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Article: Military history comes alive Hundreds of re-enactors gather at Zablocki center to recall every U.S. war
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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The 19th and 21st centuries intersected this weekend as the boom
of Civil War-era cannons echoed across the parking lot of the
Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center, setting off
innumerable car alarms.
It was part of the eighth annual Reclaiming Our Heritage weekend
on the medical center grounds. The event brings together hundreds of
members of more than 50 re-enacting groups representing every era of
U.S. military history.
John Komp of Wauwatosa has come every year, along with his
daughter, Cassidy, 10, and son, Baxter, 6, each dressed in military
fatigues, along with their friend Maya Magee, 10.
"My children are fascinated with military history. They love
talking to the ...