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Living History Encampment
Saturday June 4, 2011
The Common
West Brookfield, MA
10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
(Rain date Sunday, June 5)
Presented by: The 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Re-enactors
& the West Brookfield Historical Commission
Events and Features
Union Camp
Camp will be open to the public from 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. In Camp, the 15th will have 2 detained Confederate soldiers from the 4th Alabama Regiment. Feel free to come in and ask questions.
Demonstration of Military Drill
While our company drills, an interpreter will describe the procedures utilized to bring a company from a line of march into a deployed battle line.
Rifle Firing Demonstration
Watch as soldiers in a battle line load and fire examples of civil war weapons.
Portrayals of Camp Life
See how the soldiers lived, what they ate, where they slept, what hardships they endured. They love to talk about the 15th.
Camp Tours
Come talk to the soldiers around their campfire, see how they prepared their meals.
2:00 p.m. A Presentation at Our Civil War Monument by the 15th In Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War
West Brookfield in the Civil War
West Brookfield’s citizens who went off to fight for the Union. Those who did not return home. We have all the names & the profiles of our soldiers.
Our Soldiers - www.westbrookfield.org