Here are a few more pictures, as promised, of last weekend's event at Greenfield Village, in no particular order. A handful from the event's Civil War Ball... daughter Corrie in the purple ball gown... daughter Chaela in the blue. My wife/their mom made them (the ball gowns... we went halfsies on making the kids - a team effort)... as well as her own and all their - the three of them - multiple CW dresses as well).
The group shot of a bunch of sharp looking guys in blue is only a small part of the military contingent of the 21st Michigan Volunteer Infantry that was in attendance. We have some forty military total in the 21st... and a goodly number of civilians (men, woman and children) as well.
There's our family portrait will someday be here too... In the mean time here is a neat picture (well, considering the subject matter) taken of me by a nice, young Reb friend - Ian... another of me reading a letter from home to its unlearned recipient... I will post that one later and more in the future as time allows.
Check out fellow 21st-er and good friend Ken's blog - http://passionforthepast.blogspot.com/2008/05/decoration-day-at-greenfield-village.html
In his latest posting, he quotes a local paper's coverage of the Greenfield Village event...
"More interactive than a book and more accurate than many movies, reenactments allow visitors to not just glimpse history, but to step back and experience a moment in time."
1 comment:
I -love- the close up of you Mike! You're a handsome old geezer!
Lovely pictures of your daughters too! Karen is an amazing seamstress!
Everything you share about the
21st Michigan sounds so fun! Now
-I'm- envious. Great people with a common passion coming together and enjoying yourselves. I've very glad for all of you! Thanks for sharing your joy!
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