Last weekend was the third in a row that I went camping. But this time it wasn't with boy scouts. It was with a bunch of men who like to play dress-up and shoot and cook outside and drink.A friend asked me to go and lent me all the equipment. I had expected it to be something like our college camping trips except in wool trousers. But it was much more than that. Re-enactors converged on Kearney Park in Fresno to portray not just soldiers but historical figures. Abraham Lincoln and Sojourner Truth rubbed shoulders with teachers, candlemakers, doctors and plate-glass photographers.
It was a trip. More here. Others write more here and here.
12 comments:
Someone actually wanted to fight over Fresno???
If you read my account, you'll note we lost. Not an accident.
Nice picture--I assume that is you on the right--but you didn't quite capture that antique "pissed-off" look all Civil War soldiers seemed to have in those pictures. For total accuracy, one might have to wear the same wool clothing, but in Alabama somewhere with 98 degree heat and 102% humidity, and use real slow film that requires you to stand perfectly still for eleven minutes.
Yeah, it's hard to look ragged and grim when you've just had an ice cold beer and are trying not to have the I'm-playing-dress-up smirk that wants to come out at times like this.
That and lacking the surety of knowledge that before the day is out you could get shot by a Minée ball and then die of an infection.
So, were there women wearing hoop skirts about? Or whatever those things were called?
Not "shot by a Minee ball." Minee balls don't shoot people. Johnny Reb shoots people.
I used to live in Virginia where every town is the site of some Civil War Battle or other, and if it's not, it hangs its head in shame. Those peeps take their Civil War reenactments VERY seriously. Actually, they take everything about the Civil War very seriously. It's kind of weird. I'm not saying it wasn't serious, but, you know, it's been over for, like, a while.
Just kidding. I like history. This looks fun.
YEAH. Mineé balls don't kill people. Rebs do.
There were plenty of 1860s hoop skirts or whatever those things were called about. Interestingly, they enhance beauty while obscuring the figure.
they enhance beauty while obscuring the figure.
Exactly. Unless the wearer sits down incorrectly.
Hint: they enhance beauty because they obscure the figure.
That's what a lot of young women today fail to understand: you COVER UP your flaws! Don't let them bulge out of your jeans and decorate them with piercings. Gak.
And brush your hair BACK. You have such a pretty face--don't hide it.
-R
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