We found a good spot to set up our chairs to watch the battles. Dad read the about the battles while Mom and I found good pictures to take.
The first battle was pretty boring at first. It was just teh scouts moving up and taking shots every once in a while. Although, the rebels were really funny with their shouts at the northerns.
These rebel scouts were right in front of us. That's how we heard their ribbing of the other soldiers very well.
It started to get interesting when they started to 'die'. Many of the soldiers make sure they landed 'softly' with their hats over their eyes :)
When the battle was over, the narrator said "resurrection" and everyone came back to life. Here is a picture of them doing it.
Mom brought a picnic lunch. It was delicious.
Christian decided to try on my hat. What do you think? Doesn't he look pretty????
After we ate lunch, we wandered around the exhibits.
This Union soldier was showing us how they cleaned their guns.
When we got back to our seats, Mom took Dad's chair since it was starting to break. Well.....it didn't last long - about one second before Mom landed on the ground.
A lot more people came before the second battle. We even saw a couple of television cameras. We heard that this year was probably the last year for the reinactment due to the park probably closing down because of the budget cuts :(
A lot of the time the cannons would shot out these smoke rings. Cool, huh?
Second battle started. Here is the rebel flag holder - he got shot and was dragging himself to cover while keeping the flag up. One of the southern leader got shot and kept telling everyone what to do from the ground.
Here is a Union soldier who didn't get his hat on his face. Kept his arm up instead :)
We left after the second battle (didn't stay for the third). On the way out Christian wanted to get an old fashioned root beer bottle to keep as a memento. Take a look at the sign under the keg.
It was a blast. Unfortunately I forgot my sunscreen. Yep...I ended up sunburned :(
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