Civil War Re-Enactment

Mark your calendars and join us on May 16^th for a battle re-enactment at CHEADLE LAKE Park in Lebanon. The cost is $2.00 per person, and is well worth the fee. They provide this day at low cost for students (and chaperones), and we only need to help them cover the cost of their gun powders. (Admission for the weekend to the general public is 6.00 for adults and 4.00 for children)

Take advantage of this opportunity and sign up in the hallway outside of the K-3 class. We need to have a count to them by the end of April. All are welcome to come. We will arrive in the morning, have lunch there (brown bag), and spend the day learning all we can from this group. It’s a big event!

Schedule –

Stations will be from 9am to 1:30pm in 25 minute intervals. The stations include:

Artillery

Medical** Children 4th grade & under should not attend due to content

Infantry

Cavalry

Civilian Life

Period Dance

Period Fashion

Music

War Reporting

Military music

At 1:30, there will be a battle that will last approximately 30 minutes. Events will be complete around 2:00 PM.

Things to know:

You will need to dress accordingly for the weather. This may include mud boots, hats, gloves...this is Oregon, dress for the day!

You will need to pack and bring your lunch. Drink, food, and napkin. We will have hand wipes or sanitizer there for the kids to clean up before lunch.

The event is in a field, and there are not many tables for lunch...so, a small garbage bag enclosed in your lunch bag, is a great place to sit if it is wet!

The cannon are loud. If you need ear protection, please bring it.

Some important notes from the re-enactment coordinator:

1) Our number one complaint from the re-enactors doing the presentations last year was unruly or disinterested kids at the sessions which made it almost impossible to proceed. You are expected to either stay in groups or your kids must have supervision, (yours, not ours). I have instructed all presenters to simply stop their presentation if kids get out of hand or are disruptive. Keep in mind all of these presenters are volunteers who gave up a day of work, spent money on gas and materials and deserve due respect for their efforts. You are expending money and time as well and have a great opportunity to put 1863 in the hands of these kids, so please take advantage of it. Ask them to leave their cell phones on the bus or at home.

2) I strongly recommend you NOT take children from about 4^th grade age down to the medical presentation. (this applies only to the medical presentation)

3) Please tell your students that everything in the camps and on the field is private property and not to touch unless the owner allows it. Some of the items you’ll see are not reproductions but actually from the mid to early 1800’s and invaluable. Also, at no point should a student handle a weapon or climb on, lean on or touch a cannon.

Each student will receive a coupon that allows them in free with a paid adult to any one of our 4 events this year, including coming back to this one Saturday or Sunday for a full reenactment.