It is a sunny December down here in South Texas. I visited the Harlingen Public Library on Saturday, December 20 to give a demonstration to three classes of youngsters at a Christmas event hosted by the library. I was able to share about the drummer boy's life and what a soldier might experience during a Civil War Christmas. I was also able to play "Joy to the World" on my fife, a song we accept as a Christmas carol today, but was originally written about the Second Coming of Christ.
There was no age limit for Civil War drummers. Here I am trying to find recruits.
Also, I showed the kids how to load a musket.
It gets pretty hot in South Texas for Santa impersonators. This one was pretty anxious to shave.
My thanks goes out to Josie Balboa (far left) and the other librarians in Harlingen who made this event possible.
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