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• 25Aug

  Lake County Civil Wars Days

  Fun Stuff, History, Images No Comments
  My son and I went to the Lake County Civil War days again this year.  We only came for the Big Battle on Sunday since we were also preparing for Cub Scout Day Camp the next week.  The weather was great and we had really good seats.

  What was fun was that the re-enactment portrayed the Battle of Brandy Station.  I was able to walk this battlefield last August.  You can see my pictures of the actual battle site here.  This was the first time that I can remember that the Big Battle was fashioned after an actual battle.  Most of the times, the battle showed the was the armies fought and some of the tactics they used.  I thought this years battle was pretty interesting becuase I could put some frame of reference around it, but I’m not sure how others viewed it.  I know my son liked it because he got to see the reenactment and was able to see the cannons fire.  All in all, a good time was had by the two of us.

  This is a great event put on by the Lake County IL Forest Preserve district.  If you’ve never been, you should go!  Also, a heaping big thanks to all of the reenactors who devote their time to protraying this important time in our country’s history.  Here is a list of the participating units:

  • 8th Illinois Cavalry
  • 13th Tennessee Infantry
  • 104th Illinois Infantry
  • 154th Tennessee Infantry
  • Crescent City Benevolent Society
  • Taylor’s Battery
  • Battery G

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• 06Apr

  75 Years of beer

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  Yes, it’s been 75 years since Prohibition was ended and beer flowed legally once again. To commemorate this event, check out www.75YearsofBeer.org. Events are scheduled across the country – there might even be some that are close to you. In related information, there have been some interesting articles about breweries in the Midwest. One of the articles is from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, titled “Back-roads breweries” It’s an interesting read about some of the smaller breweries that can be found in Wisconsin. The other article is titled “Draft Picks” and comes from Chicago Magazine. The author picks out six breweries from the IN-IL-WI area that offer not only great beers but also tours. besides some interesting information, the article also provides directions to these breweries. Lastly, I found some information that has an interesting historical aspect for me. Pabst is bringing back the original recipe for Schlitz beer. The Chicago Sun-Times has more detail. This is interesting to me since my grandfather once worked for the Schlitz brewery in Milwaukee. I’ll have look for it in the store and try some out.

• 30Mar

  Civil War at The Grove

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  Images from another Civil War event that my son and I went attended. This one was smaller than the Lake County event, but it was still a great event.

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

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• 29Sep

  New page on the site

  History No Comments
  I’ve added a new page to my site. You can see it linked into the site structure – the Civil War page.

  This page contains a short, incomplete description of some of the places I was lucky enough to visit during our brief visit to Virginia. We went out there to see some family friends, but I snuck some time by myself and went to several Civil War battlefields.

  In the page, you will find some short descriptions as well as links to the image pages that correspond to the battle sites. In addition, I have added notation to the images to explain what they show.

  Click here to visit the Civil War page on fjbering.com.

• 26Aug

  Visiting Virginia

  Fun Stuff, History, Images, Travel No Comments
  Finally recuperated from our whirlwind trip to Virginia to see some family friends. We were only gone six days but we managed to pack in a lot of sights, visiting and fun. I have images available for family in the Private image gallery. I will have some images available in the next week or so for public viewing that will cover Virginia, Washington D.C. and some Civil War battle sites.

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