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Cedar Creek Battlefield, Middletown, VA

Civil War Reenactor Who Brought Pipe Bomb To Fake Gunfight Admits Guilt In VA Civil War Reenactor Who Brought Pipe Bomb To Fake Gunfight Admits Guilt In VA
Civil War Reenactor Who Brought Pipe Bomb To Fake Gunfight Admits Guilt In VA A Civil War reenactor who brought a pipe bomb to a fake gun fight is facing a decade behind bars after admitting to a nefarious scheme to further some questionable causes, federal authorities announced. Winchester resident Gerald Leonard Drake, 63, pleaded guilty to mailing threatening letters and planting a pipe bomb at the Cedar Creek Battlefield in Middletown during a reenactment event in 2017. Prosecutors said that in the correspondence that was sent to multiple victims and at least two newspapers, Drake purported to be a member of Antifa and threatened harm, including referencing the v…