July 14, 2010

Preacher re-enactor brings age-old gospel to battlefields

By Daniel Burke

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (RNS) From his Old Testament beard down to his scuffed boots and battered Bible, Alan Farley looks the perfect picture of a Civil War chaplain.

On a dusty field five miles from where the Battle of Gettysburg was fought 147 years ago, Farley acts the part as well, thundering sermons from his home-made pulpit, praying with bedraggled soldiers, and handing out tracts with titles like “Everlasting Punishment.” Read more »

Here is the link to a YouTube posting from the 2009 Gettysburg Civil War Civil War re-enactment God & Country Saturday evening tent service by Chaplain Alan Farley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I7U-GQXXH0

Here is the Fox News story on the Civil War re-enactment from Gettysburg, PA, 2010

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4271151/civil-war-re-enactment-lives-on?playl...

By Kathleen O'Dell
From the "Springfield News-Leader" - Springfield, MO.
Monday, June 19, 2000

Civil War re-enactor the Rev. Alan Farley mixed 1860's history and old-time religion during a Sunday morning church service under a tent for about 300 fellow re-enactors and spectators of Wilson's Creek 2000. Read more »