Napersettlement Reenactment in Naperville Illinois -- Guilty Pleasure?
Okay, this isn’t so much a review of an event, more of a question based on something Bob and I have witnessed over the last few months when attending different unit events or communicating with units about their 2011 schedules. It seems we all despise th

150th Manassas Reenactment -- Interesting Moments
Before I go ahead and write my review for this event -- something I promise I will do -- I would love to hear what other people thought of it. I would also enjoy seeing some of our more interesting moments posted. For instance, one of my more interestin

When Reenactors Don’t Know Civil War History
All of us have voiced complaints over how little is known about the Civil War by the American public, but now lets shift focus a bit and talk about those reenactors we have all seen who also don’t know much about the Civil War themselves, reenactors who

Operation Urgent Fury 1983 Grenada Delta Force Ranger reenactment
a while back we did a TV show for the History channel on the invasion of Grenada, here we are doing the Delta Force segment. Delta wore a combination of nam era ERDL, post war ERDLs with straight pockets, and the RDF pattern as seen here. photos also show

Worst Injury You Have Seen at a Reenactment
What is the worst injury you have seen at a reenactment. Mine was watching a lady in a ball gown get to close to the fire at Naperville back in the mid 90s who went up in flames really fast. It was one of my very first events, so I didn't know the perso

Funny Geico Commercial - Ever Been in a Camp Like This?
Many of us have been talking about this Geico Reenacting Commercial that aired during that awful Gettysburg show on the History Channel the other night. It was pretty funny. If you haven't seen it yet you can watch it below. Adding to the humor I

Anyone know where to get cheap reenactment gear?
Well i was looking for some cheap reenactment gear and all i found was these. Can you find some other website if you can cheaper than these prices. http://www.ccsutlery.com http://www.fcsutler.com Oh and is this rifle going to work cause i am not

Stupid Questions
This was a popular topic on the last forum so let’s start it again. What are some of the stupidest questions you’ve been asked while at a reenactment?

Registration for Manassas
Hey Orphans, Bob and I need you all to fill out the forms on this page and bring them to us during the meeting or, if you can't make that, mail them to us so we can mail them all in together. We still don't know who we will be falling in with so you can

History of Youtube
Youtube is one of the most well know websites in the world. In fact, It is the third most visited website today! There are proximately 490,000,000 people using Youtube worldwide each month! We spend about 2.9 billion hours on youtube per month!!! In 2005

lockport going WWII
This is something I just heard about on my WWII forums, the lockport CW event is mixing it up this year, and going half CW, half WWII. no, I'm not making this up, they plan to have a battle from both periods each day. the big question is where the hel

Minooka Civil War Reenactment, IL - 2009
Well once again Minooka has come and gone thus bringing our beloved hobby to seasonal end, which is why I both love and hate this event. I love it because it is one of the greatest events we do (has been ever since I first attended it in 1997), but hate

150th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Carthage, Mo
I attended the 150th anniversary reenactment of the battle of Carthage, Mo last weekend. The event featured the Missouri State Guard against the Federal Army, all in total about 350 to 400 reenactors. Civilian attire was strongly encouraged for the Guard

Joliet Civil War Days 2010
While having already participated in about five events this year, Joliet was the Orphan Boys first real Civil War reenactment where we got to portray our standard mid war western confederate unit, which, naturally, made all of us incredibly excited.

150th 1st Manassas Report
1st Manassas Report The 150th Manassas reenactment was an event of a lifetime. I am glad I went. The battles were great and the grounds the reenactment took place on were perfect for the event. What can I say? It was hot. It was 107 on Friday, 10