Reenactors Camp
Dec 29, 2022 19:09:46 #
What it is like to be in an reenactors camp for the weekend. Estimated to be about 250 - 300 camped here. The last image of the tents is just a small portion of what was really there.
Don
Don
Dec 29, 2022 19:29:12 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
What it is like to be in an reenactors camp for the weekend. Estimated to be about 250 - 300 camped here. The last image of the tents is just a small portion of what was really there.
Don
Don
Dec 29, 2022 19:35:34 #
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Dec 29, 2022 19:53:55 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
When I was still living in South Carolina they reenacted the Battle of Cowpens. At the time I happened to be a cook in a National Guard Company and someone volunteered us to feed the en actors. We ended up feeding over 500 people three meals. I was never so glad to see a day end in my life.
Dec 30, 2022 06:51:24 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
What it is like to be in an reenactors camp for the weekend. Estimated to be about 250 - 300 camped here. The last image of the tents is just a small portion of what was really there.
Don
Don
Great set of images!!Don
My one disappointment when visiting and/or taking part in the reenactment, was the lack of reality due to everyone being so clean (body, clothing and equipment.
Dec 30, 2022 08:50:42 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
What it is like to be in an reenactors camp for the weekend. Estimated to be about 250 - 300 camped here. The last image of the tents is just a small portion of what was really there.
Don
Don
Interesting shots, don. Looks like the coffee is ready and that is an amazing number of tents available for the reenactors. Good job!
Dec 30, 2022 08:52:15 #
Dec 30, 2022 10:23:40 #
With the current trend of removing anything Confederate from history, I wonder what the future will hold for these reenactments.
I recently read that West Point will be removing General Robert E. Lee's likeness from the academy. "Those that fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it".
I recently read that West Point will be removing General Robert E. Lee's likeness from the academy. "Those that fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it".
Dec 30, 2022 10:41:57 #
Bigmike1 wrote:
When I was still living in South Carolina they reenacted the Battle of Cowpens. At the time I happened to be a cook in a National Guard Company and someone volunteered us to feed the en actors. We ended up feeding over 500 people three meals. I was never so glad to see a day end in my life.
I've been to Cowpens several times and King's Mountain as well. Always a well spent time, especially talking to the re-enactors.
A question to you. What were the feelings of those 500 people eating those MREs?
One time, they had Boy Scouts providing breakfast at King's Mountain. My daughter, six year old at that time, witnessed the death of the hen who laid an egg some had for breakfast. The hen's neck was stretched out for three wacks of a small ax, the third being the charm. She swore off chicken for a couple of years afterwards. However, she learned a lesson of life (and death).
Dec 30, 2022 10:47:38 #
Dec 30, 2022 12:58:04 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
What it is like to be in an reenactors camp for the weekend. Estimated to be about 250 - 300 camped here. The last image of the tents is just a small portion of what was really there.
Don
Don
Dec 30, 2022 17:40:18 #
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Dec 30, 2022 17:42:34 #
kpmac wrote:
Nicely done, Don.
Thank you for the kind words Ken. Would be a little drive for you but they have this reenactment every year around Thanksgiving. It is about 25 miles north of Hammond at Camp Moore.
Don
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