Imagine my delight as I opened the paper and found a story about a fourth grade student that LOVES antiques and the Antique Road Show! He is Michael Cruz, a student at Carrol Lutheran School in Westminster, MD.
Here is the story
This EXACTLY what we hope for EVERY student... an appreciation of history through history's tools and objects made by and used by people in the past.
For now, I will let the story speak for itself. So, please click on the link to the story and pay special attention to the photo showing his collection of family heirlooms.
At some point I hope to interview Michael. But, for now, what I hope that what you take away from the story is that appreciation of antiques isn't just for old people looking for an investment or reliving their own past. It's about people of any age that realize that objects from the past, even a recent past, can tell us something about us, our times and what got us here.
Michael get's what it takes to be a 'curator' of a collection that, along with his photos, in and of itself provides the stories and context behind them. That is VERY cool!
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