150th Manassas anyone? (1 Viewer)
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{sm4}{sm4}{sm4} I got to go through the USS Alabama a long time ago while visiting grand parents in Mobile. It was great. I remember swinging the 20mm's around and dispatching several kamakazes.:wink2: -- AlShe is a beaut for sure. Love to crawl around inside of her and sit on the AA guns on deck, they still swivel and turn with the crank handles as you sit on them. Nothing like sitting on them and cranking away as you gun down imaginary enemy planes
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Too bad they don'y let us swing the 14" guns around, those babies were shellling the Germans in both WWI and in WWII {sm0}
Still calling for high heat for this weekend in Manassas. Latest predictions put Friday as worst @ 102 with Saturday@ 98-100 and Sunday cooling off to 93. I hope all attending bring plenty of water and stay safe. Is it possible for the wool clad re-enactors to wear cooling vests? These go under the outer clothing. I know it isn't accurate or in the spirit of our forefathers, but it might save a lot of grief for someone with health issues. At any rate, everyone be careful and have a good time. -- Al
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One of the folks we know arrived on site the other day and said that the event organizers were really on top of everything, including huge amounts of water for everyone.
It is not unusual for these large events to have incidents with older participants pushing themselves a bit more than they should, so I still expect to hear some bad news.
With that said I am glad that there is so much interest in people to attending.
Ken
It is not unusual for these large events to have incidents with older participants pushing themselves a bit more than they should, so I still expect to hear some bad news.
With that said I am glad that there is so much interest in people to attending.
Ken
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It's been my experience that it's usually the younger guys that fold in the heat. The older more experienced reenactors tend to take more care. As I said earlier in this post, the last Manassas event I was at there were more spectators going down than reenactors. The medical stations were full of them. That being said we must all be very careful and glad to hear the event is making allowances. I thought the 9:30 AM battles was a great idea too. Some of my boys are already on site too and said we are camping next to a shady treeline. That's a first. Sometimes miracles do happen. I head out first thing in the morning. It's about a 5 hr. drive for me.
Stay well and be safe. Show the youngsters how to do it. -- Al
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Had a great time but, It was HOT, unmercifully HOT. I met mascleo from the forum and Richard Walker from W.Britains. Both very nice folks. Richard, my apologies for sweating all over your displays. I swear for every canteen of water I drank, I sweated out three. I picked up my first W.Britains figures while there and I like them very much. We had no heat related mis-haps in my unit thankfully. I did see lots of reenactors leave after Saturday's battle but still had plenty for an incredible battle on Sunday. Which I thought was the better fight actually. I'll post a pick of my new Britains in that section in the near future.
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I spoke to Richard for some time late Sunday afternoon and he said it was a great event with high attendance. Many of our friends have already posted images on Facebook and there were some great uniforms represented. Very large numbers of good looking early war Confederates in battle shirts and frock coats!
I wish I could have been there.
Ken
I wish I could have been there.
Ken
Combat, glad to hear that you got through the war unscathed and returned home safe. I can't imagine doing all that stuff in that kind of heat, in those unis. I have been watching some of the CSPAN shows and find them quite good. And you are right, it is MUCH cooler from home.:wink2: Anyway, glad you had a good time. -- Al