Abe Lincoln and friends happily invite you to the annual GIBSON RANCH CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTMENT May 21st and 22nd, 2011!
Come participate in the 1860’s: tour Civilian, Yankee and Confederate Camps, enjoy music, food, battle re-enactments (complete with cannon fire), interact with living history
representatives.
General Admission: $6/each
Kids (9 and under): FREE
PARKING: $5/car
Living History Camps Open:
- 10:00am – 6:30pm Sat
- 9:00am – 3:00pm Sun
Battle Re-Enactments:
- 1:00pm and 5:30pm Sat
- 11:00am and 2:00pm Sun
This year’s events include:
- A Civil War Clothing Demonstration
- A Horsemanship Demonstration
- FREE Guided Camp Tours
- A May Day Celebration
- A “Searching for the Dead” Scenario
Walk through living history camps and talk to re-enactors true to the period of the 1860’s.
Buy a hoop skirt and some lemonade and sit back and watch the canons fire back and forth. Fun and learning for the whole family!
George Carlin’s take on Civil War Re-Enactments:
(contains adult language)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tsbFbKH0OQ