The Reporter: Will C. Wood High School students take to hands-on history

By Sarah Rohrs/Times-Herald, Vallejo

High school student Wyatt Smith and his Vacaville classmates could have easily read a book or encyclopedia entry about U.S. Marine John O. Dahlgren and the Chinese Boxer Rebellion.

But the students got a personal look at the man and the 1899 uprising by delving into the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum archives as part of a unique field trip.

“We wanted to do a display about the U.S. Marines and how it got started,” said Smith, a Will C. Wood High School junior in advanced placement history. “This is one person telling the story.”

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