Event re-enacts slice of history.Byline: Joe Mosley The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - This brother-vs.-brother Civil War thing carries only so much weight in the Knowlton family of Creswell. There was 7-year-old Josiah in his blue Union Army cap and 8-year-old Jadin in his gray Confederate cap. Jadin was ready to head for the battlefield, where a re-enactment of a Civil War skirmish was in full ka-boom Saturday afternoon, but his younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
"I want to go home and play this," Josiah said, pointing to an unopened bag of blue and gray plastic Civil War soldier figurines. The two brothers, along with 10-year-old sister Jessica and parents Doug and Becki Knowlton, were among a crowd that was at least a few hundred strong during Saturday's run of the third annual festival. The event continues today with a full slate Any political party or faction that seeks to form a majority in a parliament or on a board of directors or other responsible body typically must run a full slate if only to demonstrate that they have the capacity to attract the talent to fill every position with some person, even if that of events - from a 10:30 a.m. bubblegum bub·ble·gum n. also bubble gum 1. Chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles. 2. Slang A style of popular music designed to appeal to adolescents, characterized by bouncy rhythms and a generally cheerful tone. bubble-blowing contest to a 4:30 p.m. pie eating contest. In between, there are Civil War battle re-enactments at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., along with demonstrations in everything from artillery to hospital practices. The festival also features food and souvenir concessions, artisan demonstrations such as blacksmithing and spinning, a gold panning area and interactions with actors dressed as Lewis and Clark expedition Lewis and Clark expedition, 1803–6, U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean. members. It's all organized by the Willamalane Park and Recreation District (www.willamalane. org), with help from groups ranging from local Lion's clubs to the Northwest Civil War Council - which fielded more than 500 re-enactors for battlefield, hospital and other presentations. "We really like history," Becki Knowlton said as her family headed toward the battlefield re-enactment. "We home-school home·school or home-school v. home·schooled, home·school·ing, home·schools v.tr. To instruct (a pupil, for example) in an educational program outside of established schools, especially in the home. , so this was a good way to show (the children). "We had gotten some library books that they read first. We were camping last week, so that was the bedtime story bedtime story n. A story that is read or told to a child just before bedtime. - the Battle of Bull Run." Before Saturday afternoon's battle, the re-enactors - they call their work "impressions" - stood in some scarce shade and readied themselves for a skirmish. The Union Army mustered among a grove of scrub oaks, while Confederates gathered on an open hillside a couple hundred yards away. "They always kind of pick who's going to win," said Hugh Simpson, a Butte Butte, city, United States Butte (by  t), city (1990 pop. 33,336), seat of Silver Bow co., SW Mont.; inc. 1879. It is a trade, ranching, and industrial center. Falls history teacher who was serving Saturday in
a Union Army artillery battery In military science, a battery is a unit of artillery guns, mortars, or rockets, so grouped in order to facilitate battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion. . "Otherwise, the scenarios would get
a little wild."
Norman Konnerup of Albany, who's in his third year of doing re-enactments with the Northwest Civil War Council, said it's a hobby like any other. He's invested about $3,500 in muskets and other replica Earlier document exchange software from Farallon Communications, Inc. that converted a Windows or Mac document into a proprietary viewing format. The viewer could be distributed separately or embedded within the document itself, turning it into a single-document viewer. weapons. "They're real weapons, but we don't load projectiles into any of them," he said. "Yeah," Simpson agreed. "The other side would be upset about that, wouldn't they?" |
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