STEVE SPODEN PHOTO
Cannon fire will echo across Lombard again next weekend as Union and Southern soldiers meet in battle during the ninth annual Civil War Reenactment in Lombard’s Four Seasons Park Saturday, July 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, July 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stanford’s Battery, which reenacts a Southern battery unit from Mississippi, is the host unit for the event. Battery members are pictured last week with their (left to right) nine-pounder cannon, mountain howitzer and three-inch ordnance rifle cannon. Visitors will be able to watch drills and demonstrations, visit military campsites, listen to Civil War-era music and much more. A skirmish will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Food vendors will also be on hand from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A donation of $5 per person is suggested. For more information, visit www.stanfordsbattery.org.
