We went to see a little civil war reenactment in Vista, California yesterday, and I got recruited by the Richmond Howitzers.
I have actually been thinking about joining one of these reenactment groups for quite a while, but I was worried about spending a lot of money on it. The rifles alone cost about $800.00 dollars. But guess what…
If you join the artillery, you don’t have to buy a rifle.
And I got to fire a cannon… not one of the replicas… a cannon that fought in the civil war… I had to give up my camera and all my other modern possessions for the afternoon, but Uncle Bert took a bunch of pictures and he is emailing them to me later. Hopefully he got one of me firing the cannon during the battle.
Oh, and he used my camera to take a few pictures of some tall guy…
In a really cool hat…
Okay, more on this later…
Pouring My Art Out 
This looks like fun!
It was cool
How very cool, Arturo! That must have been a lot of fun, especially since you love to “perform” and are a big “JAMON!” 🙂
I hope you like Jamon too… ha… see what I did there… we’re jammin’…
I’ve a few re-enactments around here. Our sites are all Revolutionary War sites, but one had Civil War re-enactors because they were the only ones available. We heard the Union soldiers talking smack to the southerners but left before the guns were fired. Our dog, Tabby, preferred that. I look forward to seeing more pictures.
I have a bunch now, thanks to Uncle Bert
I would look awesome in a tall hat, I think. Fire that cannon!
you need that hat
That guy really looks like Lincoln. Not you. The other guy.
It was uncanny
That’s awesome. I’ve done re-enactments. I love history. Be prepared the clothes are very uncomfortable and for women layered and hot! Is in sweaty hot not sexy hot.
I almost passed out from heat exhaustion
I know it’s brutal eh?!
yup
War reenactment is hell.
sigh