Remembrance Day - 2018

[Belle Montgomery]

Seriously....... That's been a topic of concern in the hobby. When the Baby Boomers are gone, there might not be too many left to carry on.

Many younger people are busy working and raising/spending money on children. Perhaps as they become "grey' themselves they'll have more time and money to reenact too.

 

[EJ Zander]

Great pics. Got one of the better weather days as of late. Last weekend 30 mph wind this week 8 inches snow.

 

[cash]

It looks like the celebration dodged a bullet, observing the amount of snow still on the ground.

8 inches of snow on Thursday, and the parade was on Saturday!

 

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Fred Douglass was there.

 

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I do believe I see member @Bryan_C in the center of the photo.

 

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Abe waved at me [Well, I know him. That's Robert Brugler portraying Abe.] Also, Grant and Lee are behind him.

 

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Phil Sheridan horned in on the action.

 

[ikesdad]

Shame the carriage driver and assistant couldn't be bothered to don period costume.

Secret Service

 

[cash]

Cool stuff, thank you! I see a vivandier, fittingly among the Zouaves- don't think I've ever come across a vivandier reenactor! Interesting- Tepe was there in July, 1863 so it's really fitting.

Check this out:

 

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We had some sharpshooters.

 

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This fellow's sword is bigger than he is.

 

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@Mark F. Jenkins will be happy to see the Navy made it.

 

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Then there are the old guys who are portraying old guys [G.A.R.]

 

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Jeff Davis [My friend David Walker] took time off from attending the Lincoln Forum to say hi.

 

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The Louisiana Tigers were there.

 

[Bee]

The pictures don't do it justice, the snow still present was a bit of a nuisance. My wife didn't think to wear waterproof footwear and suffered from cold and very wet feet by the end of the day.

8 inches of snow on Thursday, and the parade was on Saturday!

Yikes! I had no idea that it had snowed that much. A nuisance two days later; a game changer if it had been any closer!

 

[cash]

I saw Santa after the parade.

 

[ikesdad]

I always knew Santa was a Southerner

 

[BlueandGrayl]

A bit related to the event but in Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory series the United States hosts a holiday called "Remembrance" based off a militant, revanchist ideology after their defeat in the Second Mexican War.

That holiday in TL-191/SV shares the same name as the Gettysburg Remembrance Day.

 

[frontrank2]

Fred Douglass was there.

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A very good likeness, don't you think?