Civil War Museum's Salute to Freedom

Katrina and I got a lot more than we bargained for with our little outing in Kenosha awhile back.  While we were checking out the lighthouses we noticed a new Civil War Museum and headed on over.  As usual, we had amazing luck in stumbling upon it during their Salute to Freedom event which featured costumed interpreters.  There was a woman in soldier's garb, but as my daughter was quick to point out women were not allowed to enlist during the Civil War.

Also on hand was a special exhibit of women's clothing from the period.  Of course, Katrina's first question was where was the corsets? A discussion then ensued about the poor women who had to endure such torture.  I found out the shoes didn't come in left and right in those days.  Talk about torture!

Another guest exhibitor brought rifles, and an interesting tidbit about rifles used during the war was that quite a few of them were imported from Europe.

But it was the costumed interpreters outside that made the event.  Not quite sure what this guy was trying to do.

This guy is hard to mistake, however.  President Lincoln joined us for the Gettysburg Address.  He started out talking about his travels through Wisconsin, his speaking at the Fair, and the Republicans of Janesville.  That brought a laugh from the audience.  Not a Republican town anymore!

The shoulder is coming along nicely, main trouble is with fatigue.  Guess all that healing on the inside takes a lot of energy because just about anything poops me out pretty quick!  Wayne is probably going to be working all weekend due to some storms coming in, so Katrina and I are considering a camping trip to Kohler-Andrae State Park.  All this fatigue could work well for sitting on the beach with a book for a few days!