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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…