Post by Miss Rose on Jul 22, 2009 8:11:54 GMT -4
President Dudley~
Thank you for your consideration of the civilians at Fort Knox. I am afraid there may still be some confusion from your email.
Fort Knox July 2009
To try and clarify any confusion. The tenting change is for the 20th only. The 15th will be located outside the fort in either the spot just outside the Sally Port to the right or on the hill like last time. We are attempting to get an idea of the comfort level inside the fort because next year we are planning a rather large undertaking and need to verify room for the possibility of 200+ people to be sleeping on site. Some, if not most will be on cots inside the fort then. The parade ground inside of the fort will not have any tents at all. (excepting a cook's tent) More information on this will be given at the meeting on Saturday evening.
The 20th civilians are also welcome to put their tents outside of the fort as before, but there will not be any civilian tents inside. They are welcome to bring cots and sleep in the Ordinance room if they chose to. Having said that, if a soldier has a wife/girlfriend attending, after hours he is certainly welcome to be with her. Once the public is gone, the separation for the Living History is no longer necessary.
During the day, however, the civilian's place is outside of the fort doing civilian activities and the soldiers place is with the military unit. During the day when we are being paid/volunteering as Living Historians, the soldiers and civilians should not be together, but after hours they can be.
************ To summarize.....
No tents on the parade grounds (exception possibly being a cook's tent).
Unaccompanied soldiers on cots inside rooms of fort.
Accompanied soldiers can either be bunked with the soldiers or their wives/significant other.
Civilians may tent outside the fort and either sleep there or sleep in a separate area inside the fort from the soldiers.
Respectfully submitted,
~Miss Rose
Ladies Representative
20th MECoB
Thank you for your consideration of the civilians at Fort Knox. I am afraid there may still be some confusion from your email.
Fort Knox July 2009
To try and clarify any confusion. The tenting change is for the 20th only. The 15th will be located outside the fort in either the spot just outside the Sally Port to the right or on the hill like last time. We are attempting to get an idea of the comfort level inside the fort because next year we are planning a rather large undertaking and need to verify room for the possibility of 200+ people to be sleeping on site. Some, if not most will be on cots inside the fort then. The parade ground inside of the fort will not have any tents at all. (excepting a cook's tent) More information on this will be given at the meeting on Saturday evening.
The 20th civilians are also welcome to put their tents outside of the fort as before, but there will not be any civilian tents inside. They are welcome to bring cots and sleep in the Ordinance room if they chose to. Having said that, if a soldier has a wife/girlfriend attending, after hours he is certainly welcome to be with her. Once the public is gone, the separation for the Living History is no longer necessary.
During the day, however, the civilian's place is outside of the fort doing civilian activities and the soldiers place is with the military unit. During the day when we are being paid/volunteering as Living Historians, the soldiers and civilians should not be together, but after hours they can be.
************ To summarize.....
No tents on the parade grounds (exception possibly being a cook's tent).
Unaccompanied soldiers on cots inside rooms of fort.
Accompanied soldiers can either be bunked with the soldiers or their wives/significant other.
Civilians may tent outside the fort and either sleep there or sleep in a separate area inside the fort from the soldiers.
Respectfully submitted,
~Miss Rose
Ladies Representative
20th MECoB