Tag: reenactment
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April 10, 2007 11:26 PM EDT --
A friend of mine who is the 1st. Sergeant and gunner on one of the guns in the King's Artillery Civil War Reinactment Unit will be in a movie entitled, In the Electric Mist, starring Tommy Lee . . .
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April 05, 2009 12:29 AM EDT --
Today our quadding group took a break from nature and went instead to Green Valley Park in Payson, Arizona to go back in time to 1862 during the Civil War. Actors from a group called “We Make . . .
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December 13, 2006 04:02 PM EST --
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16175420/
I wonder if the school has a fencing team (although that raises difference between sport and traditional/classical/historical fencing and that's a discussion . . .
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July 10, 2008 12:12 PM EDT --
A couple events of note this weekend:
Collinsville , Illinois' World's Largest Catsup Bottle Festival Car, Truck and Bike Show and Cruise-A-Palooza is being held this Saturday and Sunday, . . .
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May 31, 2009 10:14 AM EDT --
You can experience the attack on Pearl Harbor that launched the United States into World War Two at Southern Illinois's premier aviation event in September. The Commemorative Air Force's presentation . . .
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February 08, 2007 11:20 AM EST --
This is just something tongue-in-cheek I was once writing about the different ways things can be historically incorrect at Renaissance fairs or historical reenactments. My wife and I started out participating . . .
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March 30, 2008 09:47 PM EDT --
Just a reprint of something I wrote for the reenactors' newsletter Smoke & Fire News .
Most of us have seen that game with all the triangles printed on the back of checker boards, but few . . .
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July 23, 2007 01:56 AM EDT --
There is traveling (which we do extensively for work) and there is road tripping (which we do extensively for pleasure.) It was on a road trip yesterday that we happened upon the first public voyage of . . .
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May 19, 2009 06:42 PM EDT --
Saturday, (5/16) Brad and I journeyed to Jefferson City, Missouri for a reenactment of Sterling Price’s 1864 assault on that city.
The beginning of the day was . . .
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September 24, 2007 08:31 AM EDT --
Last weekend (9/22 - 9/23) saw the reenactment of the battle of Ft. Davidson at Pilot Knob, eighty six miles south of St. Louis.
On September 25th, 1864 Sterling Price attacked Ft. Davidson with . . .
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November 26, 2006 01:34 PM EST --
As one of the centers of the universe, New York City manages to contain experts on every topic and activity imaginable. And, luckily for New York residents and visitors, many if not most of those . . .
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February 13, 2007 10:48 AM EST --
I remember in my early days when I was active with a Scottish "living history" group we heard a rumor that someone from the local Scottish community was offended because . . .
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November 12, 2008 10:32 AM EST --
New to wearing a kilt? -Start watching women in short skirts (-well more than you already do...) to study how they move while sitting down to avoid exposing themselves. You can learn some tips by following . . .
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September 17, 2008 12:26 PM EDT --
In recent days, Governor Rod Blagojevich has announced the winter closings of 22 state parks and historic sites including Fort de Chartres. However, Fort de Chartres Site Superintendent Darrel Dunsing . . .
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October 26, 2007 04:45 PM EDT --
Last weekend (has it been a week already!) our family decided to take advantage of the nice Indian Summer weather, so we loaded up the bikes and hit the road, headed for Valley Forge, PA. Saturday . . .
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August 08, 2007 02:29 PM EDT --
Last Saturday our Medieval Renaissance group, the Canton of Aquataine, had it August meeting we had a yummy period pot-luck. It was a fun filled meeting with exciting things to do. Sir Rogers Wells of . . .
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September 29, 2009 08:03 AM EDT --
At the edge of the small town of Metropolis, Illinois, is the 1,500 acre Fort Massac State Historic Site. The park is dominated by a reconstructed wooden fort overlooking the Ohio River put up in recent . . .
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October 11, 2009 04:36 PM EDT --
A few weeks ago, Allen and I went to Marianna to see the reenactment of "The Battle of Marianna" . While there we had the opportunity to explore St Luke's Episcopal Church.
I . . .
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September 24, 2008 08:54 AM EDT --
This weekend, Sep 26-28 -- Nashville Fall Festival (Washington Co). Nashville's biggest annual event with dozens of crafters and food vendors set up around the Washington County Courthouse. . . .
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January 17, 2009 02:17 PM EST --
Here's a really easy and fast moving card game that we were playing recently. It would be easy to play a few hands if you've got a spare 10 minutes at a reenactment or Renaissance faire, and would . . .
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