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From: "Desoto Joe" <>
Subject: [MO-CW] Fletcher House
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 01:35:44 -0500

Visitors to the Fletcher House in Hillsboro Mo. on Saturday, July 14, will
have the opportunity to see the Civil War as it actually was - in daytime
and nighttime activities.

Reenactors with the Missouri Brigade Medical Service will spend the day
doing typical chores - sewing, cleaning weapons. Visitors can observe these
activities free.

>From 8 -11:00 PM., reenactors will portray a field hospital, and candlelight
tours will be given. Admission is $3.00 for each adult and $5.00 for each
family.

Visitors will be able to: view Colonel Thomas C. Fletcher and his family
interacting before he leaves for the battle of Pilot Knob, Mo.; view
orderlies and officers working in the parlor to get things ready to pack and
load on the wagon; view women in the dining room making bandages and fixing
food; view various stages of medical operations in the kitchen; view wounded
soldiers waiting for treatment on the porch; and view a cooking
demonstration.

Laura Lane will explain to visitors why modern-day people enjoy
participating in Civil War reenactments.

Refreshments will be available.

This event is part of a series of activities in 2001 to mark the 150th
birthday of the Fletcher House, the home of Thomas C. Fletcher, the first
native - born governor of Missouri.

Desoto Joe/The Record Man

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