I love it when my studies meet my real life!

[1863_project]

Okay, the history camp I volunteer at during the summer just got better this year. Check out Week 2:

Step into the shoes of a child living in the 1850s! Learn about the time when “cotton was king” with different activities, including: building a simple machine, spinning and weaving, and playing that “new” game, base ball. At the end of the week,

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[samuraikitten]

wow.. so you like baseball and the Civil War... holy shit how much more awesome could you get? I am obsessed with the civil war!!

[1863_project]

It's a lot of fun to research...I really want to get into the Cooperstown archives to get at the really early 1860s records, because that's what I'm trying to work with. (I actually play by 1860s rules with my reenacting group when I'm back on campus...it's so fun!)

[samuraikitten]

cool!!!

I am a huge Gone With the Wind/Beulah Land freak.. you have no idea LOL

[1863_project]

I absolutely love the strategy that goes into everything...I'm actually planning to be a military historian, although my favorite period is actually the Napoleonic Wars (I need to go to grad school to take care of that bit...!). I love reenacting, though...it's such a joy.

[samuraikitten]

nice :) You rock!!

[1863_project]

Aww, thanks! (It's nice not to be called one of those 'reenactor freaks' once in a while...)

[samuraikitten]

I'd do it if I could :)

[1863_project]

Oh, I wish you could - it's so fun! (Everything is annoyingly expensive, though...that part's a real pain, but the rest of it is fun...)

[samuraikitten]

It'd be sooo worth it to wear a effing costume

[1863_project]

It's definitely fun! I'm still getting used to the corset business, though (not that I wear the corset when we play baseball, but...).