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At the boxcar museum
At the Municipal Complex
3rd graders visit
'old and new'
PUTNAM — After months of planning third-graders enjoyed a trip through the old and the new.
Organized by a committee at the Gertrude Chandler Warner Boxcar Children’s Museum, students on May 23 and 25 went on a field trip from Putnam Elementary School to the Municipal Complex. There they had a tour of the library, the Aspinock Historical Society’s museum, the mayor’s office and then went on to the boxcar museum.
There, according to Pat Hedenberg, the students made their own boxcar bookmarks, took a walk to see Warner’s home and discussed what the town looked like 100 years ago.
Inside the boxcar, she said, they played detective, finding Benny’s pink cup, Violet’s work bag and Henry’s fishing pole.
Said Hedenberg: “Gertrude would have loved it!”
At the end of the tour each child received a new Boxcar Children’s book presented by Jewett City Savings Bank.
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