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A Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all!
This week Throwback Thursday will have to relocate to Tuesday because starting tomorrow the public library where I do all my "computing" will be closed indefinitely due to the current so-called "health crisis." This week's subjects are a pair of photos of members of my reenactment group The North Texas Reenactment Society "hoking it up" for the camera in a patch of woods near the suburban home of our unit commander, Glen Smith. One reason for these photos was that we had recently improved our Confederate infantry impressions and wanted documentation. In these still relatively early days of reenacting, ca. 1980 or thereabouts, it was common for organizers of "authentic" events to request photos of units or even individual reenactors and their kits in order to weed out obvious farbs. (This was also the later case for productions like Glory and Gettysburg as well.) In these photos, although I wasn't really an officer I'd had an officer's frock tailored from a Columbia Military Academy greatcoat, so I'm performing the honors; Glen and his teenaged son Colin are the infantry privates nearest the camera - unfortunately I don't now recognize the farthest man .
Anyone else having (preferably) old Civil War-related photos, mementoes, or memorabilia from reenactments or other events or vacation or other travel is welcome and encouraged to share them with us in this formerly weekly thread! I don't know how long this situation will last, but once the scare is past I hope to resume everything as normal.
This week Throwback Thursday will have to relocate to Tuesday because starting tomorrow the public library where I do all my "computing" will be closed indefinitely due to the current so-called "health crisis." This week's subjects are a pair of photos of members of my reenactment group The North Texas Reenactment Society "hoking it up" for the camera in a patch of woods near the suburban home of our unit commander, Glen Smith. One reason for these photos was that we had recently improved our Confederate infantry impressions and wanted documentation. In these still relatively early days of reenacting, ca. 1980 or thereabouts, it was common for organizers of "authentic" events to request photos of units or even individual reenactors and their kits in order to weed out obvious farbs. (This was also the later case for productions like Glory and Gettysburg as well.) In these photos, although I wasn't really an officer I'd had an officer's frock tailored from a Columbia Military Academy greatcoat, so I'm performing the honors; Glen and his teenaged son Colin are the infantry privates nearest the camera - unfortunately I don't now recognize the farthest man .
Anyone else having (preferably) old Civil War-related photos, mementoes, or memorabilia from reenactments or other events or vacation or other travel is welcome and encouraged to share them with us in this formerly weekly thread! I don't know how long this situation will last, but once the scare is past I hope to resume everything as normal.