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Originally Posted by Curly
Cool. Are you a member of a reenactment group? Do you reenact other time periods? Why 1779 specifically? I always thought it looked like fun, except if it rained.
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I'm a member (rejoined after 10 years away) of the NorthWest Territory Allicance
(NWTA) -- meaning the NorthWest parts of the New World's east coast. (Mississippi River Valley and eastward). We reenact the Colonial Revolutionary War in the 1770's. My particular unit portrays a militia which existed for a month in 1779. Other units in the NWTA portray slightly different times during the American Rev War.
It
is fun, and the light rain we had on Sunday was a whole lot better than wearing 3 -5 layers of clothing during Saturday's heat! The wool uniformed men have to run across sunny fields, doing a mock battle, twice a day. A cloudy day is cooler than a sunny day. There are some great pictures from
last years reenactment at this same town,
right here. Click also on "view all 2008 entries" on the first line of text.