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Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic SiteChildren learn artillery techniques in an interactive program.
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Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site
For Kids

for kids includes:

Be A Junior Ranger
 
 

For Kids
An educational video especially for kids is available. The segments are listed in order below. Feel free to view them all or a few at a time.

1.Siege of Ft. Brown  2.General Taylor  3.General Arista  4.Transportation
5.Presidents Polk & Paredes  6.U.S. Volunteers Arrive  7.Conduct of U.S. Volunteers
8.Daguerreotypes 9.Women in the War 10.Medicine in the War
11.Matamoros Marketplace 12.Nature 13.Food & Weather 14.Consequences of War 

Junior Ranger Program
Ask any ranger you meet how to become a Palo Alto Battlefield Junior Ranger! Or complete your junior ranger packet at home and on-line.
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Battle of Palo Alto  

Did You Know?
Robert Pruyn, a drummer with the U.S. Army, was only 14 when he endured the Mexican bombardment of Fort Texas

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