Hi All,
Today was the first Living History Day at Fort Caroline this year. Staff and volunteers dressed in period costumes to tell visitors about the 16th century events here.
Here we are in the Visitor Center.
Outdoors the wind chill was below freezing. No complaints given the horrible weather elsewhere but Carl found a fox skin to wear as a scarf.
Other staff members wore Civil War era uniforms since our cannons are from that period. First we fired the three pounder using one half pound of black powder, equivalent to 3 1/2 sticks of dynamite. Note the flame squirting out of the vent at the back of the cannon.
The crew then moved to the Dahlgren cannon. A full pound of powder-seven sticks of dynamite. Even with ear plugs it is pretty loud.
The excitement could keep the hypothermia at bay only so long! After different crews fired each cannon three times we retired to the Visitor Center to warm up.
Very exciting.
Love,
Sandy & Carl
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