July 25, 2011 - PPM - Civil War Re-Enactments

This week's PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) is Civil War Re-Enactments.

This is a Grand Year for those Civil War re-enactors. It was 150 years ago that the War between the States began.

The top headline this past weekend was that many “re-enactors” from the Battle of Manassas walked away because of the intense heat and humidity.

Really? Seriously? How soft have we become?

These Re-Enactors should be called Re-Losers!!! I'm surpassed they were able to pry themselves away from their XBOX and find their way out of their Momma's basement.

The REAL soldiers had to handle heat, humidity, and wait for it, wait for it,…. REAL ammunition and REAL death.

They faced disease, infection, and worse. If they were wounded, they had limited medical attention, and no anesthesia or medic-vacs. A flesh wound could be, in fact, fatal. Many had appendages sawed off, where today the limb is saved.

These re-enactors are retreating faster than any Confederate or Union troops on record because of the weather.

It's a good thing that they didn't have to choose between a Star Wars movie premiere and their re-enactment battle.




One may argue that the re-enactment might serve a purpose to educate this generation as to who won the Civil War. But if you ever travel through the south, many state governments still proudly fly the Confederate Flag or at least they issue an replica to every pick-up truck along with their gun rack.

They may display the flag, but the Confederacy lost. It would be like Osama Bin Laden claiming victory because we spent trillions of dollars to find him in a country that is an ally. OK - bad analogy.

The only re-enactment that I would ever participate in would be the 1983 invasion of Grenada. Great War: one day, done by noon, and then off to a Caribbean Beach.



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