Tailor Pete
Sergeant
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2018
- Location
- Tucson, Arizona
1) On my way to a CW Reenactment, I managed to get pulled over by a State Trooper. I was fully dressed in a Confederate uniform. The officer (who happened to be black) peered in, and he asked me if I was a Buffalo Soldier. Astonished, I told him I was a Civil War Reenactor, and that the term Buffalo Soldier referred to soldiers of the post-Civil War era who served on the frontier.
After a brief, and somewhat confused look, he remarked that he didn't know the U. S. fought against buffalos, and let me go on my way, as I was helping educate the public. I've often wondered if HE learned anything.
2) At a Living History demonstration, we had a portly participant dressed as a Union Zouave (I don't remember the unit.) As he stood off to the side, resplendent in his waist length jacket, baggy scarlet trousers, and tasseled fez, a young man asked a group of us (dressed as Confederate Infantry) what the deal was with the Genie. Seeing an opportunity for a little levity at the expense of the boys in blue, one of our unit stated that he was along for good luck. He told the young man that if one rubbed his belly, and made a wish, it might just come true.
Apparently he told his friends, as throughout the rest of the event, kids were continually coming up to make wishes. To the best of our knowledge, the Yanks never figured out the source of these kids' fascination.
After a brief, and somewhat confused look, he remarked that he didn't know the U. S. fought against buffalos, and let me go on my way, as I was helping educate the public. I've often wondered if HE learned anything.
2) At a Living History demonstration, we had a portly participant dressed as a Union Zouave (I don't remember the unit.) As he stood off to the side, resplendent in his waist length jacket, baggy scarlet trousers, and tasseled fez, a young man asked a group of us (dressed as Confederate Infantry) what the deal was with the Genie. Seeing an opportunity for a little levity at the expense of the boys in blue, one of our unit stated that he was along for good luck. He told the young man that if one rubbed his belly, and made a wish, it might just come true.
Apparently he told his friends, as throughout the rest of the event, kids were continually coming up to make wishes. To the best of our knowledge, the Yanks never figured out the source of these kids' fascination.