Key West - Fort Zachary Taylor Reenactment

Photos Graciously provided by 10th Cavalry member Barbra Chancey and
Florida State Park Service Ranger Kevin Bowes


Inside the Fort

The encampment on the Fort parade ground

Cannons within the casements

Dealing with the Rain

Jo cooks breakfast in the rain!

Might as well use the water! We were wet anyway! Patty helps Dawn wash hair.

School Day

On a better day - Outside the fort

Flag raising ceremony

Coast Guard ROTC members join us for Flag Ceremony

Jon "demonstrates" embalming

Jon plays to a full house

Jon's overflow crowd

Even the Park Ranger has to see what's so interesting

Jerry came from Colorado to help out with school day

Bugler discusses communications with Gen Grant

Jo explains nursing to school kids

Matt explains his haversack and other accoutrements

The Colonel reviews Civil War artifacts with Road Scholars

Barb knits socks for the soldiers

Reenactors parade down Duval (Main) Street

The Skirmish Park Rangers and commanders inspect weapons Artillery troops assemble in front of moat to prepare for battle Artillery prepares to fire on blockade runner Blockade runner fires on artillery Randy loads his pistol in the rain Cannons reload in the rain The soggy skirmish line Blockade runner and Federal defender fire on each other Other things to see and do in Key West Wildlife - iguanas Cruise ship in deep harbor port Alonso's for dinner Capt Tony's - one of Hemingway's hangouts Matt meets someone famous! Fogarty's - famous for Monkeys Sloppy Joes - another of Hemingway's hangouts Reality sets in - coming home in the snow!