Heritage Days Timeline Event 2015

Eli and Eric represented the World War 2 Guys at the first annual Heritage Days Timeline Event at Ft. Atkinson on Saturday, September 5.  Eli was portraying a soldier of the 2nd Infantry Division in World War II and Eric was representing a U.S. Marine from the Korean War.  We set up a small encampment early in the morning near the Council House.  We were treated wonderfully by our hosts at Ft. Atkinson who offered us coffee and breakfast as soon as we arrived.  My Korean War display had an assortment of U.S. Army field gear and uniform items under a half shelter and I also had a Marine Corps shelter tent I named the "Korea Hilton Hotel".  Eli set up an early WWII style shelter tent filled with typical WWII U.S. Army gear.  After squaring away our camp we made our way down to the fort where we spoke with a few of the 1820's reenactors as well as members of the public.  We met an amazing gentleman named Charlie Money, a 1st Cavalry Division veteran of the Vietnam War.  He spoke to us for nearly half an hour recounting story after story from his time in country.  After speaking with Charlie, we downed some grub back at our base camp and later took part in a weapons demonstration.  Along with our 1820's counterparts, we demonstrated the differences between firing techniques and loading speeds from the 19th century to the 20th century.  At the end of the day we were also honored to take part in the flag lowering ceremony for the fort.  Eli and I were feed some really good rice and beans for dinner and then we packed up our gear and headed home for the night.  It was a great experience and one I know we're both excited to take part in next year.