What is historical reenacting?
Historical reenacting, sometimes called “Living History”, is the recreation of events and people of the past. Reenactors study their chosen period (era) or periods, then try to recreate the lives of the people they study. Some reenactors work for historical sites, some are volunteers. Many reenactors do this as a hobby, and participate in encampments several times a year. Our unit does what is called “first-person interpretation”. We create characters that are typical of the people we are reenacting and use those characters to relate to patrons on a one-on-one level. For the length of our encampment (usually a weekend) we eat the foods they did, dress as they did and live as they did. Reenactors are a link to our past. We keep the memory of the men, women and children who lived in our period alive. We help keep the skills they used daily from being forgotten. We try to inspire in today’s people a love and understanding of history, and of those people who lived and died to bring us to w
