Living In The Past
By James Rummel
Lots and lots of people here in the United States are big into historical reenactment, just as there plenty of people the world over who like to celebrate their cultural past. Even I had a very brief fling with it, as I was a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism way back in my late teens.
(Not me, but some other guy.)
So far as the shooting sports are concerned, I briefly investigated Cowboy Action Shooting before deciding that it wasn’t something for which I could spare the time.
(Picture source, and it is still not me.)
Passionate as the enthusiast may be for these two aspects of historical reenactment, I would have to say that they pale in comparison to the most popular eras that are celebrated in the US. These would be the late 18th Century during the American Revolutionary War, and the late 19th Century during the American Civil War.
For our purposes today, we will be focusing on the …Read the Rest
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