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Posted: 10:21 AM Feb 21, 2012
35th Annual Reenactment of the Battle of Natural Bridge
The annual reenactment of the Battle of Natural Bridge will be held Saturday and Sunday, March 3 & 4, 2012.
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The annual reenactment of the Battle of Natural Bridge will be held Saturday and Sunday, March 3 & 4, 2012. Both the Saturday skirmish and Sunday’s full reenactment will be conducted on the Rakestraw property, part of the original battlefield acquired by the State in 2009. Other activities during the weekend will include living history demonstrations interpreting civilian and military life during the 1860’s and historic presentations by volunteers from the John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture and the Ladies Soldiers Friends Sewing Society. On Sunday, the Anna Jackson Chapter 224 United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) will celebrate their annual pilgrimage to the site with a brief ceremony and laying of a wreath honoring the original participants of the battle.
The authentic camps will be open for public visitation starting at 9:00 A.M. Saturday and Sunday. Period merchants will be available on site selling articles and souvenirs of the period. Food vending will be provided by the Tallahassee Elks Lodge. The Natural Bridge Historical Society, Inc., the Citizen Support Organization for the park, will also be on hand to distribute historic literature about the battle and answer questions about the events which took place during this pivotal period of American history. A donation of $3.00 per adult and $1.00 for children 6 and under is requested for admission to the event. All proceeds help to maintain and preserve the Park. The Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park is located 6 miles east of the community of Woodville on the Natural Bridge Road.
For more Information contact:
Buzz Gifford - President Natural Bridge Historical Society 574-3792 (cell) 491-6330
Leeanne Zimmerman Park Services Specialist (850) 922-6007 Leeanne.Zimmerman@dep.state.fl.us
Mrs. Robert L. (Annette) Harrell – UDC (United Daughters of the Confederacy ) acharrell@windstream.net
Althemese Barnes- Director - John G. Riley House Center/Museum of African American History and Culture 681-7881 abarnes37@comcast.net
Jarvis Rozier - The 2nd Infantry Regiment of United States Colored Troops (USCT) Reenactment Unit (cell) 509-0295 2ndusct@rileyhouse.org or jrosier2@yahoo.com
Chris Ellrich – Company Commander of the Leon Rifles 321-0950 cellrich@hotmail.com
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"I'm gonna re-enact fratricide, come rain or come shine." - Song of the South
My comment was actually a reply to William not to Jim. I do see typo's in my response. Humm never said I was an English teacher. I would like to add that I don't think Southerners look at these reenactments as a celebration we look at them as a history lesson. Many people visit antique stores, go to Rome, Italy, Visit Egypt and the Pyramids, or go the the Holy Land. Many terrible things happened in history in those places but we still go there to reflect on it. The reenactments are what a young country does on a smaller scale.
It was a very sad time in our history. Brother against brother and so on. These reenactment is to remind us of the struggles our ancestors faced. It should cause us to stop and wonder what we would do now faced with similar struggles. My heart is in Dixie but I do not believe anyone should be a slave to anyone else. Most of the terrible overseers worked for the wealthy Northerners. Visit the ST. Simon's Island, GA take a tour to two such Plantations one owned by a Northerner the other by a Southerner then tell me which you would have rather been on given the choice.
