions to be posted to our Ask the Barracks webpage and Facebook. Keep an eye out to see which questions get picked! Have a question about the Old Barracks? The soldiers? The people who were in Trenton at the time of Washington's crossing? What people wore? What people ate? We're looking forward to hearing what the students are curious about.
We do understand that privacy is a main concern so we will only post the first name of a student and the school name. If you would like that information withheld, please let us know.
We are happy to assist our educators as we navigate this new way of learning together. Please let us know how we can help.
We have created our Ask the Barracks program to help teachers and students by allowing students to write questions to our interpreters here at the museum. Our interpreters are ready to help keep history lessons engaging and fun! Just have your students write their questions and email them to askthebarracks@barracks.org
Our interpreters will reply with answers to their questions about the Old Barracks and NJ's role in the Revolutionary War. We'll choose a few lucky questions to be posted to our Ask the Barracks webpage and Facebook. Keep an eye out to see which questions get picked! Have a question about the Old Barracks? The soldiers? The people who were in Trenton at the time of Washington's crossing? What people wore? What people ate? We're looking forward to hearing what the students are curious about.
We do understand that privacy is a main concern so we will only post the first name of a student and the school name. If you would like that information withheld, please let us know.
We are happy to assist our educators as we navigate this new way of learning together. Please let us know how we can help.
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Ask the Barracks Responses
A: Most combatants that died during the American Revolution died from diseases like dysentery, malaria, and smallpox - which is one of the deadliest diseases in history. It was a huge threat to the Continental Army as most soldiers in the army had never gotten the disease before. After smallpox immobilized the army twice, Washington ordered that the soldiers of the army be inoculated, meaning the soldiers would be given the disease on purpose so they would become immune. These inoculations took place right at the Old Barracks from 1777 until the end of the war.