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The Federals and the Copperheads
Durbin Bean Bake Sept 1-3, 2012 The Durbin Bean Bake is a Labor Day only event, but the 1st Tennessee makes its own fun Saturday and Sunday. I arrived early Saturday expecting to be pretty much alone most of that first day, so planned on taking advantage of the time by bringing a bunch of…
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Drill, Drill, Drill
Spring Drill, April 21-22, 2012 Durbin Bean Bake site I did not really expect much for this weekend, but I was at least hoping the weather would be as nice as Hurricane. The weekend was a lot of drilling, but the weather could have been better. Hurricane had a lot better weather. Most of us…
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Beans in Blue
Durbin Bean Bake, September 4-5, 2011 Having an event on a holiday is always a bit different. The Durbin Bean Bake was one of those different events. Started sometime around the 1880s, this annual festival was originally organized by veterans of the 40th OVI. As such, and since we were the only unit there, most…