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Independence Village will hold a joint military and civilian event over Columbus Day weekend, October 10-13, 2014. The gents in charge of the military side will post specific information on the other side of this forum. This thread will detail the civilian side of things.
The event will run from Friday through Monday, though we can accommodate individual schedules for arrivals and departures.
Essentially, here's the scenario: we have members of two Illinois regiments in town. A company of the 134th infantry, while heading home, was temporarily dispatched to respond to several reports of deserters in Coles, Edgar and Douglas counties.
In addition veteran soldiers from the 25th IL Co E will be coming home as well. They mustered out on Sept 5, 1864.
Meanwhile, the village will be in the midst of election speeches, rallies, and political meetings as they prepare for the 1864 local and national elections. There will be plenty of activity for ladies and gentlemen throughout the event. There will also be some deserters lurking about town, causing trouble and involving the good citizens of Independence in ... well, that's open to discussion.
Just a few points about the village: this is a collection of historic structures, mostly log buildings, in rural Illinois. We're about an hour south of Champaign and about 45 minutes east of the Indiana border. The buildings are quite primitive, and there are few modern intrusions. Our events are immersion (no modern talk, no modern objects.) At the October event, immersion will be non-negotiable, so we do ask everyone to think about that ahead of time, to be sure that this is what you want to do. We also encourage everyone to ask lots of questions before joining in. The community of reenactors who get together at Independence have all agreed that immersion is to be "twenty-four-seven." This may seem a little daunting, but it is so much fun and so rewarding that it's well worth the effort.
Technically, this is an "invitational" event, which just means that you should introduce yourself to the village and agree to the authenticity guidelines. We therefore ask that everyone join the google discussion list:
Children are very welcome. We'll have school in session, a Sunday church service, a well-stocked general store, mail delivery, and an Inn. Meals can be cooked at home or paid for in advance in the Inn.
We'll post more information as time goes by, but if you have any questions, please ask them here, join the google list, or contact one of the following people:
Rod Miller and Jeremy Bevard for the military side of things
Nanci Gasiel and Silvana for the civilian side.
Independence Village will hold a joint military and civilian event over Columbus Day weekend, October 10-13, 2014. The gents in charge of the military side will post specific information on the other side of this forum. This thread will detail the civilian side of things.
The event will run from Friday through Monday, though we can accommodate individual schedules for arrivals and departures.
Essentially, here's the scenario: we have members of two Illinois regiments in town. A company of the 134th infantry, while heading home, was temporarily dispatched to respond to several reports of deserters in Coles, Edgar and Douglas counties.
In addition veteran soldiers from the 25th IL Co E will be coming home as well. They mustered out on Sept 5, 1864.
Meanwhile, the village will be in the midst of election speeches, rallies, and political meetings as they prepare for the 1864 local and national elections. There will be plenty of activity for ladies and gentlemen throughout the event. There will also be some deserters lurking about town, causing trouble and involving the good citizens of Independence in ... well, that's open to discussion.
Just a few points about the village: this is a collection of historic structures, mostly log buildings, in rural Illinois. We're about an hour south of Champaign and about 45 minutes east of the Indiana border. The buildings are quite primitive, and there are few modern intrusions. Our events are immersion (no modern talk, no modern objects.) At the October event, immersion will be non-negotiable, so we do ask everyone to think about that ahead of time, to be sure that this is what you want to do. We also encourage everyone to ask lots of questions before joining in. The community of reenactors who get together at Independence have all agreed that immersion is to be "twenty-four-seven." This may seem a little daunting, but it is so much fun and so rewarding that it's well worth the effort.
Technically, this is an "invitational" event, which just means that you should introduce yourself to the village and agree to the authenticity guidelines. We therefore ask that everyone join the google discussion list:
Children are very welcome. We'll have school in session, a Sunday church service, a well-stocked general store, mail delivery, and an Inn. Meals can be cooked at home or paid for in advance in the Inn.
We'll post more information as time goes by, but if you have any questions, please ask them here, join the google list, or contact one of the following people:
Rod Miller and Jeremy Bevard for the military side of things
Nanci Gasiel and Silvana for the civilian side.
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