Civil War Reinactment

On July 4th I talked Mike into going to a Civil War Reinactment. Who ever heard of either the north or south fighting in Oregon!?! It was a VERY hot day & we were disappointed to learn that we missed the actual reinactment. Evidently, they were reinacting the battle of Gettysburg, complete with calvary. We watched the soldiers march out of the grounds. There was a demo of how the cannons were loaded & fired.

We wandered around camp a little. I was amazed that the camp was so well outfitted. There were tables, chairs, lamps, baskets, china cubboards, chairs & even beds in the tents. The ladies wore their period costumes.

As I said, it was very hot, so we didn't linger. Just looking at the hot horses, hot tents, hot ladies dresses made me feel even hotter. But, the weather did seem very much like the Pennsylvania 4th of July that I remembered.