__________________ "The American people and the Government at Washington may refuse to recognize it for a time but the inexorable logic of events will force it upon them in the end; that the war now being waged in this land is a war for and against slavery." Frederick Douglass
"Loyalty to our ancestors does not include loyalty to their mistakes." George Santayana
I like it alott! It's a little more pricey than, at first, anticipated, but, quite honestly what I'm learning, who I'm meeting, and being part of a greater good makes it all worth it!
I like it alott! It's a little more pricey than, at first, anticipated, but, quite honestly what I'm learning, who I'm meeting, and being part of a greater good makes it all worth it!
1stMD,
Yep, that's the way I felt. Reenactors on the whole are a great bunch of people who love history and trying to recreate the life and times of the Civil War.
It's a wonderful hobby and very, very educational, if you let it be.
Enjoy yourself,
Unionblue
__________________ "The American people and the Government at Washington may refuse to recognize it for a time but the inexorable logic of events will force it upon them in the end; that the war now being waged in this land is a war for and against slavery." Frederick Douglass
"Loyalty to our ancestors does not include loyalty to their mistakes." George Santayana
You guys are all crazy! Living in the heat, cold, rain, and other kinds of uncomfortable circumstances just so you can feel what it might have been like to be a soldier in 1860. Outstanding. And while you guys are eating fatback and crackers, I'll be having a ribeye (rare, thank you) and thinking about how much fun you're having.
Dang! I wish I was young enough to join you.
ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
You guys are all crazy! Living in the heat, cold, rain, and other kinds of uncomfortable circumstances just so you can feel what it might have been like to be a soldier in 1860. Outstanding. And while you guys are eating fatback and crackers, I'll be having a ribeye (rare, thank you) and thinking about how much fun you're having.
Dang! I wish I was young enough to join you.
ole
ole,
Reenacting is for the young of heart, not so much a physical age.
Plenty of folks reenact other period parts, not all have to be a soldier. I have played a telegraph operator, a saloon keeper, a sutler, a politician and a Sanitary Commission worker. Some play newspaper reporter, farmer, irrate husband, spy or bounty-jumper.
That way you don't have to eat raw saltpork and hardtack and you can adjourn for the night to your nearest 21st century motel and Crackerbarrel.
Sincerely,
Unionblue
__________________ "The American people and the Government at Washington may refuse to recognize it for a time but the inexorable logic of events will force it upon them in the end; that the war now being waged in this land is a war for and against slavery." Frederick Douglass
"Loyalty to our ancestors does not include loyalty to their mistakes." George Santayana
Yep, that's the way I felt. Reenactors on the whole are a great bunch of people who love history and trying to recreate the life and times of the Civil War.
It's a wonderful hobby and very, very educational, if you let it be.
Enjoy yourself,
Unionblue
I will. I am in a great unit, and they have all been EXTREMELY helpful so far.
!stMD. Welcome aboard. Learn all you can and experience (reenacting) all you can. There is so much history to know and so little time (and money) and I think you will learn much from this site.
Matt
__________________ 'If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed,
if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.'
Mark Twain
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