ScottWashburn  | 19 Nov 2008 11:19 a.m. PST |
This Saturday, November 22, is Remembrance Day in Gettysburg. Three or four thousand reenactors in Blue and Gray will be marching down the main street of the town. If you are in the neighborhood be sure to drop by! |
| FireZouave | 19 Nov 2008 9:29 p.m. PST |
I'll be marching with my unit. 138th PA. We'll be visiting the Elizabeth thorn monument in the early morning to honor her. She helped to bury 50 soldiers in the Evergreen Cemetary while she was pregnant. Her husband, Peter, was in the 138th. Then we vist our own monument on Middle Steet to honor them. Then the parade. It will be a fun weekend. Always great to see so many reenactors in the town, including all the civilian reenactors on the streets. There's nothing like it anywhere else! |
| Scott Mingus | 20 Nov 2008 4:12 a.m. PST |
I normally attend as a spectator with my grandson and take photographs for my http Cannonball blog (which is hosted and sponsored by the York Daily Record newspaper). yorkblog.com/cannonball |
| FireZouave | 20 Nov 2008 1:28 p.m. PST |
Scott, then you should get a shot of us as we go by. The 138th Co.B was raised in Adams County. Peter Thorn, as you know was the caretaker of the Evergreen Cemetary until he enlisted in the 138th Co.B and left his pregnant wife in charge. |
| EJNashIII | 20 Nov 2008 1:39 p.m. PST |
I will be there in the color guard of the National Regiment US. |
| muzik212 | 20 Nov 2008 2:00 p.m. PST |
John, Was good to see you at Fall-in. Ill be there with the CVG, we are marching as the 24th Michigan this year, I believe we are falling in under the NR. Did grey last year so its time to switch it up. Ill keep an eye out for you. Take care,
Sean |
| FireZouave | 21 Nov 2008 6:00 a.m. PST |
Sean,
It was good to see you too. I'll look for you. It's not too hard to spot a Black Hat. We usually end up at O'rourkes sometime in the evening. |
| FireZouave | 21 Nov 2008 6:02 a.m. PST |
EJNashIII,
If you have any ONS out of those 800 figures that you don't want or need, bring them, and I'll buy them off you. Lol. |
| ScottWashburn | 22 Nov 2008 4:22 p.m. PST |
The parade went pretty well despite very cold temperatures and wind. But there was one serious medical emergency. I don't know what happened, but one of the drummers went down like he was hit by a ton of bricks. They were doing CPR as they took him away and we saw a medevac chopper later on. We're all praying that he is okay. He was a younger guy so a heart attack seems unlikely, but it was obviously something serious. |
| Scott Mingus | 23 Nov 2008 4:49 a.m. PST |
It was indeed freezing cold yesterday in Gettysburg. Nevertheless, most, if not all, of the hotels reported high occupancy rates, and by late afternoon there were still large crowds roaming the streets shopping and dining, so the day was a windfall for local merchants and retailers. |
| Scott Mingus | 23 Nov 2008 7:08 a.m. PST |
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| FireZouave | 26 Nov 2008 12:00 p.m. PST |
I didn't know about the drummer boy, but I heard that an older man had a heart attack. After the parade had stopped and then continued, it seemed like there was more than just one medical emergency. |
| Scott Mingus | 27 Nov 2008 3:59 a.m. PST |
The older man was the drummer. He is a late 50s musician in one of my buddies' fife and drum corps, and, according to my friend, he had had just called out some instructions when he silently fell to the pavement. He had to be shocked several times by the paramedics to revive hime, but he's now out of immediate danger. Arterial blockage was the culprit. My friend's unit, naturally, had no interest in continuing the parade after nearly losing their comrade. |
prepares to do some regimental-level ACW gaming.