A Conversation with the Armory Guards

In this episode I interview Herb Coats and Austin Mitcham of the Armory Guards, a living history organization in Georgia. We discuss the history of their organization as well as a review of memorable living history and immersive events in the past and present. We also discuss a few of the movies that inspired our interests in history, as well as favorite battlefields and memoirs, as well as the choo choo's and light shows of Stone Mountain, Georgia!  Information Mentioned: Stone Mountain Park https://www.stonemountainpark.com/ Pea Ridge National Military Park https://www.nps.gov/peri/index.htm Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park https://www.nps.gov/chch/index.htm Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas https://www.nps.gov/drto/learn/historyculture/fort-jefferson.htm Fort McAllister https://gastateparks.org/FortMcAllister "Two Great Rebel Armies," by Richard McMurry  "A Scythe Of Fire: A Civil War Story of the 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment," by Warren Wilkinson and Steven Woodworth  "Feed Them Steel: Being the Wartime Recollections of Capt. James Lile Lemon" by Mark Lemon "Last To Join The Fight: The 66th Georgia Infantry," by Daniel Cone  "Testament: A Soldier's Story of the Civil War," by Benson Bobrick William Starr Basinger papers, 1835-1932