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Civil War Living History Encampment

Presented by:
The West Brookfield Historical Commission, and the
15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Re-enactors

Photos of Events and Features

• Union Camp - The Camp was open to the public from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. to come in and ask questions
  

Rifle Firing Demonstration - We watched as soldiers in a battle line loaded and fired examples of civil war weapons

• Portrayals of Camp Life - We saw how the soldiers lived, where they slept, what they ate, what hardships they endured….

Soldiers around the campfire as they prepared their meals

West Brookfield in the Civil War - A display showed West Brookfield's role in the Civil War along with a list of West Brookfield citizens who went off to fight for the Union cause.

 
 A Ceremony was held on the Town Common on June 22nd at 2:00 P.M.
at the Civil War Monument to honor the Civil War Soldiers
from West Brookfield who did not return home.