Bloomfield, MO: Stars and Stripes Museum Liberty Days Living History
The Stars and Stripes Military Newspaper Museum hosted its 6th annual Liberty Days living history timeline at the museum site in Bloomfield, MO, Friday and Saturday, October 5-6, 2018. Turners from Company E and Company M participated.
The Museum celebrates the Stars and Stripes military newspaper’s first edition, published November 9, 1861, by Union troops after they took possession of the Bloomfield Herald Newspaper office.
Andrew Porter of Company E demonstrates loading his musket during the school day of the Liberty Days living history timeline at the Stars and Stripes Military Newspaper Museum in Bloomfield, MO, Friday, October 5, 2018.
Andrew Porter of Company E demonstrates loading his musket during the school day of the Liberty Days living history timeline at the Stars and Stripes Military Newspaper Museum in Bloomfield, MO, Friday, October 5, 2018.
Andrew Porter of Company E shares what a soldier would typically carry in his haversack and knapsack during the school day of the Liberty Days living history timeline at the Stars and Stripes Military Newspaper Museum in Bloomfield, MO, Friday, October 5, 2018.
A Company M crew fires the mountain howitzer during a demonstration on the school day of the Liberty Days living history timeline at the Stars and Stripes Military Newspaper Museum in Bloomfield, MO, Friday, October 5, 2018.