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History comes to life at 27th annual Rock Hall fair

During the 27th annual Rock Hall Museum Country

Photo credit: Mary Kate Mahoney

Private Ryan Reece of the Confederate Army’s 30th Virginia Infantry Company B found himself stationed in Union territory this weekend, when he joined the encampment at the 27th annual Rock Hall Museum Country Fair in Lawrence.

Reece, 27, of Northport, has been participating in Civil War re-enactments in towns all along the East Coast since he was 7 years old.

“My father got me into it,”...

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