We had a nice Labor Day Weekend, it felt somewhat like Memorial day for me anyway with the events we attended. We were able to visit "The Wall" up in Virginia City. The wall is a moving replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall. It is 80 percent of the size of the actual memorial in Washington.
It was pretty cool, and a bit humbling to see all of those names up on the wall. Chase thought maybe we knew one of the Smith's names that was among the names...one of many, many. I did see a Chapman?
After visiting the wall we headed across the street where there was a civil war re-enactment going on for the weekend. We visited both the union and confederate camps. We met some reenactors who were REALLY into their parts including a mountain man with one tooth.
Matt was appalled at our lack of History knowledge. I think he was a bit annoyed with all the people who thought the South should have won. Kelsey did find one camp setup that she did know about...well kind of.
Virgina City had a parade on Monday which included many veterans, but their focus this year was on all the men who were behind the scenes fighting.
There were many generals, confederates, and lots of union workers.
Following the parade a gunfight broke out between the North and the South...it was a fight for Virginia City. They used real black powder, and as you can imagine it was very loud. Sadi is not a fan of loud noises and was huddled behind us on the verge of tears.
We assured her it was just pretend, but when the announcer started yelling about who was shot and the reenactors started falling the ground she was beside herself calling us liars.
It was kind of fun to watch (minus the terrified 6 year old) and a fun way to educate the kids a little bit.
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That looks like a pretty neat place. Wish we had got to explore your area a little more. Nice when you can sneak in some education and have fun at the same time:)
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