I though you and Bridget and the rest of the Dovecote Crest community (which is what we are, right?) might like to see what is happening with an active reenactment group in my home state of Maine. If I were still living there, I’d probably be a member. People in Mexico, where I live now, don’t know or care a lot about our Civil War, having gone through their own bloody revolution less than 100 years ago. Even so, my students pay attention when I talk about it and show clips from “Gettysburg.”

Here’s the link:

http://www.sunjournal.com/story/320876-3/Franklin/Musketry_history_humor/

I think it’s great that a reenactment of Little Round Top was considered to be a feasible fund-raising event. It also also speaks well of the historical literacy and interest of Maine people. I used to work at Bates College, where reenactor Glen Lawson (mentioned in the article) is a history professor. Whereas Charlie in the comic felt she had to make a choice between academic history and Dovecote Crest, Glen has managed to have it both ways.