I have been meaning to share some pictures with you from last Sunday afternoon. After church, we ate a fast lunch and then headed up to Fort Smith for Tales of the Crypt at Oak Cemetery. This is an event that is held twice a year, but this is the first time we've managed to make it, as it is quite a long drive.
Oak Cemetery is a beautiful place and we hope to go back one day to walk around it and study some of the beautiful tombstones, like the one above.
There were eleven characters brought from the past for us to 'meet'. This fellow below was Deputy Marshall Ed Armorer, known, as most of Judge Isaac Parker's Marshall's were, for capturing murderers and thieves. He was quite an entertaining fellow! (He was looking for stories about himself in those books!)
One of my favorites was Sophie Kannady. She had quite an exciting life, including being captured with her husband by jay hawkers during the Civil War. Sophie Kannady was quite a woman in her day and I've enjoyed reading about her life.
I have quite a few more pictures to share with you at another time.
Have a great week!
I love history and would have enjoyed the re-enactments. Our children should study history more to be proud of their state and the people who made it what it is today. Sunday was rainy here and a good day to stay indoors after church. Went to get my grandson to play with and have a sleepover.
ReplyDeleteThat was interesting & fun day I am sure. It is great, to learn about the History in your area.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like fun! Almost "creepy"... but very entertaining.
ReplyDeleteWow! I'll bet that was really interesting! I love re-enactments about historical characters like that!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a lot of fun. I've never heard of this kind of thing before, but what a fun way to get excited about history.
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