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Wilderness Woman
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 Posted - November 06 2006 : 08:54:18 AM
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It was my supreme pleasure to meet another Mohicanlander this past weekend.
Seamus and I (along with other members of our regiment) were in garrison at the 1757-era Way Station, located on the grounds of the Army Heritage and Education Center at Carlisle Barracks (Carlisle, PA) this past Friday through Sunday. Because I knew this lady lives nearby, I sent to her a missive to tell her that we would be there, and to ask her if she could possibly come out to the station so I could meet her. Seamus has been a friend of this dear lady for many years, and I thought to surprise him with her visit, as well. To my delight, she said she would.
She came on Sunday to visit us, and I am so thrilled to have finally been able to meet, and hug, our very own..... Bookworm!
Mary, you are as sweet and personable in person as you are on these boards, and it was a pleasure to be able to meet you at last! Thank you so much for coming to the event to see us! I am so glad to call you my friend.
Joyce.
P.S. I'll email you that photo when I get it downloaded.
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - November 06 2006 : 1:04:10 PM
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| I was at Fort Toulouse last weekend, and was walking through the 1812 areas with Big Del. We stopped to talk with "Andrew Jackson", who was being protrayed by Grant Hardin. We mentioned LOTM and Grant said that he had been in the entire film, including "boot camp". Then he started telling stories much like Eric Hurley does, only different stories! We told him about the Gatherings, and he said he would likd to come to the next one. Now if we can get him together with Eric, that should be quite an event! |
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Gadget Girl
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Posted - November 06 2006 : 1:41:15 PM
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Joyce, I have had the pleasure of meeting our Bookworm once, while passing through Carlisle. Mary is even more dear and sweet in person and SO interesting to spend some chatting time with!
Fitz - I hope you got some contact info for Grant so we can pass on Gathering particulars when the time comes! It would be fantastic if he could join us!!!
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - November 06 2006 : 4:28:30 PM
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Grant doesn't have email, but it's not a problem to contact him. He works with Fort Toulouse, Fort Loudoun, Fort Dobbs, and Rocky Mount. In addition to Jackson, he does the Indian Agent John Stuart in the 1750's. He told us some scenes he was in where you can see him clearly. He said the best one was at Massacre Valley, just after Hawkeye gets his shackles off. Grant has his Bess in a bayonet-thrusting position to defend against a Huron, when another comes at him from the side and he turns to face him. I guess I will have to watch it again and look for Grant. Like Eric, he did both French and British. He is also in the scenes where French artillery is shelling Fort WH, and can be seen there, too.
I have known Grant for years and served under his command at Fort Loudoun as a Brit (in my less enlightened days). He is as good a story teller as you will ever meet. |
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Posted - November 06 2006 : 4:32:55 PM
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| Trying to find time myself to visit Fort Dobbs - my sis lives just across the highway from there and they have visited recently and really enjoyed it! |
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Theresa
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Posted - November 06 2006 : 7:54:11 PM
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Originally posted by Fitzhugh Williams
I was at Fort Toulouse last weekend, and was walking through the 1812 areas with Big Del. We stopped to talk with "Andrew Jackson", who was being protrayed by Grant Hardin. We mentioned LOTM and Grant said that he had been in the entire film, including "boot camp". Then he started telling stories much like Eric Hurley does, only different stories! We told him about the Gatherings, and he said he would likd to come to the next one. Now if we can get him together with Eric, that should be quite an event!
Hey Fitz...once again I missed the Fort Toulouse weekend. Seems my mother always plans a birthday family event on that day. You had excellent weather for the weekend and I'm sure you saw a lot of people. Somedays I will get a notion and simply get into my car and make the drive down. It's quite peaceful when no one is there. I've found myself sitting at the riverside and wondering about what took place there back then. I haven't seen my neighbors since they came over to gather muscadines for their wine-making but I'm sure they were there. They usually stay at the fort. Let me know how it went. |
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Posted - November 06 2006 : 11:16:58 PM
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Hey there! Question from a relative newbie to the site (which is going to sound a little stupid):
Are you guys all part of a group of reenactors? Just curious how you all know each other and what the "regiment" is. And just how does one get into reenacting? |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - November 07 2006 : 09:05:20 AM
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There was a lot of filming going on at Fort Toulouse last weekend, so it was not the usual camps at night. Someone was doing "Horseshoe Bend" and filmed the 1812 camp on Friday night, then filmed again this Mon., Tues., and Wed. I think Big Del is going to be in it. On Saturday night, they were filming on the road behind the French fort. I asked Jim Parker what this one was, and he replied that they were filming "L'Grand Pied". They had a ambulance with lights on running back and forth up the road. Just not the same around the Native camp with blue lights in the background.
