Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Olustee & The Cavalry



  
           The Battle of Olustee re-enactment, which is held every February in northern Florida, is a must for anyone who is interested in Civil War History.
            I attended as an observer on Sunday, February 19th. My father and older brother had spent the night there with a local re-enactment group. The camp, where they slept, was full of white canvas tents and period tools.
            While I was there, I saw their cavalry, comprised of many horses, gallop and canter out firing at the troops.  During the battle the soldiers demonstrated a maneuver called "the square"., which my father and brother were involved in. In this maneuver troops form a square to keep the cavalry from coming in.  During this strategic move, the cannon fired on them, and due to pyrotechnics on the field, an explosion occurred within the square! 
            The battle was very engaging, the pyrotechnics were impressive, and the re-enactors were both realistic and believable.  
Nehemiah Cook

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Fort Myers & Horses

 Psalm 145:9 - "The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works."
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This year we traveled down to Fort Myers to engage ourselves in a surprise birthday party for our grandfather, which took place two Sundays ago.  We ordered eight pizzas for 20 people-all of the pizzas were eaten.  I had a great time swimming in their pool and watching old videos of my older sister when she was younger.


On our way back, we stopped at a Burger King, which had horses in a field nearby.  One of them reminded me of Belle, an Arabian back at Eagle's Rest (as shown below).  It was nice to be able to see horses that looked like ones back home while eating at a Burger King!


-NehemiahC