the Mississippi chapter: Cannon blast from the past

A few miles down the road from us is the home of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. I found it interesting that here in the south, they don't normally refer to it as the Civil War, but as the "War of Northern Aggression," or the "1861-1865 conflict." Hmm. Anyways, Davis' home (prime real estate right on the beach) is now a museum, and the host of the annual Fall Muster. Hundreds of Civil War buffs dress up to reenact, camp out, and live like they were still in that time period. This is an event we stumbled upon by accident yesterday, and went to check it out.All the canvas tents, campfires, and cannon shooting caught our attention on the way home from the grocery store. The people are all in character, and talk about their areas of expertise as long as you'll listen. We had a lengthy converstion with a doctor/undertaker about the sudden development of embalming and the booming funeral industry and saw Jefferson Davis and his wife pose for an old fashioned photo. Even the children were in dressed up and in character. Twoboys ran up to Peter, excited to show him the root grub that they had found while playing in the dirt. Fun stuff, glad we found it!