The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

145th Anniversary Battle of Bentonville, Good, But...Part 3

The line to buy tickets was long so decided to wait on that. There apparently were just two vendors on site and one had long lines. The other, a more limited selection, but only a few in line. Pop was reasonable at $1 as was water. An elephant ear was $3.

The other food vendor had hot dogs for $2 and hamburgers for $3, also quite reasonable, but again, the lines were too long.

Watched part of a talk in a tent and then talked with some folks at a booth from Kinston and congratulated them on the outstanding job that city is doing with its Civil War heritage including the two battles fought there and the CSS Neuse, a Confederate ironclad. The actual hull of the ship is in a covered structure and an exact replica of it, called the CSS Neuse II, is also on display at a downtown corner.

Not only that, but they have an excellent Civil War visitors center on US-70, and, of course, that non-Cvil War Carolina bbq at King's.

Meeting the SUV Next. --Old B-Runner

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