The man also admitted writing letters in 2017 and 2018 in which he falsely portrayed himself as part of a group of antifa activists who were threatening the annual Remembrance Day Parade in Gettysburg and other sites.
Drake admitted during a hearing Monday in federal court in Harrisonburg that he planted a pipe bomb at Cedar Creek Battlefield during an annual reenactment in October 2017. The bomb did not detonate, but it resulted in cancellation of the reenactment after its discovery.
Drake was a Civil War reenactor who regularly participated in events at Cedar Creek until he was expelled from his unit in 2014. He also admitted writing letters in 2017 and 2018 in which he falsely portrayed himself as part of a group of antifa activists who were targeting the reenactments because they believed them to glorify slavery. The letters threatened violence at subsequent Cedar Creek reenactments“This defendant sought to intimidate and harm innocent people, and further, he tried to sow discontent by falsely claiming that the attempted bombing was politically motivated,” said U.S.
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