Civil War on the Border is coming to Olathe this weekend. Since I literally live across the street from the “battlefield” we try to go every year. Besides interesting historical demonstrations and historically accurate outfits, two things always amaze me during this event. One, is how geeky and ridiculous these people look trying to stay in character all weekend, riding their horses to the convenience store, and speaking with imaginary “old-timey” accents. The other thing is that there is no good-looking people there. With my own looks, my standards are low. This place makes me look like Brad Pitt.
It’s fun and it’s free, so check it out for yourself. I suggest timing your visit to see the battle at the conclusion of both days. Somehow, fat guys always die first since they can’t run too far. There will be gun and cannon fire, smoke, horses, food and crafts. And most of all, a reminder that war sucked then and still sucks now.
Here are some of my pictures from previous year:
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8 responses so far ↓
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Donna W
// Apr 17, 2008 at 5:19 am
They used to have a civil war re-enactment out here at Lexington sometimes. I was always going to go, and just never did. It’s only 8 miles away.
I don’t think they have the reenactment any more.
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MoxieMamaKC
// Apr 17, 2008 at 8:37 am
Meesha, great minds think alike. I was totally going to do a post about this.
I just found out about this last weekend and I’m going to be there. While I’m snobby when it comes to reenactors, I’ve met some actually pretty cool ones through my adventures in Kansas City Historical sites. I’m actually going to check out a Confederate artillery unit since I was personally invited.
There’s another pretty cool event coming up next month, Stand of Colors, and if this stuff catches your fancy, this is the grand-daddy of all. Check it out: http://www.standofcolors.com/
Thanks for the AWESOME pictures of Mahaffie, Meesha!
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travel
// Apr 17, 2008 at 8:59 am
And, my husband was a civil war reenactor (and actually a good looking man). I still have all his stuff, several things being actual period collectibles. I was even known to don an outfit once in a while but primarily stayed in the bed and breakfasts around the battle sites. One in the South I attended had 20,000 reenactors. I also started a collection of jewelry from the civil war era . It was all pretty interesting.
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AF
// Apr 17, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I want one of those poofy dresses sooooo bad
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AF
// Apr 17, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Oh hey… will you be my platonic date to the blogger gathering? Figure I might look better with a Russian on my left. =)
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m.v.
// Apr 17, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I retired from blogger gatherings. You will look even better without a Russian anywhere near you.
7 Reenactor’s Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder // Apr 17, 2008 at 9:13 pm
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Xavier Onassis
// Apr 17, 2008 at 9:54 pm
I knew you would hear from travel on this!
“ello luv!”
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