Slideshow: History alive in Madrid

Norwood-Norfolk seventh graders watch battle re-enactors give a demonstration on the use of a forge during Civil War battles. Photo by Two Guys and a Camera. .

Civil War re-enactor Scott Wilson talks with Norwood-Norfolk seventh graders about life during the Civil War during the students’ field trip to Fort Tribute at the St. Lawrence Power and Equipment Museum, Madrid. Photo by Two Guys and a Camera.

Roger Austin shows Norwood-Norfolk seventh graders a log cabin built in the mid 1800s during the students’ field trip to the St. Lawrence Power and Equipment Museum, Madrid. Photo by Two Guys and a Camera. ..

Student re-enactor Liam Hubbard watches as Gilbert Rivers and Kirke Perry demonstrate how the traveling forge helped during Civil War battles. Hubbard helped organize the field trip. Photo by Two Guys and a Camera. .

Kirke Perry gives a blacksmith demonstration at Fort Tribute to Norwood-Norfolk Central School seventh graders. Photo by Two Guys and a Camera. .

Norwood-Norfolk Central School seventh graders and re-enactors pose for a group photo during a field trip at Fort Tribute, part of the St. Lawrence Power and Equipment Museum in Madrid. Photo by Two Guys and a Camera. .

A Civil War re-enactor conducts a firing demonstration at Fort Tribute. Photo by Two Guys and a Camera. .

Posted Monday, June 16, 2025 1:10 pm

MADRID — History came alive for students during a school field trip Friday, June 13.

Norwood-Norfolk Central School students learned about life during the Civil War at Fort Tribute, a replica of a Civil War fort added to the museum five years ago.

Re-enactors showed weapons, machinery, and hospitals similar to what was used in Civil War battles.

The field trip was organized by Liam Hubbard, a Potsdam tenth grader who is a Civil War re-enactor himself.

“I became involved in reenacting through a friend, but decided that this would be a very fun project to do for my 20 time. which is similar to a capstone project but for sophomores and juniors,” said Hubbard.

Slideshow: History alive in Madrid

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