Greeting gentlemen!
I’ve been participating in Living History since the summer of 1993, and am a proud member of the original Lucky 13 Mess out of Southern California. In that time, I have seen some good impressions and many bad impressions. I am currently doing some work with the University of California, Davis to identify Civil War reenacting’s place in academia and it’s place in preserving Civil War memory. As the most progressive lot of reenactors that I know of, I wanted to get your opinion on the matter.
What, in your opinion, is the educational value of reenacting?
What are the corollaries of inaccurate impressions in educating our spectators?
How can we make the reenacting community a better tool for educating American children about the Civil War?
Feel free to add any additional thoughts on this matter. Thanks.
Cheers!
Gary Knowlton
I’ve been participating in Living History since the summer of 1993, and am a proud member of the original Lucky 13 Mess out of Southern California. In that time, I have seen some good impressions and many bad impressions. I am currently doing some work with the University of California, Davis to identify Civil War reenacting’s place in academia and it’s place in preserving Civil War memory. As the most progressive lot of reenactors that I know of, I wanted to get your opinion on the matter.
What, in your opinion, is the educational value of reenacting?
What are the corollaries of inaccurate impressions in educating our spectators?
How can we make the reenacting community a better tool for educating American children about the Civil War?
Feel free to add any additional thoughts on this matter. Thanks.
Cheers!
Gary Knowlton
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