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here we're at the Houston a horseshoe
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which was a militia battle involving
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Philip halston
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and the loyalist David Fanning we're
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recreating a 1781 skirmish between
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pro-independence and pro crown militia
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at house and horseshoe which the only
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Revolutionary War battlefield property
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that the state of North Carolina owns
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the unique aspects of the house and the
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horseshoe is simply this it is an
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original building from that period and
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this is a unique facility simply because
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it's still here and that's a it's a gem
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in our historical realm that we have
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here in North Carolina today we hosted
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our 34th annual Revolutionary War battle
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reenactment and it was a very good
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success
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small-arms musket demonstration first
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thing in the morning and we had periodic
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eighteenth-century
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cannon firings and drill through the
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afternoon so tell me about the camp
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every time you use the cannon you have
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to like put like different things in it
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so you could to make sure that it's safe
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it's awfully loud I think my favorite
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part is probably just seeing the
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reenactors and how they're in character
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the history aspect of it being able to
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interact with the volunteers
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it gave us a real big taste of what life
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was like for people at that time just
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I've learned so much between the British
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and camp men's the house the bullets in
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the house yeah I like learning history
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this way versus sitting in a classroom
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reading it learning it out of a book I
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get more out of this you learn more you
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think we just go to the grocery store
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and buy yarn or material and stuff and
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here would take them you know multiple
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days just prepare the thread before they
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can either use it to make the clothing
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the crowd is a little bit different
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there's they're more hands-on for the
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crowd here than they are at some of the
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other place
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and I think just the whole battle itself
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is a big draw his daddy and I met here
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and started dating here and two years
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ago we got married here so he thought it
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was right for Quinn to do his first
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reenactment he had to stay the night
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last night he'll stay the night again
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tonight and so far he's done really good
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I've been here before and I love always
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seeing how they used to camp back then I
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love camping and so it's it's really
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quite primitive and I look forward to
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seeing the barrel
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the party was exhausting he's outside
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waiting to light a profession to get
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famous attention he admired her bravery
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and degrees we do it because history is
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important
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not enough of the younger folks get to
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actually participate and our learns I
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believe it's important to keep America's
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history alive
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I've been re-enacting since I was 11 or
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so I think it's just a wonderful way to
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kind of capture not like the facts of
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history but the spirit of it like how
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things look how things felt just the
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general atmosphere which I think is an
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important part of understanding what
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went on we have a number of schools that
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participate in their history especially
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when it comes to North Carolina history
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and there's a consistent program set up
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here there was several campsites open
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loyalists and Patriots deaf people are
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able to wander through and engage with
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re-enactors and learn about what camp
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life was like what the militia life was
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like and there were also several sutlers
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here on the site that were selling their
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wares there are children clothing the
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herbs and colonial cooking even jewelry
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and the children you can look at a book
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you can look at a picture but to capture
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the essence of the historical aspect of
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this place you're here and it's an
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impacted they always remain re-enactors
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definitely come from as far away parts
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in Virginia they come from South
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Carolina a lot of them also from here in
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the state it's it's a long haul for some
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of them and they come and they camp for
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the weekend I believe one of the
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southeastern tourist entities made an
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evaluation and this is one of the top
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ten sites in North Carolina to visit
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this was the best attended event that I
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can remember in five years we also had a
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good showing of supporters who have been
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here throughout the possible closure of
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the site we've been able to sustain the
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operation of house in the horseshoe we
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will continue to operate it on a regular
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schedule to the public it's an extremely
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valuable
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colonial revolutionary and backcountry
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resource that the public have a right to
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see and experience
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