Nov 3, 2015 - The Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, joined by the history department and the Rutledge Honorary History Club, sponsored a community service project at Britton Lane Civil War Battlefield on November 3, 2015. This year’s project represented the 12th straight year that the Delta-Psi chapter has been a part of Union University’s Campus and Community: A Day of Remembrance and Service. Nineteen people participated in the activity, including the history department’s 5 full-time members and 14 students.
Britton Lane Battlefield Association President Jim Weaver, assisted by association member James Price, hosted the Union group. The morning began with a lesson on how to fire a cannon. Weaver divided the Union contingent into four teams, and gave each team member a specific assignment in loading and firing a cannon that he brought for the occasion. After the hands-on experience with the cannon, the participants listened to Weaver talk about the Battle of Britton’s Lane and the challenges that exist in trying to determine the exact spot of the engagement. The project volunteers concluded their time at Britton’s Lane by raking leaves out of a stable and cleaning a cabin at the battlefield.
Participants in the history department's community service project on November 3, 2015, wait in the Jones Suite of the PAC building for the project to begin. They are (left to right) Beth Adams, Emily Littleton, Katherine Cheshire, Jordan Sellers, and Ali Renckens.
Phi Alpha Theta members (left to right) Allen Bradley, Nicholas Hancock, and Logan Smith wait for the history department's group to leave campus for Britton Lane Civil War Battlefield to do a community service project as a part of Union University's Day of Remembrance on November 3, 2015.
Britton Lane Battlefield Association President Jim Weaver explains the different steps that go into the firing of a cannon during the history department's community service project at Britton's Lane on November 3, 2015. James Price of the battlefield association stands behind him.
Members of the history department's Day of Remembrance group listen intently as Britton Lane Battlefield Association President Jim Weaver (second from the right) talks about the steps involved in firing a cannon. James Price of the battlefield association is on the right.
Britton Lane Battlefield Association President Jim Weaver (back to camera) divides members of the history department's Day of Remembrance group into four teams in preparation for firing a cannon on November 3, 2015. Group members are: (left to right) Gideon Ragland, Dr. Terry Lindley, Logan Smith, Dr. Keith Bates, Stephen Lewoczko, Devin Dean, Allen Bradley, Dr. David Thomas, Dr. Henry Allen, Katherine Cheshire, Emily Littleton, Jessica Barton, Ali Renckens, Jordan Sellers, Priscilla Porter, Beth Adams, Nicholas Hancock, and Hannah Conway.
Participants in the history department's community service project join together with their hosts for a photo after being divided into four groups for hands-on cannon firings. Pictured in the photo are: (left to right) Logan Smith, Allen Bradley, Emily Littleton, Priscilla Porter, Dr. Keith Bates, Dr. David Thomas, Jessica Barton, Beth Adams, Gideon Ragland, Stephen Lewoczko, Dr. Henry Allen, Ali Renckens, Nicholas Hancock (behind Renckens), host Jim Weaver, Dr. Terry Lindley, Devin Dean, Katherine Cheshire, Jordan Sellers, Hannah Conway, and host James Price.
Katherine Cheshire, preparing to carry a packet of gunpowder to a powder receiver, listens as Britton Lane Battlefield Association President Jim Weaver talks about the importance of her task on November 3, 2015.
Britton Lane Battlefield Association President Jim Weaver helps Devin Dean use the priming wire to prepare a cannon for firing at the history department's Day of Remembrance activity at Britton's Lane on November 3, 2015.
Britton Lane Battlefield Association President Jim Weaver (second from left) assists Phi Alpha Theta member Jordan Sellers (left) in putting a packet of gunpowder in the barrel of a cannon on November 3, 2015. James Price (second from right) and Hannah Conway observe.
Dr. Terry Lindley prepares to pull the lanyard (trigger cord) for a cannon firing at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015. Jordan Sellers (back to camera) and Hannah Conway (right) wait with anticipation.
Gideon Ragland awaits the command to deliver a packet of gunpowder located in his leather pouch for use in the firing of a cannon at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015.
Dr. Henry Allen (foreground, second from left) inserts a priming wire down the cannon vent to prepare a powder packet for ignition during the Phi Alpha Theta-sponsored community service project at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015. Others in the foreground are Nicholas Hancock (left), James Price (second from right), and Stephen Lewoczko (right, back to camera).
Stephen Lewoczko pulls the lanyard (trigger cord) to fire a cannon at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015.
Dr. Stephen Carls loads a packet of gunpowder into the barrel of a cannon during a cannon firing exercise at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015.
Britton Lane Battlefield Association President Jim Weaver explains to Jessica Barton what to do as she uses a rammer to push a gunpowder packet down the barrel of a cannon on November 3, 2015.
James Price of the Britton Lane Battlefield Association shows Dr. David Thomas how to use a priming wire in preparing a cannon for firing on November 3, 2015.
Beth Adams gets ready to pull the lanyard (trigger cord) during a cannon firing at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015.
Emily Littleton (center) wears an artillery thumbstall as she stops the barrel vent of a just-fired cannon on November 3, 2015. Others in the photo are Priscilla Porter (left) and James Price.
Priscilla Porter uses a rammer to push a packet of gunpowder into the barrel of a cannon as a step in readying it for firing on November 3, 2015. Allen Bradley watches her carry out her task.
Logan Smith prepares to pull the lanyard (trigger cord) to ignite the gunpowder inside a cannon during the Phi Alpha Theta-sponsored community service project at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015.
Britton Lane Battlefield President Jim Weaver speaks to the history department's community service group on November 3, 2015, about the Civil War battle fought at Britton's Lane.
Stephen Lewoczko takes a brief break from raking out leaves from a stable located at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015.
Dein Dean rakes up leaves inside a stable located at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015.
Priscilla Porter looks through a window from inside a cabin located at Britton Lane Civil War Battlefield on November 3, 2015.
Ali Renckens sweeps the floor of a cabin room at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015.
Dr. Keith Bates and Emily Littleton inspect their cabin window-cleaning work as participants in a Phi Alpha Theta-sponsored community service project at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015.
Jordan Sellers sweeps dirt into a long-handled dustpan that Dr. Henry Allen holds during the cleaning of a cabin room at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015.
Allen Bradley (left) and Nicholas Hancock carry equipment back to history faculty members' vehicles at the end of the Phi Alpha Theta-sponsored community service project at Britton Lane Battlefield on November 3, 2015.