Tyler Rudd Putnam is the Gallery Interpretation Manager at the Museum of the American Revolution and a Ph.D candidate in the History of American Civilization Program in the Department of History at the University of Delaware. In his recent piece...
historical re-enacting
The Annual Battle of Gettysburg Reenactment Gives Way to Glenn Beck
According to this article at Penn Live, the 2020 reenactment at the Battle of Gettysburg has been canceled because Glenn Beck is hosting an event called “Restoring the Covenant on the Sacred Land of Gettysburg.” Beck’s event will “reflect on...
Reenacting the 1811 German Coast Slave Uprising in Louisiana
Check out Rick Rojas’s recent piece at The New York Times: “A Slave Rebellion Rises Again.” Rojas covers the reenactment of an 1811 Louisiana slave rebellion know as the German Coast Uprising. Rojas writes: The 26-mile march, a re-enactment of the 1811...
Race, Slavery, and Historical Interpreters
Over at The Outline, Zoe Beery writes about Cheyney McKnight, an African American historical interpreter at Historic Richmond Town on Staten Island. Here is a taste: Over the last ten years, McKnight has built a career as a living historian who...
What About Confederate Reenactors?
Over at Civil War Memory, Kevin Levin reflects on Confederate Civil War reenactors in a post-New Orleans, post-Charlottesville world. Here is a taste: It should come as no surprise that reenactors who don Confederate gray and display the Confederate battle...
Quote and Image of the Day
“I’m gonna call this research.” —Benjamin Irvin, historian of the American Revolution and football fan....
The Real-Life Drama to Portray George Washington at Washington’s Crossing.
Men vie for the honor to portray George Washington in the annual crossing of the Delaware. According to this video, it gets pretty cutthroat. Good to see Meg McSweeney of the David Library of the American Revolution on the video. […]