Damon Jackson (above) explains the duties of a cannon crewmember to local students.

Surgeon & sometimes cavalryman Curt Fisher (right photo) demonstrates why the "good ol' days" weren't always so good.

Photo: Steve Bailey

In the photo above, members of Guibor's Missouri Battery acknowledge the crowd's approval of their artillery firing demonstration.

You can always tell when it's Wednesday at Pea Ridge National Military Park. That's because Dave Lewis (photo at left) is at the Elkhorn Tavern telling of life in the 1800s.

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