Even though we went out to the battlefield on Friday for the educational day, I still wanted to go to the battle re-enactment on Saturday.

My boys decided they want to be drummer boys.

They really hate dressing up and playing with guns so I knew re-enactments would hold no appeal to them.

For some reason this guys rifle was REALLY loud.

The crowd gasped when it went off.

I think I have seen this same look on my boys faces when they are sword fighting or shooting at each other.

I am not sure boys ever grow up.

I think their weapons just get more expensive.

If you are wondering who won this battle it was the federal’s.

The federal’s were the government soldiers stationed at the nearby fort.

You can read about it on the battlefield website, here.

The canon fire was LOUD!

It kept setting off the car alarms.

Which made everyone laugh.

Car alarms seemed a little out of place with all the battle sounds.

If you want to encourage an interest in history in your kids I would highly recommend these living history events.

History was loud, dangerous, and exciting!

It was not meant to be contained in a textbook.