D-Day at Fort Atkinson

On Saturday, June 6th, our 2nd I.D. reenactment unit spent the day out at historic Fort Atkinson, a short and scenic drive just north of Omaha. Fort Atkinson was the westernmost military fort of the United States during its existence from 1819-1827. Quite a bit of the fort has been reconstructed on its original site and there is an amazing volunteer living history program that puts on monthly reenactments of what life would have been like at the fort. In remembrance of the 65th anniversary of the Allies invasion of Normandy, our group set up a small but impressive display focused on all of the weapons, uniforms and equipment that the G.I.'s would have used on D-Day. We had a great turnout from our membership and all of the guys looked really sharp in our HBT uniforms. The living historians and the state park workers out at Fort Atkinson were really great and the public seemed to really enjoy our display. It was a great day and a fitting celebration to honor all of the D-Day veterans.