I went out to this historical reenactment at one of the local parks. I've actually never been to one of these before, despite being a total history nerd.
So, I've posted some pictures here of the event this weekend. These are from the British camp. There were several camps: one for the British, another for the French, one for the Native Americans siding with the French, a marketplace, and a docking area.
This first picture here is of a tepee. One of the things I was looking out for here was the depiction of Native Americans. They were a pivotal part of the French and Indian War, and I was wary of how they might be depicted. The problem is I don't really know much about Native culture, so it's hard for me to judge how good or bad it was. This seemed alright to me.
This is a picture of the first people I talked to. My friends and I weren't sure if we could take pictures or not, so I asked a "local." Turns out that it's considered weird not to take pictures, and that you don't have to ask reenacters, because they expect it. The young woman here was nice enough to explain to me that she was a loose woman, and that her clothes were very close to what people back then would have considered being naked. As I talked to others, I could tell that people loved this and that they were passionate about history, but also interested in having fun. Everyone was very friendly
A Native American. I thought that the Native Americans all sided with the French, but when I looked it up, I discovered that the Iroquois and the Cherokee, among others, sided with the British, so this was completely appropriate.
Another picture of the same Native American.
A tea kettle sitting out on the lawn. One of the things I noticed was that a lot of people had tea kettles out in front of their tents
A couple that we met. This fine young gentleman was kind enough to show us his rifle and explain how it worked. Basically, when you pulled the trigger, it used flint and steel to set off a small spark that sent the bullet flying.
A close-up of his gun. The dish soap and other things are out because he was using them to clean his gun when we came upon him. If you look closely you can see that the woman has pink toenails.
Like a lot of other people, this man also had his knife out.
More of the man's cleaning kit. The tin sitting on the top of the chest was filled with small white pieces of cloth that were used to load the bullets into the gun.
More people, also cleaning out their guns. This was just after a battle, so I suspect that's why everyone was cleaning right at this moment
It's easy to forget that these people were basically out camping for months and sometimes years at a time. The whole British camp smelled like a camp site. It make me hungry for s'mores.
Another tent.
Most of the tents were white, but this one was one of the few that wasn't.
These were some of the nicest people we met. They were sitting around telling jokes, and I joked back that I didn't know the Monty Python boys were at this war.
As always, there are some more photos over at my
Flickr site, if you want to see more.
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