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Okay Happy Kinder, read this:It's time I mentioned our new "portal" system. We have been working for awhile to convert reenactor.Net over to a "portal" system in order to make things easier on us and better for you. It's mostly there now. To see it, you can click one of the time area links or just go here. Eventually, all of reenactor.Net will be running with this system. Most areas are done, a couple are not (1600-1800, 1865-1900 for the most part). It's a work in progress and when done, will make r.Net a bette rplace for all--easier to use and easier for us to maintain.
This whole thing is for you, the reenactors and we know that without YOU it'll all be for naught. So please, visit, read, share your reenacting and living history photos with all of us. Remember, our hobby is one of participation!
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 What is "Reenacting?"
"I still don't get it!" Probably the best explanation I have ever heard was this: Imagine your most favourite movie. Imagine being able to "step into" that movie – that's a lot like reenacting. And no, we don't have a script, or anything like that. Our actions are usually just us trying to live in that time period. If you like history, you'll probably like reenacting – one thing to remember though, you WILL feel what it was like. This is not like sitting in an arm chair and reading or watching a movie. In reenacting, you will feel the dirt, the sweat, the wool clothing :-0 (yep, wool – surprisingly comfortable!). You'll learn what period shoes felt like. How the gear was carried; what was comfortable and what wasn't. Often you'll get to try period recipes for foods you've never even thought of. The Romans for example, loved to combine tastes that to us, in the modern world would be (and are) considered weird – pancakes with pepper come to mind. However, when you try these foods, you'll find they aren't bad, just different. Often different in a good way (WWI turnip jam was NOT in a good way though ). So look around, pick something that interests you and jump on in – the water's fine!
Check out the NEW additions to the site page. We try to post the additions along with the date so you can figure out what's new. (okay, so sometimes (often) we don't get around to updating this page as much as we need to... hope to work on that in the future...) Reenacting EventsTo help you find upcoming events, we also have a calendar section which is constantly being updated by our visitors and the event organizers. Meet Our Reenacting Staff!Click HERE to go to our Admin Page and meet the Staff.
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You've found reenactor.Net -- the world-wide, on-line home of historical reenacting!
In the past, r.Net has had donation drives for different things... although mainly for the server bill (it used to be hideous back in the old days before hosting came down). Nowadays, we have the server handled, but find that we are going to have to pay a programmer to help get r.Net to the next level. As it is now, when you wish to list your unit, it has to go through a number of different people who all have real life jobs before it get's up there (and yes, I'm one of them). All this causes massive delays and makes it harder for the public to find you—this has to be fixed and we've found a way! What it is, is a custom "mod" to our CMS program that will automate the "link adds" so units can more easily add their reenacting unit links to r.Net, and then make it so our webmasters can easily get things set up and visible. It truly WILL make it much better!
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"Reenacting" or "living history" is a hobby where the participants try to portray people of the past. Some people just have a hard time conceiving of this, they ask "DO they pay you?" NO! "How do you know who wins or who dies?" Some battles are scripted out as to the end, some are called "tacticals" and may have judges or rules as to what happens. Some events are just "living history" (as they are so called), these usually being set up for the public. Many reenactments aren't even done for the public, but instead for us, the reenactors. WWI and WWII events are usually of this type.
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 LEGION XXII Primigenia, a living history organization dedicated to reliving the life of the 1st Century Roman Soldier. Our group is made up of people from all walks of life with the singular enthusiasm of studying and experiencing life in Ancient Rome during the time of the Emperor Nero and those Caesars who followed him. Currently the unit is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. However, we have members as far away as Chicago. We are all students of history, but take it much further, developing clothing, armor and weapons from the period and meeting together to experience the life of the common soldier in as full a way as possible. We enjoy interacting with the public, putting on displays of authentic Roman camps, period foods, drilling as a unit, demonstrations of combat tactics, actual combat with adversaries like the Celts or Germans, gladiatorial contests and more. We offer the member the ability to relive 2000 years ago. We welcome both men and women. There are many different impressions that both sexes can create for themselves. Being reenactment group we do mandate a strict authenticity, asking each member to create the best impression possible, using correct materials and patterns. The legion has access to inexpensive materials and older members will be pleased to help new members get things put together. Several of the impressions that the unit does is Legionary, Auxiliary, Celtic, Germanic, Civilian, and Gladiator. |
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Reenacting and Historical Books! Visit Marsh's reenactor Bookstore! If you are looking for books, music CD's or videos about any particular time period, please visit reenactor.Net's on-line store. What does this mean? Do we have a store... Can you come in and yell at us ;-Þ nope, it means we are an "Associate" of Amazon.com! Each of our Time/Areas has (or will have--only a one or two don't have a reading list) a Reading list with links to books at Amazon. This is one of the ways you can help keep reenactor.Net going--the pittance we receive from Amazon when you buy a book through us!Anyway, soon we'll have this all redone again, Amazon has come up w/ a newer, better way to help us build our web bookstore. Sometimes it's hard to find books in a time period we don't do, so... if we don't have something that YOU beleive we should, TELL US! :-) If you have any questions about our On-Line Store, please view its F.A.Q. page. reenactor.Net's Featured book:
The first, was written by my wife's great aunt and is a good read. From the forward of Jeanne Spencer's book
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Reenactorfest.com... What is Reenactor Fest? It is a convention for people interested in military history, as well as historical reenactors of all time periods, spanning from the days of the Roman Empire through WWII. It will be completely unique in this regard... a celebration of the hobby of historical reenacting as a whole. |
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