Hello, I just read this online and thought some of you might be interested. I have nothing to do with the program, but if I lived closer I would love to go to it. Pioneer Village showcasing live re-enactment of 1860s family life By GARY CONNOR/DAILY SUN STAFF History will come alive Saturday at Pioneer Village in Corsicana. A very special event, "Life on the Home Front" will showcase everyday activities of pioneer families from the early to mid 1860s during the War Between the States. "Life on the Home Front" is a part of the annual event Navarro County War Between the States Weekend held the second weekend of January. At Pioneer Village from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. local and area persons will participate in spinning, weaving, quilting, soap making, dulcimer music, and blacksmithing. Billy Minatra from Richland will perform a living history presentation assuming the role of deceased Chatfield Civil War blacksmith B. F. Lisman. Minatra has recreated the role of Civil War era blacksmith for movies including "The Postman" which starred Kevin Costner and will appear in the Mel Gibson movie, "The Patriot", secheduled for release in July, according to Bobbie Young, director and curator of Pioneer Village. Minatra will set up and operate a blacksmith forge and perform blacksmith work during the all day living history presentation. Civil War blacksmith B.F. Lisman from his blacksmith forge in Chatfield made swords for the Confederacy. A Confederate sword made for Francis Marion Martin, a state senator and post-civil war Lt. Governor of Texas, by Lisman will be on display this weekend with the Pearce Collection at Navarro College where the sword is currently on loan. Visitors will be able to see Minatra perform as the Chatfield blacksmith on the "living history" stage at Pioneer Village, view one of Lisman's Civil War swords, and stand near the site of his blacksmith shop in Chatfield at the site of the reenactment of the Battle of Hodge Oaks Plantation all during the exciting weekend. Also at Pioneer Village at 10 a.m. and again at 1 p.m. period dulcimer music will be presented by musicians from Fort Worth. The Piece Maker's Guild will present quilt making demonstrations and the soap making demonstration will be performed by historians from Ennis. Pioneer Village is also one of the stops on a bus tour of historic Civil War sites in Corsicana. The tour is free and begins at 10 a.m. Saturday near the Confederate hero statue on the Navarro County Courthouse lawn. For more information on Pioneer Village activities contact Bobbie Young. For information regarding other Navarro County War Between the States Weekend activiites contact Rob Jones at 874-1243. Local Links AmericaFaye@webtv.net See my web page at http://community.webtv.net/AmericafayeII/Reflections0