Civil War

I caught this gun just as it fired.

Civil War reenactment at Cantigny Park.

Patriot Table

The reminds me of a Thanksgiving table. 

Revolutionary War Reenactment at Cantigny Park, Wheaton, IL. 

Pirates

Today I did the Pirates sail on the Tall Ship Windy. These Pirates told stories of piracy on the Great Lakes, entertaining the kids while the adults enjoyed the Chicago skyline.

B-29 FIFI

12 August 2012*

This is the last B-29 flying today. It was at the DuPage Airport's Community Days Weekend.

*Photos taken 8/12/12 but not posted until 8/13/12.

Anniversary

Today we began a weeklong orientation for new cross-cultural workers. What was unusual was that four of the couples will celebrate wedding anniversaries within the next 9 days. We decided to celebrate with them.

When I ordered the cake the man in the bakery seemed a little unsure about all the names but wrote it all down for me. The cake turned out great.

These four couples represent 45 years of marriage!

Revolutionary War Reenactment

Cantigny Park sponsored a number of family activities today. They brought in a group of Revolutionary War re-enactors who taught a variety of 18th century kids games. They also had a number of displays showing the daily life of the Continental Army as well as a canon firing demo.

This young girl hung around the table with a rifle and a muzzle loader. Anytime the adult (men) walked away she took up the "teaching" role tell listeners that the rifle was accurate up to 300 yrds but could only be fired once a minute, while the muzzle loader was only accurate up to 50 yards but could be fired 3 times a minute. She was really good. I think there's a teaching career ahead of her.

Armed Forcers Day

I stopped at Cantigny today where they celebrated Armed Forces Day by showing vehicles and encampments. There were numerous volunteers in period costume.

 Here we see a female American Red Cross worker. Turns out the US military issued uniforms to Red Cross workers in WWI. 

Uniforms made it much easier for women to carry out their work. Many rich American women married Europeans and volunteered with the A.R.C. (Think Cora Crawley in Downton Abbey)