Mar 15 -MLB and WWII

Can you see the ball? This was taken with an iphone!

Because there is Major League baseball spring training going on right now in Fort Myers area, we took the opportunity to take in a game at Port Charlotte.  It was the Tampa Bay Rays vs The Toronto Blue Jays. The kids and I had never been to a baseball game before, and I loved it!  We had super tickets, and we were able to see the players and the field so well!  It was lots of fun!  After the game we went to Cubby’s for Ice Cream in Punta Gorda, FL.  Yummy!

We had missed doing the war museum at Fisherman’s Village in Punta Gorda when we were there the first time. Because it was such a short drive we decided to go back.

One of the museum volunteers suited Zane up and
told hime to be ready to report to Fort Bragg at 18:00 hours

Peter and Zane spent the most time there and learned that during WWII prisoners of war were allowed comfort items. One of the items allowed was the board game Monopoly. Unknown to the enemy was the fact that some of the board games were specially marked with a red dot on the Free Parking square. Hidden within the game were silk maps of escape routes,  a magnetic compass and a metal file as well as German, Italian and French currency hidden within the Monopoly money. This information wasn’t declassified until the 1980’s