[VAcourier] Civil War Weekend -- April 27-29, 2007

[Virginia Division SCV Communication List]

*CIVIL WAR WEEKEND - - APRIL 27, 28, 29 2007*

   As part of the month-long celebration of Confederate History Month, 
The Town of Buchanan, Virginia and The Botetourt Artillery, Sons of 
Confederate Veterans Camp 1701 in Buchanan, has scheduled a _/*Civil War 
Weekend*/_ on April 27, 28 and 29, 2007. ALL Sons of Confederate 
Veterans, their families and reenactors are cordially invited to attend. 
If you have any kind of period presentation we ask you to come and help 
with this living history celebration.

A CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT: The Botetourt Artillery and other camps will set 
up a complete working, historically correct encampment in the alley 
beside the Buchanan Theater  in the downtown area. The tents will be set 
up by 3-4 p.m. Friday and they will stay there for two nights, along 
with necessary personnel. This will include cooking and all phases of 
camp life from card playing to letter writing to making lead bullets. 
Depending on the size of the encampment, the tents could extend to the 
grassy area behind the theater also.  Each tent will exhibit an 
individual snapshot of "camp life"  and at least three different types 
of shelter demonstrations are planned. An invitation has been issued to 
one of Virginia's largest sutlers to attend and local United Daughter of 
the Confederacy will exhibit the "Daily lives and routine of the 
civilian folks back home" during that period. Contacts have been made to 
include a cannon firing demonstration and battle simulation of the 
_/Battle of Buchanan/_ across the James River on Saturday afternoon. 
Buggy rides and a romantic candle light historical tour have been 
planned as well as live period music and a lot of other 
surprises. General Robert E. Lee will address the troops on Saturday.

A half-mile stretch on The James will  also be used as part of the 
encampment and all Sons of Confederate Veterans and reenactors are 
cordially invited to come and set up some kind of shelter -period if 
possible- for the event and join in with promoting our history and 
heritage.   Merchants and establishments have adopted a Civil War theme 
for the weekend with as much period dress as possible and an emphasis 
the 1860-1865 timeline. The Buchanan Theater will start showing Civil 
War movies on Friday and run them as long as they deem necessary, 
through a Sunday matinee starting about 3pm. That the schedule should 
coincide with whatever guest or guest speakers may be available. Some 
movies under consideration are: "Gettysburg", "Gods & Generals", 
"Somersby" (filmed at Grayledge in Buchanan  and Lexington), and 
"Shenandoah" to name a few. In connection with the movie, plans are 
being studied to invite several of the movie stars and directors to the 
three-day event.

For planning purposes, the "weekend" will start about 5 p.m. on Friday, 
April 27th, all day long on Saturday April 28^th and at least through 11 
a.m. on Sunday, April 29^th . (Camp church services). All camps and 
re-enactors are asked to contact  Jerry Huff of The Botetourt Artillery 
at (540) 254-3304 or by e-mail at hufrap at rbnet.com for an assigned space 
on the riverfront.

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