Reenactors Gazette is slowing down after two years of blogging, so Reenactors Journal will take the place of that blog for the 2010 season. The following information includes workshops ending the 2009 season but largely will include workshops taking place during the 2010 season.
Throughout the year there are annual workshops that teach you anything and everything about how people lived in the past. Some workshops teach people how to sew, bake and dance whereas other goes towards the more lecture approach. We hope to update you on what workshops and lecture series are happening around the nation.
November 22, 2009: Open Hearth Cooking Program
>>> Peachfield Plantation, Westampton, New Jersey
November 27 & 28, 2009: Hearth and Home in Early Maryland
>>> Historic St. Mary’s City, Maryland
Thurs. January 7 – 21, 2010: Civil War Dancing Lessons
>>> Gadsby’s Tavern, Alexandria Virginia
January 22 – 24, 2010: The New Fashionable Stay of the Nineteenth Century
>>> Williamsburg, Virginia
January 29-January 31, 2010: The Midwest Civil War Civilians Conference
>>> Springfield, Illinois
Thurs. January 28 – February 11, 2010: 18th Century Dancing Lessons
>>> Gadsby’s Tavern, Alexandria Virginia
March 7, 2010: Fashions of the Eighteenth Century
>>> Peachfield Plantation, Westampton, New Jersey
March 26 – 28, 2010: Early 19th century Dress Making
>>> Williamsburg, Virginia
Thurs. April 1 – 15, 2010: 18th Century Dancing Lessons
>>> Gadsby’s Tavern, Alexandria Virginia
Presently this blog is closed. Until we figure out rather we want to continue it.
The many articles you have enjoyed within this blog have been moved to our permit blog Reenactors Gazette.
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Thank you for your past participation and comments.
Hope everyone have a safe and happy holiday.
We Reenact and Reenactors Gazette
Jen & Lisa
I love a good ghost story especially during this time of year. Granted when I was little I used to hate Halloween, but now as an adult I love it. Does anyone have a really good ghost story? Let see how many ghost stories will be posted here in time for Halloween. So keep sending your ghost stories…. And they don’t have to be true…
I’ll start…. with a true story, considering it is very hard for me to make anything up since I’ve experienced a few paranormal events… You don’t have to believe me… you can think of it as a really neat tale.
Date: March 5th 2005
Place: Gettysburg Pennsylvania
Time Of Occurrence: Dusk
Paranormal Happening: In total 3 occurred within 6 hrs.
Camera Shot: Image 13
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Once you get to the site it might take awhile for the gallery to upload…
Mysterious photo…. Interesting photo huh?? It is of two average looking Union soldiers standing at Triangular field one cold Winter day in 2005. Except these soldiers are dead. There weren’t any reenactors around at the time, so why do they appear in this photo?
During this particular trip I was joined with my friend Katie, her boyfriend, and my sister Jenn. We arrived in Gettysburg after spending the day in Ellicott City. We toured around the battlefield to take some time to remember and honor the men who fought their way back in 1863. After taking some time enjoying the beautiful sunset at Little Round top we decided to go to Triangular Field.
We went down to the field and did some exploring like we usually do. But for some reason Katie’s boyfriend decided to stay in the car. I guess since it was still day light, he really had nothing to worry about three girls roaming around a very scary and empty field surrounded by trees. Or did he???
Usually my sis is the first one to notice any paranormal occurrence, and I am usually the second person to feel any changes within the atmosphere. All of us kept on seeing figures passing the corner of our eyes but other than that it was pretty quiet. We sometime hear sounds of gunfire, foot steps maybe a couple of moans. But as far as sounds it was pretty silent that day. Jenn usually hates going to this field and tries to stay away from it. Since Katie and I wanted to go into the field she probably felt best that she should be an extra person just incase something happens. The atmosphere of the day was no different from any other trips we’ve taken. What was different was we were alone. Usually there are a couple of people walking within the field.
