With the 150th Anniversary of the start of the Civil War two days away, history is in the air. I'm working my way through Ken Burns' majestic and all-encompassing documentary: 'The Civil War' (courtesy of Netflix streaming) It's slow, slow going as episodes seem to be about an hour a pop, but it's amazing. Pretty much everything you ever wanted to know about The Civil War but were afraid to ask.
Re-enactors are also getting excited. A starburst shell is set to light up Charleston Harbor on Tuesday to mark the start of a 30 minute cannon bombardment by re-enactors to mark the attack on Fort Sumter in 1861. Big numbers are expected for the Anniversary of the First Battle of Bull Run in July and even bigger numbers are anticipated for Gettysburg in 2013. I think I'd like to make it to one of these re-enactments... we're going out to Philadelphia to visit a friend later this summer. Maybe we can swing through Gettysburg- and if not this summer, then I'm thinking 2013?
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