Some of you may remember when my wife blamed our loss to NIU on the fact that they had a shuttle bus for their fans in Detroit and OHIO did not.  It became legendary here on BA and was the basis of all kinds of jokes and teases.

Well, I’m here to tell you that this weekend Ohio University finally did the shuttle bus thing right!  My Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) camp was the lead camp in a multi-camp ceremony at Rendville that rededicated a number of United States Colored Troops tombstones, including some that were replaced because of their deteriorating condition. The problem was that the Rendville cemetery is a little hard to get to from Rendville and there is not much parking available up on this hilltop.  So, what did Ohio Univeristy do?  They supplied a shuttle bus to take people who parked on the Rendville main drag up to the cemetery.  It worked very well and we attracted a crowd of over 60 people, probably about twice what we expected.