Leaving for the East

At 3:30 this afternoon myself and four comrades are loading up the van for a weekend out East. Excited? Oh yes. Friday we will do our adopt a monument work at Gettysburg. We'll clean, paint or whatever else they need us to do. Giving back to a park that has given me so much over the years will be a rewarding way to spend the day. Our efforts will include the 1st U.S. sharpshooter Wisconsin company marker and the 6th Wi marker, plus... . After a day of making Gburg more presentable, we'll head to Manassas where, for the weekend, we will do a living history at Brawner's Farm, portraying the 6th Wi. Infantry. Camping on the actual site, talking to the public and marching around the battlefield with some of the finest living historians around is sure to make the weekend memorable. Finishing off the weekend with a Sunday evening/Monday morning tour of Antietm will conclude a weekend out East. For those that live far away from battlefields, making a trip like this is something we covet. The first sign of Gettysburg I see will make my heart skip a beat and my mind fill with the events that made that hollowed ground so important to the American identity. And I get to hit some awesome bookstores.