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To my pards of the authentic community I would like to share this letter that was sent to the event co sponsors Mess Number 1 and the Armory Guards (each group got a separate letter)
“8 March 2010
The Armory Guards
c/o Herb Coats, President
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the Atlanta History Center, I want to express my sincere appreciation to you and your unit for the generous donation of $11,295.17 in proceeds from the 2009 “Bummers” event to benefit the George W. Wray Jr. Civil War Collection.
I can only imagine how much time and effort you expended in the last two years to make this event possible. I appreciate the high standards of authenticity your unit set in order to provide meaningful experiences and learning opportunities for the 500 participants. It will be a long time before anyone sees another quality Atlanta campaign immersion event like this.
Most of all, I appreciate your thinking of the Wray Collection as a worthy recipient of your fund-raising efforts, and for promoting the collection on your webpage, which I understood recorded about 30,000 hits. Additionally, the Georgia Militia Historical Reenacting Society, with whom you are closely affiliated, has already contributed more than $2,000 to the Wray Collection as well as a Civil War cap pouch for our collections. The Atlanta History Center deeply appreciates your combined efforts in the service of saving our Civil War past, and we look forward to continuing this relationship.
Partly as a result of your efforts, the Wray Collection, as well as our other Civil War collections here, will be available long into the future as reference and research tools for thousands of living history enthusiasts around the world.
Sincerely yours,
Gordon L. Jones, Ph.D.
Senior Military Historian and Curator”
This is the breakdown of the money taken in, the costs involved, and where the final total fits.
Total money collected: $22,000
Insurance for the event: $494.00
Loot, materials, food, more loot: $7210.83
To the Camp Thunder/Camp Lawhorn Donation: $3000
Proceeds to AHC: $11,295.17
For all of the hurdles and costs we had to endure, sending more than half of the funds collected to the AHC is amazing. Thank you again to all of the dedicated living historians that attended the event. I hope now you see what all of the hype, headache, and heartburn went to.
And with this my work and dealings with the event known as "Bummers" is now officially over.
L to R Robby Mitchell, Kiev Thomason, That War Criminal, Gordon Jones of the AHC, Boy Wonder Jordan Roberts
“8 March 2010
The Armory Guards
c/o Herb Coats, President
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the Atlanta History Center, I want to express my sincere appreciation to you and your unit for the generous donation of $11,295.17 in proceeds from the 2009 “Bummers” event to benefit the George W. Wray Jr. Civil War Collection.
I can only imagine how much time and effort you expended in the last two years to make this event possible. I appreciate the high standards of authenticity your unit set in order to provide meaningful experiences and learning opportunities for the 500 participants. It will be a long time before anyone sees another quality Atlanta campaign immersion event like this.
Most of all, I appreciate your thinking of the Wray Collection as a worthy recipient of your fund-raising efforts, and for promoting the collection on your webpage, which I understood recorded about 30,000 hits. Additionally, the Georgia Militia Historical Reenacting Society, with whom you are closely affiliated, has already contributed more than $2,000 to the Wray Collection as well as a Civil War cap pouch for our collections. The Atlanta History Center deeply appreciates your combined efforts in the service of saving our Civil War past, and we look forward to continuing this relationship.
Partly as a result of your efforts, the Wray Collection, as well as our other Civil War collections here, will be available long into the future as reference and research tools for thousands of living history enthusiasts around the world.
Sincerely yours,
Gordon L. Jones, Ph.D.
Senior Military Historian and Curator”
This is the breakdown of the money taken in, the costs involved, and where the final total fits.
Total money collected: $22,000
Insurance for the event: $494.00
Loot, materials, food, more loot: $7210.83
To the Camp Thunder/Camp Lawhorn Donation: $3000
Proceeds to AHC: $11,295.17
For all of the hurdles and costs we had to endure, sending more than half of the funds collected to the AHC is amazing. Thank you again to all of the dedicated living historians that attended the event. I hope now you see what all of the hype, headache, and heartburn went to.
And with this my work and dealings with the event known as "Bummers" is now officially over.
L to R Robby Mitchell, Kiev Thomason, That War Criminal, Gordon Jones of the AHC, Boy Wonder Jordan Roberts
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