Help Send Noah & Wayne Medrud to Uganda!

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Help Send Noah to Uganda! (and back)  Noah and Wayne Medrud are at it again. The Phoenix Rising alumnus and his father, who traveled to India in January to help conduct training in sanitation and bios and water filter construction, are now heading to Uganda and Burundi. They have been invited to help conduct a training in Gulu, Northern Uganda for 60 community leaders and to set up an ongoing strategic plan. “We’ll spend part of our time investigating the possibility of drilling 60 or more wells using an alternative bore hole drilling technique dating back 5000 years to China,” says Wayne. “The costs of these wells are but a small fraction of what the large NGOs pay American contractors for wells that have a life expectancy of 2-4 years.”  They will also participate in large and small rainwater catchment systems being installed.  Ways to get Involved:  They will show a water video along with a slide show of their trip to India and sharing their hopes of accomplishment in Africa on Friday May 23rd at the Triad Theater- tonight at 7:00 p.m.. They will also be selling raffle tickets there and drawing to be at a concert on the lawn at The Phoenix Rising School Saturday, May 24th  from 2:00 pm into the evening. They’ll have live bands, and expect to have food service as well. This could be a nice Memorial Day weekend outing for the family. You can also send tax deductible donations to Friendly Water for the World, 1717 18th Court NE Olympia Wa. 98506 or on their website at www.friendlywaterfrotheworld.net with a notation (Uganda trip)

The Phoenix Rising School Civil War Event:

We went to The Phoenix Rising School Living History presentation of their Civil War Event, Saturday.  Dozens of people were dressed in 1800's attire.  Parents and children alike were mesmerized by the performances and museum pieces that brought American history to life in Rainier, WA. 

The event will continue tomorrow, so check it out!  You don't want to miss it!

  

 Bagpipe Band:

The calm before the reenactment:

 (Above:  Scott Bartlett in center of picture.)

 This lady told us about all of the clothing a lady in the 1800's was required to wear, starting with her socks & split pantaloons.  In the last pictures, you will see her help dress Abby in the clothing of the Civil War era.  It took a few minutes to dress her.  Now I know why the ladies in Downton Abbey needed a ladies maid!

Olympia Bagpipe Band:

The reenactment: 

 Soldier encampment:

Good Union soldiers - line up to shoot:

The Confederate soldiers line up behind the fence in the coral:

READY, AIM...... FIRE!!!!

Attending to the wounded: 

Man down!

Confederate soldiers move out to follow the Union soldiers: 

Sneak peak in a confederate tent:

A tent held up with forked branches found on site:

Ammunition boxes & rifle:

Another Confederate campsite:

Flags flying in the wind:

Arsenal table:

"Dressing up" in Civil War era clothing was more involved than Abby realized.  First she had to put on socks, pantaloons, a chamese, corset, then a hoop skirt and several petticoats, followed by a long blouse, skirt, jacket and hat.  A blouse was considered an "under garment."  Dressing the way we do today would have gotten us arrested in the 1900's

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 Below:  Abby is almost finished being dressed.  She still needs a coat & hat.  Oh, my!