Aug. 28—Reenactors clad in Union blue and Confederate gray uniforms and armed with Civil War-era weapons and cannons will clash this weekend in the annual Battle for Decatur — a reenactment of a ...

The smell of campfires and gunpowder were in the air at Burton Century Village Museum and Historical Education Center’s Civil War re-enactment. The encampment took place on May 24 at 14653 E. Park St.

A Sunday morning later this month will take on the colours and clatter of another age, as more than 200 men and women in full ...

The Burtner House’s Fall Harvest Festival keeps the history of the 201-year-old homestead alive. True to the character of the home, more than 35 volunteers dressed in Civil War-era costumes wandered ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Heartland re-enactors are preserving the spirit of Memorial Day by giving the public a peak into the past. Re-enactors opened the Fort D Historic Site for Memorial Day ...

Every once in a while, Todd Koster likes to take a step back in time. He trades his uniform of a South Holland, Ill., police officer for that of a Union soldier during the Civil War. "When I was a ...