Showing posts with label reenacting history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reenacting history. Show all posts
March 29, 2020

World War 2 Baked Cheese Dreams Recipe

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***This post is for the WW2 Ration Cook-in (#wwiirationcookin on Instagram). We're stuck at home but that doesn't mean we aren...
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February 5, 2020

Who Decides What History to Tell and Who Gets to Tell It?

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It's a rumor that I hate "Progressives." I have a deep respect for reenactors and their craft. I ogle over the small details ...
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October 23, 2019

World War 2 Era Bismarck Tea Ring

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"OH NO! That looks nothing like the picture!" Yes, that happens sometimes but everyone said to bring it to the event anyway. I...
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August 15, 2019

1920s Sealing Wax Art Jewelry

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Over the weekend we went antiquing and I found this really pretty booklet on sealing wax art. Sealing wax art involves melting sealing ...
June 30, 2019

WWII Era Sweet Potatoes in Apple and Orange Cups

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This recipe came from the book  250 Ways of Serving Potatoes  (1941) by the Culinary Arts Institute. Potatoes and sweet potatoes are e...
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October 15, 2014

Old City Seaport Festival 2014

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Last weekend I went to the Old City Seaport Festival hosted by the Independence Seaport Museum at at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia...
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August 13, 2014

Timeline Event 2014 at the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

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Last weekend I went to my first timeline event which was held at the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation . Timeline events were never attracti...
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September 9, 2013

Peterson Magazine's Princess Capote Hood Pattern from 1862

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This hood is a pretty alternative to the Red Riding Hood that I posted last Friday. Both hoods were published in Peterson's Magazine ...
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May 20, 2013

Two Events, Two Days: Greenbank Mill and Whitehall, Camp Geiger

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As is increasingly the case, this weekend I found myself attending two different Civil War events. Greenbank Mill Civil War Days in Delawa...
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January 7, 2013

Open Letter to the Boy Who Found My Blog Twice, Using the Query "Do Girls Think Reenactors are Lame?"

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Dear Deeply Misguided (possible) Reenactor, No. Girls don't think reenactors are lame. Really. That's the short answer. I can...
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July 24, 2012

"But What is it Worth?" (and Why You Shouldn't Answer It) The Price of Antiques

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As a person in the history field, I hear this question a lot. Sometimes I explain to a tour group that we can't touch anything in the ...
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