Here's the "reenactment", it was two guys in red coats and one Yankee. The Grenadier's rifle has fouled in this picture.

The first thing I saw was a bunch of new grave stones, and because every time I go to Fort Snelling Cemetery in Minnesota, there are dozens of acres of fresh military graves, I assumed they'd be Iraq war casualties. (Is it still Operation Iraqi Freedom? How about Gulf 2: Electric Bugaloo?) When I got inside the gates, I was surprised to see the first stone was for a guy who died at Gettysburg. Fortunately, this most tourist-friendly of graveyards had a kiosk with brochures that explained the project. For the past hundred years or so, it was thought that there were about 500 Civil War vets buried in Green-Wood. But then the historian started a big research project, and they found 1300 more who weren't marked as veterans or whose markers had become illegible. The stones laid out now are fresh replacements from the VA. My dream house would be overlooking an old cemetery. I love to walk around them and I ain't afraid of no ghosts.

Good food item of the day: I made a recipe I saw this morning on "Simply Delicioso" for broccoli, red onion, and celery slaw with a Mexican flavored dressing. Bad food item of the day: I had a bright idea to cook this instant Thai coconut soup mix, then poach a piece of fish in it. The soup had a weird soapy taste, which fortunately the fish didn't pick up. The useful parts of the story are you can slide a 5 oz piece of fish in simmering liquid for nine minutes and it will be done (even easier than fish in foil!), and that salt and tartar sauce fix everything. I make my own tartar sauce, btw, and it's never been less than twice as good as the best bottled sauce. Just mix mayo, a little mustard, pickle relish, capers, parsley, salt, pepper, and vinegar to thin it. The older I get, the more I like having fresh parsley around.