Historic Washington State Park will be the place to visit during the start of the Christmas Season. You and your family can view what 19th Century candlelit streets can provide. Homes of yesteryear will be adorned with all natural Christmas decorations from pine cones to evergreens. Historic 19th Century music will set the mood for this travel back in time …
150th SHILOH…. SATURDAY PM…. BATTLE MARCH We had to be back in camp and ready to cooter up by 12:30pm. I had met the deadline, had a nap and was waiting for first call. Well, sure enough, we got first call right at 12:30. We all got cootered up and meandered out on the main road that was a stones …
150th SHILOH…..FRIDAY PM It had quit drizzling, but the sky was overcast and the humidity was high. Our long sleeve shirts under our wet frock coats were sopping wet. It took us about an hour to get back to our camp. My feet were sore, but no blisters were apparent. I checked out Toren’s headquarters area. He was there and …
The Bloody Lane On September 12-14, 1997, the 135th Antietam reenactment was held at the Artz Farm about 8 miles north of the actual battlefield and just about 1 mile south of Interstate 70. Battle reenactments can’t be held on National Military Parks because it is considered Hallowed Ground. However, the actual reenactment battle site was huge. At the time …