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Originally Posted by Brianna
In Confederates In The Attic Tony goes to many a re-enactment. The guys were all "super hard core" meaning they totally LIVED like the soldiers, eating what they ate, wearing home-spun clothing, the whole enchilada. They scorned those who didn't go all the way with the re-enactment bit. For some guys, this is pretty much all they do all year long.
like climbing Mount Everest, it sounds like mental illness.  |
For some reason I seem to have a number of friends whose
brothers are into this reenactment cure. They say the same thing as you, some of the guys even put leeches on themselves or chiggers or bedbugs or some crazy-ass shit like that. There was one guy who was, let's say extra portly, and he wanted to be a confederate soldier. He was completely scorned and shunned because according to the battle they were reenacting all the confederates were starving and skinny, not barely fitting in their uniforms.