IF YOU GO• What: Siege at Bridgeport• When: Today-Sunday, battle at 3 p.m. EDT• Where: County Road 255, Bridgeport, Ala.• How much: $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, $2 for children
BRIDGEPORT, Ala.-With every command the artillery men barked to each other, dozens of little hands flew up to cover dozens of little ears.
As soon as the final command was given and the cannon’s boom reverberated around the ridges, an echoing blast of “oohs” and “aahs” sprang from fourth-graders getting a view of history in action Friday at the Siege of Bridgeport re-enactment.
“Holy cow!” said student Hatton Metz, of Scottsboro, Ala., dropping hands from his ears.
Organizers expect 1,200 actors at the re-enactment today and Sunday.