Reenacting, or as I prefer Living History, is really a small group. After a while most know each other. As far as getting "in", start by hanging around some events and see how you like it. |
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Bookworm
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Posted - November 07 2006 : 7:06:39 PM
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| It was my very great pleasure, too, Joyce! I thought it especially fortunate that I got to meet you as your 18th-century self, doing what you love (reenacting/living history) and looking great while doing it. Hopefully we'll have more such occasions as Augusta Regiment events bring you this way. Location, location, location -- it seems a bit unfair that I just sit here in Carlisle, where Carlisle Barracks and the U.S. Army War College are located and where I-81 and the Pa. Turnpike intersect, and meet fellow Mohicanlanders as they drive through, but I'm not about to turn down the opportunities. I've also met Donna (the person with a perfect Gathering attendance record) as she stopped for the night on her way to the 2004 Gathering. As you can probably tell from their posts, Joyce and Diana and Donna are wonderful people, some of the nicest people I've ever met. When it comes to being sweet, it takes one (or two or three) to know one! |
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Theresa
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Posted - November 07 2006 : 7:14:37 PM
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| Fitz, have you ever been down to Horseshoe Bend? It's quite a place and so much history involving Andrew Jackson and the Creeks. |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - November 07 2006 : 10:35:00 PM
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| I try to stay away from anything to do with Andrew Jackson. |
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felicitysgramma
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Posted - November 09 2006 : 12:14:55 AM
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Originally posted by RedFraggle
Hey there! Question from a relative newbie to the site (which is going to sound a little stupid):
Are you guys all part of a group of reenactors? Just curious how you all know each other and what the "regiment" is. And just how does one get into reenacting?
This is a question without a simple answer, RF, but let me give it a shot. I think you'll find folks of all walks here - some reenactors, some not, all eras, all reasons for being here. Those of us who are reenactors often refer to our groups as regiments or "units" because the group is based on a recreation of a military unit that existed "whenever." Not to say that ALL reenactors are military, just that those are probably the most visible to the general public. Others are domestic, craft-oriented, or pure research groups.
There are links to various group websites on the Board page, down toward the bottom after the listing of forums. Check them out. Seamus, Wilderness Woman and I are part of The Augusta Regiment, a French and Indian War era group based in central Pennsylvania. We're on that list, as are other eras. Once you know what time period you prefer, you can search on the internet to find local groups of similar focus. If you like an era, there's nothing like getting together with others of the same passion to live it out (as much as we can in the 21st century).
I have a closet or two dedicated to my 18c clothing. Every once in a while during the less active seasons I'll stick my nose in the closet, draw in the light scent of woodsmoke still clinging to the fabric, and think to myself, "Yeeaaaahhhhh......" |
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caitlin
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Posted - November 09 2006 : 12:46:46 PM
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Originally posted by RedFraggle
Hey there! Question from a relative newbie to the site (which is going to sound a little stupid):
Are you guys all part of a group of reenactors? Just curious how you all know each other and what the "regiment" is. And just how does one get into reenacting?
This is a question without a simple answer, RF, but let me give it a shot. I think you'll find folks of all walks here - some reenactors, some not, all eras, all reasons for being here. Those of us who are reenactors often refer to our groups as regiments or "units" because the group is based on a recreation of a military unit that existed "whenever." Not to say that ALL reenactors are military, just that those are probably the most visible to the general public. Others are domestic, craft-oriented, or pure research groups.
There are links to various group websites on the Board page, down toward the bottom after the listing of forums. Check them out. Seamus, Wilderness Woman and I are part of The Augusta Regiment, a French and Indian War era group based in central Pennsylvania. We're on that list, as are other eras. Once you know what time period you prefer, you can search on the internet to find local groups of similar focus. If you like an era, there's nothing like getting together with others of the same passion to live it out (as much as we can in the 21st century).
