I got to meet Honest Abe

On a recent outing I ran across a rift in time, a tear in the space time continuum. One moment we were in 2018 and the next minute we were in a civil war encampment complete with Cavalry patrols, U.S. Grant and even Abraham Lincoln.  We spied sutlers stores, food establishments and a pretty girl even fed me! 

While I was there I talked with an artillery crew and discussed the distances a cannon ball could be lobbed (Over a Mile!).  This must have been near the end of the war as the union forces looked well clothed and fed whilst a few of the rebels looks thin and their clothing threadbare. Every so often 2018 reappeared in the form of tourists and shuttle buses and what the soldiers thought of their showing up I couldn't speculate on.

As I wandered around the camp I could hear sporadic gunfire out in the woods and I could just imagine what it must have really like back then to hear gunshots off in the woods and never knowing who was shooting at whom, whether the enemy was winning or losing. Whether they were getting closer and might be a danger or farther away.  While this re-enactment is over there are more coming up yet this year, one next month right here in Princeton. I plan to attend. Will you?

Marching to the Fife and Drum

On a recent outing along with Tom Anderson and Stephen Beatty we traveled back in time to colonial America. There was a Lewis and Clark rendezvous in Galesburg and we were fortunate enough to meet several personages from our nations historical past. There was a Shawnee indian storyteller, a bevy of colonial beauties trying to catch the attentions of the handsome trappers and traders that were dotted thruout the encampment and oh, yes, there was Doctor Benjamin Franklin as well.

Dr. Franklin and his wife regaled us with tales of his life in early America as well as his days as an envoy to France, trying to gather support for a fledgling nation. He, and his wife, were a delight to speak with and were very knowledgeable about those times.  In addition, there were food vendors selling period correct foods and wares. Hat makers, knife makers, fur traders, mountain men, and more.

Though it is now over I highly look forward to attending again next year and encourage anyone looking for a weekend excursion could do much,much worse than this.

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