Popular Post Digital_photog ★ Posted September 13, 2021 Popular Post Share #1 Posted September 13, 2021 From our pre-1840 reenactment this past weekend. Due to covid both reenactors and visitors were down some. Weather was perfect all 4 days. I was running a dye pot with walnut and copper. Made a deep very nice dark green that works well for early 1800 military uniforms. Dyed one bag for myself and bags, pants and shirts for others in the camp. Our camp. Our next event will be Mississinewa 1812 the largest War of 1812 reenactment. Other pictures. I did not take any of these pictures but got them from friends who visited us. It is so good to have kids involved and not all old retired geezers. 3 of our granddaughters were with us demonstrating woll carding, combing and were doing quilting. 11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted September 13, 2021 Share #2 Posted September 13, 2021 Amazing pictures! Looks like a great time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted September 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, goldendesign said: Amazing pictures! Looks like a great time Thanks, Reenactments are a lot of work but I think well worth it. First 2 days were school days for forth and fifth grade kids then 2 days for the public. Great way to teach history and make it interesting. I encourage everyone to look for living history events in your area and either visit or take part. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted September 13, 2021 Share #4 Posted September 13, 2021 These are very worthwhile teachers of history. I had no idea cameras worked so well back then! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted September 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, Wilbur said: These are very worthwhile teachers of history. I had no idea cameras worked so well back then! Some visitors from the future were carrying some strange devices in their hands. Some of them even had those devices stuck to their faces. It seems like people in the future have a strange mutation in there genes that causes them to never be separated from these devices they called phones. It was strange that when we got home we found that they had many images of us. It feels like they stole our souls. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted September 13, 2021 @Wilbur in fact there were even some strange metal and fabric birds flying overhead. Very noisy creatures. They were calling them planes. It seemed like they were very dangerous and flew off with many people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted September 13, 2021 Share #7 Posted September 13, 2021 Great pictures. I love the family invovlement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted September 13, 2021 Share #8 Posted September 13, 2021 Please be careful and not get too close to 1861ish. I would hate to be forced to commence to shooting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted September 13, 2021 Share #9 Posted September 13, 2021 I love reenactors. Civil War reenactor groups are big in the PA-MD-VA areas. My sister wanted her husband and I to become Civil War reenactors - she didn't care which side. They all wear authentic wool uniforms, etc. We went to the 130th anniversary of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg in 1993, held at a huge field several miles from the battlefield. Over 5000 reenactors participated. They had batteries of cannons going off with the ground shaking, etc. and it was a thrill. But it was sunny and in the mid 90's and those wool uniforms took their toll. They carted 28 collapsed reenactors away to hospitals and treated many more. We had to wait hours in the heat before our cars could leave the parking lot at the end because of medical vehicles entering and exiting the grounds and the drivers of some cars having to lie down at some shady spot. BiL and I decided not to be reenactors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted September 13, 2021 Share #10 Posted September 13, 2021 that's very cool, nice pics. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted September 13, 2021 Went back to tear down camp today. Found out that the school kids voted our fiber arts program the best liked of all the 11 stations they visited. In our 20 minutes we had with each group we touched on cotton and linen cloth production but mainly covered wool. From shearing the sheep, washing, carding or combing, spinning, knitting and weaving. Also covered natural dying. Kids also got to do some hands on carding. A nice honor to have the 4th and 5th grade kids and their teachers vote is as their favorite. We have already been told they want this program again next year. Our goal is to make history interesting, not something to sleep through in the classroom. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share #12 Posted September 13, 2021 We weren't "graded" on our performance for the Saturday and Sunday public days but I know it was very popular with that crowd too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 13, 2021 Share #13 Posted September 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, Digital_photog said: Went back to tear down camp today. Found out that the school kids voted our fiber arts program the best liked of all the 11 stations they visited. In our 20 minutes we had with each group we touched on cotton and linen cloth production but mainly covered wool. From shearing the sheep, washing, carding or combing, spinning, knitting and weaving. Also covered natural dying. Kids also got to do some hands on carding. A nice honor to have the 4th and 5th grade kids and their teachers vote is as their favorite. We have already been told they want this program again next year. Our goal is to make history interesting, not something to sleep through in the classroom. Congrats! Thanks for taking the time to keep the past alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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