Dear Liste, I was wondering which Continental units are attending the event,it looks like a very good one.Perhaps I can hitch a ride with a friend? Kind...
... Perhaps of more interest to us is that Wright either made drawings of, or may possibly even have designed, a gunboat-cum-landing craft similar to the...
Dear list, It's been along time since I posted to this list. Sonja and I have a lot happen to us in recent years. Just recently we were watching my home videos...
Dear Michael and Sonja, We have never had the pleasure of meeting, but I want to say thank you for all of your work on the website. I began Rev War reenacting...
Dear List, Things seem to be getting desperate for General Schuyler and the American northern army. Check out this dire passage written by Schuyler to General...
... It is my understanding that feathers can be dyed using a modern acid dye. If using 18th century dyes, try something that works on wool and silk. Nancy...
... too...hmmmmmmm ... _------------- No, they don't. THe feathers are long dead, and while some dye might wick up the shaft (like ink in a quill pen) it...
List - I have recently received some customs info regarding the 42nd Regt. that supports the concept of one piper per company. When the 42nd was relocated from...
If I'm remembering this thread correctly, they had green feathers and then dyed them red after Paoli. And using red dye over green will not end up red, it...
We don't even know if it is true that the Light Infantry adopted red feathers after Paoli - it could be an apocryphal story. If they did adopt red feathers, we...
... Cool stuff Paul. Sounds like Stirling decided to go whole hog and really outfit his regiment, musically. Do you know if the 42nd had a band? It might be...
Fellow Patriots and Loyalists, I find this particularly interesting as a retired college history teacher and continuing reenactor. Prof. Daunton's attitude is...
Dear Dr. Selig, We found this fascinating, and wondered which units are participating and are the female members of the units marching, too, as say laundresses...
Hi John; Dye would be the usual process for coloring feathers... but we still don't have any substantiation for the tale of the red feathers blah, blah, blah, ...
Hi Chris; Feathers dye just fine in a conventional dye bath. But... in re: the tale about the LI dying their feathers red to distinguish themselves to the ...
To Liste, I wonder what "famous" reenacting groups were asked? Bruce John Gardner <njgardner@...> wrote: Dear Dr. Selig, We found this fascinating, and...
Hi Will; Thanks for the very thought-provoking post. I've often wondered what people from under-developed nations would think of historical re-enacting, ...
... technology ... This fellow hits on a few of things: preserving the past, and informing and entertaining the public (and probably himself as well). Everyone...
... people ... lifestyles of ... in ... I will guess that they would understand the idea of commemorating important events of the past. That's a pretty...
Hi Robert; Perhaps they would understand, because the 'primitive' conditions that we might try to explain to them remain part of their everyday life. The...
Steve, That is a point I always raise in my classes when asking students to define the "modern world" and "modernity." They automatically think of western...
Dear Friends and Fellow Historians, I thought it was time to give you an update on some legislation in Congress that has an impact on the interest of our...
... Leaving aside for a moment the fact that "you all" instead of "y'all" is barely passable for a Southerner intending to return home to begin his career... ...
Right. When I was in the Peace Corps, the biggest reason people terminated early was they got bored living and working at 18th century speed. Slowing your mind...
Bill, Here is a list of registered units: 17th Regiment of Foot 22nd Regiment of Foot 64th Regiment of Foot Corps of Engineers 38th Regiment of Foot 40th...
Hi Don; Your points are well taken, of course, but I would like to compare the Earthstopper and the figures in “The Iron Forge” with other figures. Hi...
Hi Will; Brilliant point! I see the far reaches of the world only through the cathode-ray tube these days, but a lot of rural cultures live very much like ...
Folks, Re: Steve's & Will's comments about how our past culture is often still reflected in the daily life of people in other parts of the world... I learned...
Hi David; That's an interesting thought, too. I see footage of a guy ploughing a field with nothing to look at but a southern view of a northbound ox, and I...
