LIVERMORE — The second annual Rally for Norlands: Civil War Reenactment Weekend at Washburn-Norlands Living History Center will take place Saturday and Sunday, June 12-13. Living historians dressed as Confederate and Union infantry will scrimmage with replica weaponry on the grounds of the 19th century historic settlement.
The two-day event will include encampments, full-scale battles, cannon artillery, the “Town of Unity” civilian camp, farm-life living history, field music, a 19th century fashion show, a “dress-up” tent and a sewing circle where visitors can help make quilts for the Norlands museum and post office.
Other highlights include a game of 1864 town ball with the Dirigo Vintage Baseball Club, a ham and bean supper and contra dance, Sunday church service, children’s activities and exhibits and a lecture on the roles of the Washburn brothers in the Civil War.
There will also be a reenactment of a sanitary fair, a bazaar organized by the Sanitary Commissions of the Civil War era. It will include fortune-telling, Victorian calisthenics, kite-making and odd collections from the 1800s.
The event has been organized by the 3rd Maine Company A, 20th Maine Company B, and 15th Alabama Company G to benefit the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center. Funds raised will help the center rebuild an historic barn lost in a fire in April 2008.
Gates will open at 9 a.m. both days. On Saturday, military camps will close at 4 p.m., followed by the town ball game at 4:30 p.m. and then supper and a contra dance. On Sunday, military camps will close at 1 p.m., followed by a 3 p.m. patriotic concert by Mitch Thomas and Friends in the historic meetinghhouse.
Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children under 12. Discounted weekend passes are available. For more information, call 897-4366 or visit www.norlands.org.
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- Christopher Nulle, company surgeon, and Tom Bassford, both of the 15th Alabama Co. G, are joined by Craig Young of the 3rd ME Regiment Volunteer Infantry and Captain Michael Pratt of the 15th Alabama Co. G. They prepared battle scenarios and encampment logistics for the Second Annual Rally for Norlands to be held June 12-13.
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