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Show Thursday, May 24, 2007 0 REM TIMES Page 17 Central Elementary students engage in Civil War re-enactment CathyMred NORTH COUNTY STAFF The children from Central Elementary School sat patiently behind the split rail fence by Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill waiting for the battle to begin. Jaden Aland, quarter master and corporal of Company A; and fellow soldier Sam Harris, Har-ris, who has already posted the Confederate flag, chew on white hard tack they had made in class while waiting for the drama to unfold. "It's good," Josh Bassett said. "I made it with Sam." They were at a three-day re-enactment of the 1863 Campaign Cam-paign of Gettysburg, a battle often cited as the turning point of the American Civil War, behind their school on Center Street and 300 West in Pleasant Grove. Approximately 50,000 soldiers, sol-diers, north and south, died during dur-ing the three-day battle. At the school re-enactment, there is no blood spilled and the sound system has a music and narration nar-ration program created on an iBook that can be heard over the battlefield. A re-enactment program created cre-ated for the school's fifth grade, the Union and Johnny Rebs soldiers are fifth grade students stu-dents who have rehearsed and worked towards this moment. "Are you afraid, soldiers?" said General Robert E. Lee, who is really assistant principal Jeremy Brunner playing the part. "Some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make." He said the program gets better each year. Last year, the generals rode horses with the calvary riding stick horses. Julie vanDijk, fifth grade teacher, is a 3-star general by her uniform. "We take turns," Some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. Jeremy Brunner STUDENT PLAYING GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE ( ii . Photos hy JEREMY HARMON IJ.nly Mci.ilil Armed with marshmallow guns, Union soldiers, who also happen to be fifth-graders at Central Elementary in Pleasant Grove, regroup and fire at Confederate lines as the children re-enact the battle of Gettysburg on their playground Tuesday, U.S. history is part of fifth-grade curriculum, and teacher Mark 1 1 ayes said t he students started studying the Civil War in April. The re-enactment, which is broken up into three days, is something that Hayes says the students look forward to all year once they get into the fifth-grade. "They know they get to do Gettysburg," he said. The school has been doing the activity for about five years. she said. "Today I'm General Early, tomorrow I'll be General Gen-eral Lee and (Brunner) will be Early." As part of the class curriculum, curricu-lum, studying the Civil War period began sometime in April. "We start fitting it in with other things," vanDijk said. "We study history and practice the drills in Bull Run, we read stories about it, literature, do journal writing and things like that." The children have also learned period songs for the gray coats it was "Goober Peas," "Bonnie Blue Flag" and "Dixie." As the Confederates move in on the first day of battle, a settler flees on his stick horse to warn the Union Army. The Rebel forces take food, clothing, blankets and other useful items from the homes. "Every year they've improved im-proved it," said Doug Bezzant, father of Justin Bezzant who is today a Confederate soldier. "This year it's outstanding. They have improved the props. There are signs, homes, stretchers stretch-ers ... it's neat." Fifth grade teach Mark Hayes is attribut Ath creating creat-ing the program, rie is on the field as General John Buford leading the Union blues across the field towards the Southern forces. "What a way to learn history," his-tory," said Gay Armitstead, office assistant. 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