In one hundred years I wonder if there will be thousands of reenactors 
reenacting today's reenactors? Or will we have put the Civil War to rest 
by then and moved on to something else? /

- Ray B.


O/n 5/16/2011 2:16 PM, James Burnett wrote:
> Jon
> I am curious. Is it because of the lack of authenticity that you are uneasy
> about this? Certainly some of the change is to make the re-enactments more
> visitor friendly. Frankly I would not want to be close to a mortar or cannon
> firing full charge. When was the last time it was tested at full charge?
> Given the lack of appreciation for our country's history in the present
> education system I think all  these folks can do to give our youth a small
> taste of what it may have been like is great.
>
> Have you been to one of the living history sites such as Plymouth MA or St
> Augustine FL? There the people dress and teach and respond as if they were
> in the time period they are portraying. Again a great learning experience
> even if it is not quite 100% accurate.
>
> Not to be rude but if you don't like it don't go. If you do think you might
> like it join one of the groups and then press for realism.
>
>
> occasion. To a very large degree, I confess to some unease about all this
>> playacting . . .
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