Is it necessary to portray a historic person and stay in character in order to attend?
No, it is by no means necessary though those who would like to do so are encouraged. Those who are willing may choose a historical person to portray or may create a character who would have been typical of the times. Be sure to do your homework so that you may converse and interact in character. (I realize that this could potentially create some non-historical situations (such as Grant and Lee at the same Ball or Marie Antoinette and Josephine Bonaparte engaged in conversation) but chalk it up to good, creative, educational fun.) Also keep in mind that we are endeavoring to recreate pleasant social events attended by ladies and gentlemen. While portrayals of various social and economic backgrounds are welcome (after all President Jackson was known to have frontiersmen in attendance at White House events and French Republicans of the 1790s werent always what one might term a belle assemble) yet portrayals of immoral or unethical characters such as gunslingers, prostitutes, “saloon girls
