Living The Civil War Time Magazine Article and Video from the web

[cprljohnivey]

For your enjoyment:

http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,900357870001_2064736,00.html

[guad42]

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Professionally speaking I think that was nicely done.

-Sam Dolan

[IowaYank]

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Agreed! For once the reenactors talking to the media are well spoken and articulate! Rob, Lars, and Brent did a great job! Glad to not see the camera on the redneck, farb, lost causers for once!

[sam H]

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Pat Landrum, myself and a few others made it into the magazine article. I Havent been able to see a copy yet but I am looking forward to it. I am glad to see the mainstream media starting to pay attention to battlefield preservation during the 150th. The Sesquicentennial is a great oppertunity to raise awareness and if you think about it, this might just be the last chance for most endangered sites. It is scary to think about what might happen to these places if they are not saved within the next 4-5 years.

[Coatsy]

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Sam, check this link for the photos and article: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/04/12/...toric-sites/#1

This is probably the best media coverage of the sesquicentennial so far. I can only hope that more media outlets can do the same.

[LibertyHallVols]

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In the run-up to the Hodge March in 2000, the literature of preservation groups at the time gave some statistic like, "half of all battlefield land will be developed in the next ten years if not preserved". Does anyone remember that?

I wonder how we've done in the decade+ since that time. Anyone have any info on that?

On the article: I agree. Much better done than anything I've seen in quite a while. Still, the death of Frank Buckles went almost un-noticed and the Civil War Sesquicentennial seems to be creating only a small ripple. Either the general public is sick of all things "war", or our culture is mostly unaware of and apathetic to history, or both.

[tenfed1861]

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Interesting to see how they show Taylor smoking that cigar.Apparently,they forgot to mention he's 18.Very nicely done.

[Brandon Ledvina]

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Nice bit of fresh air after watching Larry the Cable Guy farbing it up last night. This is more of what we need.

[garyjd]

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Well done guys. Refreshing to see they did not interview a bunch of yahoos. ~G

[Andy Ackeret]

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Well done. Agree that it's the type of serius somber publicity that is needed. There have been enough circuses over the years.

[Pennvolunteer]

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Good coverage. I had just sent out an email to some of my mess-mates complaining that the media always finds the farbiest guy with his photo-gray lens glasses, and then I saw this post. This is the kind of coverage the hobby needs.

[guad42]

Re: Living The Civil War Time Magazine Article and Video from the web

Sam, check this link for the photos and article: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/04/12/...toric-sites/#1

This is probably the best media coverage of the sesquicentennial so far. I can only hope that more media outlets can do the same.

Excellent! Thanks for the link.

-Sam Dolan

[guad42]

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These photographs are really amazing and they speak volumes. I can't really articulate how striking they are.

-Sam Dolan

[YankeeTiger]

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VERY VERRRRY suprised to see Time cover this in an honest manner...bully job fellas

[KarinTimour]

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First of all, GREAT job, all of you who agreed to be photographed or interviewed. You did us proud, and I'm convinced there's a heavenly host who've "crossed over the river" who are pleased as well.

But now, the rest of us need to grab the ball and run it up the field. Frankly, I've been surprised how much thoughtful coverage I've seen this week -- whether in Parade Magazine (check out the Fort Sumter video clip from Parade Magazine on You Tube), the New York Times, or Time magazine. Yesterday I picked up the USA Today Civil War supplement, but haven't had a time to more than glance at it. I've had more friends, family and colleagues at work asking me respectful and inquiring questions about the Civil War in this week than ever showed an interest before. I like this -- I want it to happen more over the next four years. How about you?

Many of us have been on the recieving end of the reactions to "The Unfinished Civil War," "South Park" or other shows. In the interests of encouraging more of the thoughtful, respectful coverage in the next four years, send an email this week to the editors of these publications to thank them for this coverage.

Print media, especailly, is fighting for it's life, and any thought that they could attract readership is going to make the editors and publishers sit up and take notice. If they get more "Thank yous" for thoughtful coverage than for "look at the freaks in the jean cloth in July" coverage, they might print more of it. As reenactors it's often quoted that we're about 50,000. But in the beginning of the USA Today CW supplement it says "Two out of every three Americans have an ancestor who lived through the Civil War. It helps explain why so many people -- re-enactors, treasure hunters, genealogists, collectors, hobbyists, preservationists, tourists, battlefield rats -- feel so connected to a war that began 150 years ago."

Now that is an awful lot of potential readers! Spread the word and send a "thank you" to the editors (and potentially the publishers) of these publications.

Karin Timour
Period Knitting -- Socks, Sleeping Hats, Balaclavas
Atlantic Guard Soldiers' Aid Society
Email: Ktimour@aol.com