Personal Narrative Essay: The Trench Of Death
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” –Oliver Wendell Holmes. One day, I was walking around campus with my friend Faith when both of us stumbled upon a sign in the elevator that mentioned a trip to Europe to study our favorite parts of history. From that minute and on both of us knew we had to look into this one of a kind trip. A few days later we attended the course meeting for the trip both of us looked at each other, nodding our heads in excitement. This was when we finally and completely decided this trip would be for us and we would do everything in our power to go. I was hoping this adventure would show me the people, places, and things that I had heard about in books but also more. I
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While on the way to Amsterdam we made a few stops to some of the most historic spots on the way. First, we went to another German military cemetery to see a beautiful statue that was a mother and a father mourning the death of their son, the son was buried right in front of the statue. It was beautiful. The “Trench of Death” would be the next place on our car ride adventure. This was truly a cool sight being able to walk through the trenches as if we were there. I did not realize the amount of loop holes they had in them it was basically a game of cat mouse because of the way the paths were shaped. The trench also had little covered areas that would be a tunnel like entrance or exit which had a door so if the enemy got in that side they could not make their way into the trenches. We also went to a museum that took us through what it would be like in the trenches as well as what they wore along with the bullets that would have been used. One room that we walked through was pitch black and it made the sounds of what a face mask back then would have made if they were just bombed and were running to find some sort of cover, which is hard in the trenches since they essentially have no top. I found this terrifying but it really helped me understand what it would have been
While on the way to Amsterdam we made a few stops to some of the most historic spots on the way. First, we went to another German military cemetery to see a beautiful statue that was a mother and a father mourning the death of their son, the son was buried right in front of the statue. It was beautiful. The “Trench of Death” would be the next place on our car ride adventure. This was truly a cool sight being able to walk through the trenches as if we were there. I did not realize the amount of loop holes they had in them it was basically a game of cat mouse because of the way the paths were shaped. The trench also had little covered areas that would be a tunnel like entrance or exit which had a door so if the enemy got in that side they could not make their way into the trenches. We also went to a museum that took us through what it would be like in the trenches as well as what they wore along with the bullets that would have been used. One room that we walked through was pitch black and it made the sounds of what a face mask back then would have made if they were just bombed and were running to find some sort of cover, which is hard in the trenches since they essentially have no top. I found this terrifying but it really helped me understand what it would have been