As Jenn got more afraid she decided to head back to the car. As we walk back to the entrance of the field I decided to walk a little bit slower than Jenn and Katie. As I was walking closer to them I had the feeling that someone was watching us, or walking right behind us. I looked to see why I felt this way. I wish I had never looked back because there was a figure of a union soldier following my friends and me. As I looked he disappeared. So since I was quite scared to what I had seen I ran in front of my two comrades.
The story doesn’t end. We figured maybe it was just my imagination. So we decided to do some video and take more photographs of the surrounding area before we went back into the car. Before leaving Gettysburg that day we had our car pushed by an unseen force, and after locking our car to tour around another part of the area the lights inside the car all of the sudden turned on than off. Meaning after the car had been sitting for about 5 minutes or more, the lights inside the car turned on. Then after that happened like two times the headlights of the car turned on. Since we didn’t want a ghost following us we decided to let who ever was with us that we appreciate the attention, but would rather have him stay in Gettysburg than follow us home. When we got home we looked at the video and the photographs we took. Within the video and the still images have these two figures appearing in them. Which we find that strange since we were the only people in the field that day.
Since than every time we go to Gettysburg nothing seems to happen.
And nothing out of the ordinary seems to happen at home.
Happy Halloween!
Please stay safe this Halloween Season
Happy Holidays & New Year Everyone!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here… To start here are a few article ideas or things I’ve been interesting in finding more about since I’m interested in possibly reenacting the 18th Century or 19th Century. I’ll cross them as I research them, and find material on the subject.
Possible Articles for 2009:
1. Fashion during the 18th & 19th Century
2. Women of the American Revolution (detail on campfollowers)
3. Women of the American Civil War
4. Duties women had during 18th & 19th Century and how they changed?
5. What they ate in the past? Specifically in camp & find more recipes)
6. The world of reenacting in female perspective.
7. Songs & music from the past.
8. Women portraiture through the ages.
9. Must haves for the newrecruit. (What you need during 1yr of reenacting.)
What’s New??:
Original posted: January 1, 2009
I’m really bad at updating, and posting entres onto this website, but I’ve been very busy with graphic and web projects. Better than not being busy at all especially when the economy is as it is. Also ready a lot about 18th Century and 19th Century life. There are many great books that speak just about the lives and people of the time period. The series I’ve been reading is called “Daily Life during the American Revolution” and Daily Life in Civil War America. I hope to be done reading a publish some of the notes I’ve written from both books sometime late February to mid March. Once I’ve finished these two books and the projects I’m currently working on; I hope to write a little bit more.
2009 Season:
Original posted: April 26, 2009
Last year we went to a total of five reenacting events and meant alot of new people. This year we are going to double that number to at least 10 events for this reeancting season. This seaoson officially started for us on February 15th, 2009. It won’t start up again until sometime in April, since everything for this month seems to be a little further away from us.
Like I said before our goal for this season is to go to at least 10 events for the whole year. Hopefully we can do a wide arrangement of events and not stick with the typical Civil War and America Revolutionary War. As we tour around Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, and Pennsylvania for this season, I’ll start a list that has the events and dates we go for this season. As the season starts and ends continue to look for journal entries and galleries within our traverlers journal/website.
2009 Season:
To view our observations and what happened during this reenacting season please
click here. Here are the current events that have been posted.
1. February 15, 2009 - Presidents’ Day Revolutionary Reenactment
Alexandria, VA
2. April 19, 2009 - Marietta House Military Through Time
Glenn Dale, MD
3. April 25, 2009 – Southern Maryland Celtic Festival
St. Leonard, MD
4. May 16, 2009 – Cherry Hill Farm
Virgina
5. June 27, 2009 – Battle of Monmouth
New Jersey
6. July 11, 2009– Rose Hill Manor
Frederick, MD
7. September 2009 – Mount Vernon
Alexandria, VA
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