Gunpowder and Tea Cakes: My Journey with Felicity

But instead of scolding Ruben for leaving his duties, Susan thanks him and tells him to hold the kite up as high as he can. They try one more time, and then suddenly, the kite takes off, soaring higher and higher into the sky. Felicity claps and tells her to let out more string. Susan has the biggest smile on her face.

Ruben grins as he watches the kite go higher still. Felicity and I clap and cheer and Elizabeth bursts out laughing.

When I’m a junior interpreter this summer, I will remember this moment. My main job will be to demonstrate colonial chores to modern kids and to talk about how the Revolutionary War would’ve changed their lives. But now I know that I also want to remind visitors that most of all, kids are just kids. It doesn’t matter if they’re Patriots or Loyalists, or whether they lived in 1775 or are growing up in modern times—all kids love to have fun.