I was there… got to Manassas early…
The pretty cool looking Virginia 150 Historymobile…
Crowd was relatively light, but then… it was hot, and on a workday. Did I say it was hot?!
Of course, the Stonewall on steroids statue…
A view toward the speakers’ platform from the rear hooves of Stonewall’s mount.
Also had a blast meeting-up with fellow Brothers from the Dept. of the Chesapeake, SUVCW, and a lot of fellow CW bloggers, including Mannie Gentile, John Hoptak, John Cummings, Ron Baumgarten, Scott Patchan, John Hennessy… and was in touch with Crag Swain who took a stroll on the battlefield earlier in the morning. Meanwhile, had a few blogger communiques via FB from some who couldn’t make it today, including Harry Smeltzer, Jimmy Price, Rea Andrew Redd, and Kevin Levin. All,-in-all, we kept the wires HOT with messages… oh, sorry, wrong battle.
Oh, and, did I say it was HOT?!
I’d write a post, but just plum tuckered-out after the heat today. So, in the meantime, enjoy some photos from the day. I’ve got more to say about the day in my next post.
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Chester (Rob) Robbins
July 21, 2011
I look forward to going there one day. My great ,great grandfather was there in reserve with the 1st Arkansas Infantry.
Chester (Rob) Robbins
jgo
July 25, 2011
While channel surfing last night I caught part of a speech, and the occasional shot of the statue and the building. I think it was on C-SPAN3.
I take it “Bull Run” is a creek or some such, in the vicinity of which some of the fighting took place… and that, since they are referred to as “1st Manassas” and “1st Bull Run” there were later battles at/near the same location as the Confederates tried to reach the heart of DC.
Robert Moore
July 25, 2011
Bull Run is the nearby creek. Yes, there was another battle there, in August 1862. The ’62 battle set the stage for the advance into Maryland.