Civil War Weekend: Time Travel, No DeLorean Required.

It was a sparkling Saturday morning as I traveled to Cape May to check out the Civil War Weekend at Historic Cold Spring Village. The weather was early fall perfection and I was entertained on the drive by selections from the left end of the radio dial including tunes from 60s jazz singer Nancy Wilson and a profile on legendary movie man, Cecil B. DeMille.

As I approached from Route 9, Historic Cold Spring Village is so unassuming that I might easily have driven past without taking notice.  But, once I parked the car and walked onto the grounds, it was impossible to not notice the energy and spirit of the place.

As the brochure says, Historic Cold Spring Village is an “Early American Living History Museum”, a circa-1800s world modeled after the original “thickly settled agricultural neighborhood” that once stood at this site.  Most of the buildings that comprise the 30 acre village are transplants from other Cape May and Cumberland county locations, but all are comparable to the everyday architecture in southern New Jersey during that time.

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• This blog launched with two live-bloggers at the XPoNential Music Festival. You can follow John’s thoughts, or Raegan’s thoughts, or check out the whole experience here.
• We then covered the opening of Noises Off at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.
• Opera-lover Patricia checked out Destination: Opera at Ocean Grove, presented by New Jersey State Opera.
• Our Generation NEXT program features exclusive events and special offers for young professionals; our GenNEXT bloggers explored I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, MacHomer, and ABBA-Mania.
• In November, our blogger wrote about his experiences at Full Circle 2009: Voice and Vision at Matheny Arts Access in Peapack.

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