At 12:48 PM -0600 12/31/02, Carl Barna wrote:
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>As a former F&I and Rev War reenactor, I felt that I learned a great deal
>about life in 18th century military that I would never have learned from
>the historical or archaeological record, or from my graduate education in
>history and historical archaeology.

As a matter of fact, many years ago, I went to a graduate seminar
dressed in a wool Confederate uniform, carrying a replica of a Roman
groma (surveying instrument) to demonstrate the value of reenacting
and replicating. It was Gene Ferguson's industrial history (actually
IA) class at Delaware.


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