Hello loyal followers! I am sorry I have been absent for the past two days. I will now tell you what has happened since then.
I am happy to inform you all that the reenactment was a blast! I got to see all the civil-war-time shops. There were toy shops (old ones) and clothes stores (costumes for us of the present). I got a top hat at one of them.
In the early afternoon, reenacters showed a cannon demonstration, and oh did those puppies fly! They went off the hill, across the field and into the area they were supposed to go into. They even shot them four at a time. It was amazing.
Also was a show where all confederate generals and all union generals talked about the statistics of the battle, how it started as an accident, and what 'positions' all the men were in. It was very interesting.
At about 3:00 we left (leaving our chairs there) and took a stroll around in the jeep. When I say stroll I mean going to the grocery store (Giant) and taking the puppies out when we came home.
Later we came back at 4:43 (I know the exact time) to see the battle. Coming back to our chairs, we settled down and waited.
At 5:32 (again knowing the exact time; I had a notepad) we began to see men on horses moving into position. Grey shirted men with cannons approached one side of this small valley, while the union occupied the other. We were situated on the union side. (I think they made it that way on purpose-well, the confederates were by a forest-but, the union is America's Army-although the confederates were Americans-however, they broke away-now, they did that be... you know what, why am I even doing this? Back to the blog.)
At precisely and exactly 5:00, they started to fire.
First, the two cavalries (men with swords on horses) began to attack each other. They fought hard, whacking swords onto each other. Some fell off horses and were "stabbed" to "death".
Then the artillery (cannon dudes) shot at each other. Also, the two armies of Gray and Blue calmly approached each other, loaded their rifles, and shot less than 7 ft away from each other. They didn't even take cover. They just shot.
In that kind of situation, you probably have a 75% of getting shot and a 47% of getting killed. Whoever thought of fighting like that (the British) aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.
A few people fell down, one guy ran away and was shot by one on his own team, (deserters were shot; not fun if you were a chicken) and the artillery members even joined in the "fun." This acting performance was very well done, but if you stay with me I'll tell you of an even better one.
We stayed a while, met Gen. Lee and Gen. Mead, and met some nice people. That night I went to bed, dreamed a disturbing dream of talking killer wasps, and woke up the next day with a bright smile. We pulled out of Gettysburg and had a long, hard, and scary drive to Chester County. (near Lancaster) When I mean scary I mean small bridges we can't fit under, scared women who don't move when they should, and trees branches that scrape the roof of our RV.
It was hard to get here, and I don't want to stress over it anymore. There's no need to.
That night we drove to Sights and Sounds Theater, an exstragent Christian theater where they bring the bible to life. We had had tickets for Joseph and The Coat of Many Colors, a musical based on the biblical story. Before I tell you about the time we had, let me inform you of some back-story detail on SAST (Sights and Sounds Theatre) SAST was started in 1976 by a couple who wanted to tell stories of the bible in an interesting and cool way. They came up with making plays about the bible that were informal yet inspiring. They have changed many lives.
Plays/Musicals they've done include: Noah, Daniel, The Psalms of David, and many others. I have watched them on DVD's that my grandparents gave me. (They have been to many of its performances) I have always been interested in musicals, so this was fun for me.
Now for my experience!
Walking in, the family and I saw a bustling of people to and fro. I saw Christians from all around the world: Asia, Africa, Europe, India, and South America... the list goes on and on. It was really cool.
The show was amazingly spectacular. Words cannot describe how animated, real, and colorful it was. It was the best musical I've ever seen.
I urge you to get the DVD.
Tomorrow we're going to Philli. It's the fourth of July! Yea!
Dreaming of wasps,
Andrew.
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