Juliette “sailing, sailing, over the bounding main…” Can you guess where Juliette is?

In the Henry B. DuPont Preservation Shipyard, there are many historic vessels such as fishing schooners from 1921, the Charles W. Morgan and the Joseph Conrad from 1882 on which Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors can sleep overnight on in April and May. Four of their many ships are National Historic Landmarks.
There is a 19th century Seafaring Village with an oyster house, lobster shack, shipcarver’s shop, cooperage, printing office, general store, schoolhouse, chandlery, galleries, and museum. There is also a planetarium that demonstrates how seamen used stars for navigation. Additionally, you can get sailing instruction here or do research in their library for maritime studies.
It was founded in 1929 on seventeen acres; more than 300,000-400,000 people visit our nation’s leading maritime museum annually. This was one of the first living history museums in the United States.
More fun facts: They have shanty singers who have a music program featuring sea shanties and work songs. And, in 1997, Steven Spielberg shot various scenes here for his movie “Amistad.”

Check back next month for the answer! Last month, Juliette was at the Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven.

The Flat Juliette Program

Why Flat Juliette? Every Girl Scout should know who started the Girl Scouts and how amazing Juliette Gordon Low was! The Flat Juliette Patch Program is a fun way to get to know our founder. Participate in the Flat Juliette Program in any way to earn the patch. Patches are available here through the GSOFCT council shops. For a Flat Juliette pattern and more information, click here.
Here are two ways that you can get involved with the Flat Juliette Program:

Flat Juliette Travels

Send Flat Juliette to friends and family in other areas. Ask them to send her back with an entry in her journal page and photos of the places she went with them. Create a scrapbook of her travels. Either her hosts or you can share her experiences with others by posting them here. Choose "Travel" from the Type menu.*

Here are some questions you can answer:
•    What town in what state (or country) did Juliette visit?
•    Who was in the family she visited? What are their and ages?
•    Did she meet anyone else while she was there?
•    What did she do while she was there? Did she visit any local sites or events?
•    What did she eat?
•    What was the weather like? (You can give Juliette an umbrella if it’s rainy, or sunglasses if it’s bright and sunny)
•    Did she learn any words in a different language?

Click here to see where Juliette has already gone!

Flat Juliette’s Challenge

Keep Flat Juliette with you as you meet her monthly challenge. Each month Flat Juliette will ask for advice on places to go, things to do or make, and people to meet. Take up her challenge, dress her appropriately for the activity and share what you did here. Choose "Challenge" from the Type menu.*

By sharing what you’ve done, you’ll give other Girl Scouts ideas!

Challenge of the Month:

•    May - "I’m so excited to be going to the GSOFCT 100th Jubilee at the Durham Fairgrounds on the 19th! Stop by to see me at the Flat Juliette booth in the Cow Palace. It’s going to be an awesome day!"
•    June - "Have you signed up yet to attend the Change the World International Camporee at Camp Laurel in August? You will meet girls from all over the state and Girl Guides from other countries there. Take me on a camp out this month to get ready!"
•    July - "Have you booked a presentation by the Traveling Juliettes to come visit your troop and share stories about my life? Also check out the Treasure the Past Patch Program—you can research Girl Scout topics and collect oral histories from former Girl Scouts in your town."

Click here to see what Juliette has already done!

You can download Flat Juliette, her Uniform Outfit and a sample Journal Page by clicking here.

*If you're having trouble submitting photos, please see this tip sheet.

To see on a map where Juliette has been, click here!

Special Juliette Stories!

Ellyn and Flat Juliette go to Washington

On December 9, 2011, Ellyn Savard, our STEM Program Initiatives Manager, attended a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) roundtable at the White House. Flat Juliette came along, too! Here she is with two of our corporate funders from Lockheed Martin and Motorola. Have you brought Flat Juliette on any adventures? Tell us! To see photos of some of our STEM programs, visit our Facebook page.

Juliettes with their Juliettes

The Southington Service Unit Manager and troop leaders have planned monthly meetings for Juliettes and their parent/guardian. The meetings give these independent girl scouts the opportunity to experience being part of a group. All levels meet at one location and together participate in an opening circle, then we have leaders of different levels take the girls to do their leveled activity and we all come together for the closing circle. Here are the Juliettes with their Flat Juliettes.