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Date Posted: 08:42:51 04/09/02 Tue
Author: Patrick 'Beef!' Whalen
Subject: Re: Pleasant Hill
In reply to: Mike Phineas 's message, "Pleasant Hill" on 09:01:20 04/08/02 Mon

Pleasant Hill was quite Pleasant indeed. This was my second jaunt to the hallowed ground and I truly enjoy that location. Pleasant Hill seems to be traditionally billed as a Farb event but I want to encourage the members of the 26th/77th/TMLHA etc... to not talk up that part of it too much.

Since Mansfield/Pleasant Hill are becoming our backyard, I think we owe it to those that we are trying to help and those that we are trying to honor to do our very best to encourage the involvement of other like-minded units.

We have a astronomical challenge ahead of us in changing the hearts and minds of people at all levels in this obsession of ours. I am in no way innocent of verbally blasting farb but perhaps we can do less of that at the event and discuss it among ourselves on the trip home.

I would love to see us develop scenarios for the entire unit and treat Pleasant Hill as we are trying to do at Mansfield. It is gratifying to see the public impressed by our first person impressions, but think how it would feel to be complemented by the masses of reenactors themselves.

As the old addage goes, "Actions speak louder than words!"

Okay, you may knock me off of my soapbox now....I did have an enjoyable experience and look forward to extending our 3 mile march to a 15-Mile Preservation march in the near future.

YOS,

Beef!

>Greetings Pards,
>
>Just wanted to say I had a bully time hanging out with
>you guys in the Red Socks last weekend over at
>Pleasant Hill. For a farb event, it wasn't half bad.
>We had several inquiries, good comments, and raised
>eyebrow-type looks from the many mainstreamers who
>walked by our little camp at the edge of the woods.
>
>The march back from town during the parade was way
>cool. I think it was some refreshing advertising for
>our side of the hobby, as all the spectators attending
>the reenactment that day drove right past us. Seven
>guys in blue, wearing bedrolls and knapsacks, on their
>way to the battlefield... Hopefully, it was a warm up
>to a potential preservation march for Mansfield.
>Maynard, keep me posted on that, please.
>
>I also caught some great first person from Don Smith
>and his 'prisoners.' I laughed my head off when some
>of Jack King's boys had Danny tied up to a tree...
>
>It was great meeting Tom Glass of the 37th Illinois
>also. Tom, if you read this, you can float me an email
>at: michael.phineas@txcars.ang.af.mil
>
>Thanks guys for allowing me to hang out with y'all.
>Hope to hook up in the field again soon.
>
>YHS
>Mike Phineas

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