#Civil War Reenactors

[isaacsapphire]

Huh.

The best thing about Gettysburg, or at least the thing I miss most now that nobody pays me to go to Gettysburg anymore, is that the Male Loneliness Epidemic simply does not exist there. It is a place where middle aged men go with their friends, or to make new friends. I can see a gaggle of millennial men and know instantly that these guys love their pals almost as much as they love multiracial democracy and the traditionally feminine hobby of historical costuming. Men are out in the fresh air. They are touching so much grass. I once overheard a conversation between two guys buying an antique rifle that was as full of emotional connection as anything I’ve ever heard two men of that age group say.

[pvtmeek]

Photos from Rożnowo, where we were celebrating the 200th birthday of our Polish general- Włodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyżanowski, who commanded the 58th New York State Volunteer Regiment during american civil war.

The last one features me lying dead on the ground :)

[cameron-carpet-lola]

Who tf is this handsome young soldier chat? THAT'S RIGHT IT'S ME OH YEAH!! Visit the drum barracks civil war museum(and if your into paranormal study and investigation like me famous paranormal hotspot find out info for paranormal investigations) and house in Willington, CA Los Angeles, and every second Saturday of the month experience the museum tour and soldier presentation and check yearly the facebook and instagram for more fun and educational events for all immersing yourselves in history, and this November 8th and 9th weekend come to the riley's farm San Bernardino CA , Yucaipa CA, Oak Glen road for the reenactment and encampment display

[movark]

Some nice photos from Chickamauga 160th; Field music

Btw, wanting to put together a queer space for reenactors. DM me if you'd be interested

[neekoinu]

Am I alone in taking out my "smaller" projects to coffee places to work on them while enjoying people watching and chatting to folk too?

[furbywithsunglasses]

An older man in a civil war uniform (NOT UNION) is listening to a SMUT audio book without headphones at the table behind me in the diner I SWEAR

[redheadedbrunette]

So the previous exposure my mom had to Psych was her walking in on the fake seance scene and me trying to explain that it's all pretend in the show and I'm getting involved in matters of the occult, and she agreed to give it another shot so now I'm hopping around season 1 trying to find the scenarios and episodes that would most appeal to her and then we'll watch in order from there on out.

[cosmic--static]

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[wandringaesthetic]

They sent me a picture and a little bio of the plumbing tech that's coming to my house that ends on "[x] enjoys horseback riding in his free time"

I'd show you a picture of the text, because I find it very amusing, but I don't want to dox this guy.

[hiccup-queen]

It's alsoprime time for everyone's favorite game show: gun, fireworks, or garage explosive?

MYTH: Americans set off fireworks on the 4th of July, in honor of our Independence Day

FACT: Americans set off fireworks from approximately June 20th—July 20th, for no reason other than this is the time of year that you can literally buy them at any grocery store

[suckerstateboyof61]

I'M A FUCKIN CORPORAL BABY LET'S GOOOOOO

[pvtmeek]

Our group went to the shooting range last weekend and my score wasn't that bad

[spectre-ship]

a few years ago, when I first had an excuse to buy and wear 19th century clothes, I bought a really crummy canvas sack coat from a discount Civil War reenactment supplier who I'm fairly sure is no longer in business. I haven't worn it in ages. the build quality is terrible, to such an extent that the seams are straight up not finished correctly and a bunch of cloth frays every time it's worn; I got what I paid for. partly because of this, partly because it kinda doesn't fit me, and partly because it was the fashion in the 1860s to make everything jnco jeans levels of baggy, it also looks awful.

but today it occurred to me that, if I so wished, I could rip the seams to break the coat up into its constituent pieces, recut them using a pattern for a coat that will actually fit me and look nice, and stitch it back together as a learning exercise. so there's another project for the pile! I definitely do not have enough stuff crowding the back burner already

[zanmor]

I'm sure everyone involved in ww2 larping is just a great person. Famously a war without a real bad guy.

You know you've fucked up when you go to a doctor and the thing you have wrong with you has been named after an occupation that isn't a thing anymore. Like imagine a doctor looking at you and going "yeah you've got ox-drawn ploughman's disease. We don't even test for that anymore. Yeah the reason you've never heard of it is because the last known case was in 1927 and happened to some guy who was like 98 years old and didn't believe in modern medicine of the time. What the fuck have you been up to."

[movark]

Got some final tintypes taken as well

[girinma]

“the town’s holding a stamp act Remembrance Day so there will be revolutionary war reenactors firing a canon by the lab” <- obviously making up an excuse to fire a canon