Civil War festivities this weekend

Nicole Buschman, left, looks on as her son, Elijah Buschman, talks to a Civil War statue as the family visited the Capitol last Friday. Photo by Julie Smith.

By Michelle Brooks

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Union and Confederate soldiers’ uniforms, Civil War-era music, an infantry drill re-enactment and insightful programs about life and issues during the 1860s will fill the state Capitol on Saturday.

The history hall exhibit “Civil War Missouri: A House Dividing” officially will open at 9 a.m. Tuesday with an event in the Capitol Rotunda. Tuesday is the anniversary of Camp Jackson — the first armed conflict in Missouri after Fort Sumter.

But the Family Day hosted by the Missouri State Museum will provide a fun introduction to the exhibit as well as acknowledge the sesquicentennial.

Saturday activities will be 1-4 p.m. at the Capitol’s south lawn, Rotunda and history hall.

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A living history program called “Decisions,” which focuses on the decision of secession, will be presented by ....

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wow 2 years ago

I can't wait until the next Skinhead, The (Old or New) Black Panther Party, Bloods, Crips, MS13, Black Gorilla Family, etc, etc marchers comes to town. If the community can/will put up with this Civil War $#$#@$@%^$^#$@!, I guess this community can put up with these other hate groups and gang members too! Progress MA!

JMO 2 years ago

Do you have something against learning about history? This is an educational event, an acknowlegement that it happened, not a bunch of slavery advocates. As a border state, which had people fighting on both sides of the war (more than twice as many to the Union as the Confederates) I'd say Missouri is uniquely qualified to teach people about it.

wow 2 years ago

I don't believe my comment eludes to me being anti-learning. Besides we can all learn a few things about from history...and what I've learned is this. Most every time the Civil War is being learned, there are more than enough people trying to make sure others learn that it happened, it wasn't about slavery, Lincoln freed the slaves and everything was fine from that point. Yet there are most times never enough people who are willing to make sure people learn that although this was a bloody mess no matter which side one fought....neither fought to free slaves...in fact the majority of these soldiers fought and died with the every intent to keep the system of white dominance in place. This can be proven by the ridiculous political and court decisions that took place during the war and followed after the actual fighting ceased....decisions that demanded segregation and permitted Jim Crow rules which encouraged public murders based on race. There are not enough people who will teach the truth of "the darker a persons skin, the faster they got mistreated, beaten, raped, maimed, tortured or killed. There are never enough people who want to make sure people learn from the real victims view. So no, I'm not against learning about history...But I am feed up with people insisting I learn about "His-story"....

PTAMN!

JMO 2 years ago

Perhaps you should get involved in the events to teach it the way you think it should be taught? I mean that sincerely, not to be smart. I didn't mean to upset you, I just couldn't imagine why you'd equate a living history program with hate groups, and it still seems like a pretty big overreaction to me. And I have no idea what PTAMN means...but I get the impression I might not want to - all I could find looking it up was prime time agrimarketing network. LOL. (LOL - that one I know.)

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