North Meets South

"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here,..." but my family, friends, and I will never forget what we did here.

And, here are a few words from those that attended the "Barn Dance/Camp Out/Single-shot Paintball Reenactment" that I hope I never forget.

Lessons from the young-ins...

• "Food tastes better when you're outside and with friends."  
• "Black licorice tastes pretty good when you're in a costume."

 

 

 

• "A party is so much more fun with a box of kittens."

Wisdom from the women folk...

• "'Chores' don't feel like work when you're with good company." 

• "We need to dance more often!!!"

Thoughts from students (of all ages)... 

• "History is fun and easy to learn when you have a great teacher."
  
  
  

• "History can be painful to remember."  
• "War is so complicated; even the Civil War was about so much more than slavery."
• "In a real war, shots like these would mean an amputation at best and most would be fatal."
• "War is especially painful for wives and mothers!"

 

• "Everything is more fun with children."

A few words on fashion...

• "If we dressed like 'ladies', we wouldn't have to worry about skin cancer."

and surprising insights overheard from the men folk...

• "Girls are so much prettier in dresses."
• "It would sure be nice if those skirts would come back in style."

 

I have written a general summary of the sequence of events for our party at our NorthMeetsSouth150Years blog. 

http://northmeetssouth150years.blogspot.com/

You might also enjoy this blog post related to the Battle of Gettysburg: 

150 years ago / 150 years from now?

Other links you might enjoy:
Uncle Tom's Cabin (audio book), at LibriVox, where all recordings are free and in the public domain
Killer Angels (free download), the book that inspired the movie Gettysburg