I have a closet or two dedicated to my 18c clothing. Every once in a while during the less active seasons I'll stick my nose in the closet, draw in the light scent of woodsmoke still clinging to the fabric, and think to myself, "Yeeaaaahhhhh......"
 I'm one of those that reenacts in a different era, 1860-1890 - primarily Old West. In fact, my whole family and my brother-n-laws are all involved. It's loads of fun and a great way to teach and continue to learn history.  I agree with Fitz, start by hanging around some events and see how you like it. Be warned... it can get very addicting... |
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Theresa
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Posted - November 10 2006 : 07:57:28 AM
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I try to stay away from anything to do with Andrew Jackson.
I fully understand that but the place, especially the battleground, tells quite a story of the Creek Nation. It was an unbelievable battle and what happened to them was horrific. I don't know...kinda hard to explain...but there is a peace there. |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - November 10 2006 : 08:11:35 AM
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| Along those lines, Theresa, if you every get a chance, go to Jumonville Glenn, but go alone. |
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Bookworm
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Posted - February 24 2007 : 12:46:05 PM
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Our local paper is doing a series on economic development in Cumberland County (PA), and in today's article mentioned in passing the Army Heritage and Education Center. As illustration there's a photo of "a re-enactor in 1750s garb talk[ing] about the French and Indian War to visitors."
Well, GUESS WHO, Joyce!!!!! Just when we thought it was safe to walk the grounds of the AHEC without seeing his face on a left-over brochure floating by on the wind, there he is in the paper! After appearing in the paper TWICE at the time the event was held. And that was the official brochure of the Carlisle Barracks anniversary event that I was talking about, BTW -- his face was on the cover. What is it about this guy?! His supreme self-assurance, maybe? I have to admit, he does photograph well. |
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Seamus
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Posted - February 24 2007 : 1:21:21 PM
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Hey, Mare!! You gonna mail me a copy?? Please? I gotta keep my official album up to date....never know when I need to update my resume'...................
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - February 24 2007 : 2:21:31 PM
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What is it about this guy?! His supreme self-assurance, maybe? I have to admit, he does photograph well.
I know. Disgusting, isn't it? Of course, it's getting so bad now that soon there will just be no "living with" the guy.
Although... I would much rather see the Captain's photo plastered everywhere, than my own. Did you see their website shortly after that event? Aye-yai-yai. Talk about disgusting..... |
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Posted - February 24 2007 : 2:43:07 PM
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| ahem....I have COPIES of that!! AND the paper, too....WW......I did recognize HER. I was very proud of your coverage, as I am with all my people who get in the news for what we do.....you deserve it for such a good job extremely well done. |
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Posted - February 24 2007 : 2:48:30 PM
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Go to:
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/
Click on: See the "Camp At Carlisle" Living History event 4/5 November 2006 (http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/CampAtCarlisle.htm)on the lower right side of the page. WW is the lady sewing and talking to the kiddies....! |
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Posted - February 24 2007 : 3:13:44 PM
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N-o-o-o-ooooo!!! Oh crap. I was coming back to delete my comment, because I discovered that webpage was still up. I'm too late. Now everyone can see how old and ugly I really am.
Seamus, I am going to get you for this.....  |
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Posted - February 24 2007 : 3:42:33 PM
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M'lady, you denegrate yourself........
cease and desist! |
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| Amen, Mike! You look fine, Joyce, and the kids look interested in what you're doing, which is really cool. (Although I'll admit that at my age I don't like being photographed chin downward, either.) I'll send the photo so you can keep that scrapbook up to date, Mike. |
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Posted - February 24 2007 : 4:10:41 PM
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| Great! Thanks, Mary! |
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Posted - February 24 2007 : 4:40:56 PM
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M'lady, you denegrate yourself........
cease and desist!
Oh, all right, all right. I'll forgive you this time.
Since the damage is done, I'll at least post a slightly more flattering picture, sans double chin. This was taken this past December while we (members of our Regiment and their spouses) were having a wonderful 18th century dinner at The Kings Arms Tavern in Williamsburg. I was living a dream come true.
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Posted - February 24 2007 : 4:51:51 PM
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| See what I mean?? |
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but rather to skid in sideways,
totally worn out, shouting
'...holy sh*t ...what a ride!'
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