Civil War Reenactment

I love our museum memberships.  If you are ever looking for a gift for the kids in your life, buy them a family membership to a zoo or museum.   Because we have the memberships, we are able to go just for a few hours here and there and not worry about getting the most out of our money.  We can take advantage of all the neat programs every weekend if we wanted.  We can decide to just spend a day at the drop of a hat and not worry about the money.  And, well, when you are paying for a family the size of ours, you might was well get the membership anyway since it's often cheaper than buying all the individual tickets.

Today we paid a quick visit to our local living history museum for a Civil War Reenactment.  We were able to see  a battle complete with cavalry and live cannon fire.  Very cool experience although a tad loud.  We were also able to walk through the village and see the changes made by having a war occur in the towns and villages.  Amazing to see the way it became a part of the town's daily life.  Alan decided to pull Sean away from a sign that was giving warnings to avoid pick pockets and loose women so he would not have to explain it.  Kind of wish he'd grabbed a picture of that one.

My only complaint would be the Mom who sent her child back in the bushes during the battle to use the bathroom rather than sending him to the bathroom at the end of the battle field.  Seriously lady? You think that's ok?  It's not like he was 2 and couldn't make it that far.  Anyway, we took a bunch of pictures but only half of them turned out because the camera is dying a slow death and only opens half the time.  Given that it was so sunny, our jr photographer was not able to see that the lens was not open but he did a great job with the pictures he did catch.  Hope you enjoy them.