I look forward to this weekend every year… the last weekend of September.   It’s the weekend that hosts the Murray’s Mill Harvest Folk Festival at the historic Murray’s Mill.  This old mill has been a staple of the community since 1883.  The mill site is full of craft and food vendors, as well as a few of the traditional festival crap dealers.  Inside the mill, they grind cornmeal and flour that is for sale (I always buy a couple 5-lb bags of the yellow corn meal).  There are usually some guys making molasses up on the hill as well.  An antique blacksmith shop is open and running on the edge of the lake, and visitors are taking rides around the site in a covered wagon with two horses pulling it.  One of my favorite activities at this festival is the civil war re-enactments that take place on the grounds of the mill.  There are lots of people dressed in civil war garb running around with muskets, swords, or whatever era weapon they may have at their disposal.  Since I love photographing people, this event is probably my favorite of the year.  The interesting people factor here is off the scale.

This young man was one of the younger people participating in the civil war related events at the mill today.  He’s just one of quite a few that I added to my 1000 Faces photo collection today. 

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