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he Angelica Civil War Re-enactment was supposed to return to the village in Allegany County this month, following a two-year hiatus because of Covid-19 restrictions. But organizers announced last weekend that it's been canceled again. They blamed New York's new gun laws which they interpret to mean that period re-enactors carrying muskets could be charged with a felony. "Black powder weapons are not excepted from this ban. Possession of a firearm in public is now a felony," a message posted to the re-enactment group's Facebook page Sept. 4 said. "After obtaining a legal opinion, it was determined that we could...

"Subject to execution by firing squad!" The words rang out this weekend in a Siberian field near the border with Kazakhstan. "The decision is final and cannot be appealed." Three men with Kalashnikovs and military uniforms seized a third man wearing peasant clothing and shouting "I repent!" and "They forced me to do it!" Two shots were fired. The man fell to the ground. "Death to traitors!" a voice shouted through a microphone, as the crowd began to applaud. The guns were fake, the man acting, and the WWII uniforms part of a family oriented history festival at which this...

A New York City lawmaker's plan to regulate antique firearms like other weapons could have severe economic repercussions for museums and historical societies around the state and prevent hundreds of living history events and re-enactments staged every year. If passed in its current form, the proposal by Democratic Assemblyman Michael Gianaris of Queens would make the state the first in the country to require owners of antique guns, black powder weapons and muzzleloading firearms to go through a background check and purchase a license, said Ralph Walker, a legislative specialist with the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association.

While running for Senate against Bill Weld in 1996, a lot of the same issues that dog Kerry now were part of the political landscape. To placate some concerns, John Kerry allowed reporter Charles Sennott of the Boston Globe to watch five hours of his homemade video that was taken while he was on the Meekong Delta in Vietnam. The article, which is entited: "The making of the candidates: JOHN FORBES KERRY" was published on page A31 of the Globe on 10/6/1996. In it, Kerry admitted that he had used a video camera while in combat and had reenacted many...

Hello All, For you that can attend an event in Ventura County... please support this if you are able... = "Veterans Day Historic Re-enactmenty Event in Ventura Nov 11th 04, 12 noon." Private James Sumner, Comp G, 1st US Cavalry has passed away. His funeral procession & burial Re-enactment will be VETERAN'S DAY, NOV 11TH 2004, at 12 NOON. Starting at San Buenventura Mission (Mission Park) in downtown Ventura where 3 Presidents of the US: President A. Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and US Grant will join the funeral procession going EAST on E. Main Street to end procession at St. Mary's...

The History Channel is going to air a new historical series entitled DECISIVE BATTLES including some classic wars between ancient Persian armies and Roman and Greek ones. The History Channel goes on location to the actual battlefields and integrates cutting-edge videogame technology to bring history and imagination together in the new series DECISIVE BATTLES. The half-hour series DECISIVE BATTLES premieres Friday, July 23 at 9-9:30pm ET/PT. The series is hosted by Matthew Settle (Band of Brothers) on location at the ancient battlefields and features expert commentary from the world©s foremost historians. DECISIVE BATTLES is unlike any series The History Channel...

ELECTION 2004 Controversy over Kerry's re-enacted war scenes DNC video uses home footage taken with future career in mind -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: July 28, 2004 2:45 p.m. Eastern -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com While a swift-boat commander in Vietnam, Sen. John Kerry filmed re-enactments of combat which Democrats plan to use in the official video introducing their presidential nominee tomorrow night in Boston. During the Vietnam War, Sen. John Kerry filmed re-enactments of combat scenes with a home camera. A new book, "Unfit for Command," written by John O'Neill, who took over Kerry's swift boat, PCF-94, charges the Massachusetts senator carried a...

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Civil War to be replayed Perryville expects thousands By Cindy Schroeder The Cincinnati Enquirer PERRYVILLE — To mark the 140th anniversary of the Battle of Perryville, more than 5,200 “troops,” 400 horses, dozens of cannon and 25,000 spectators will descend on this central Kentucky town next weekend for the largest reenactment ever staged of the pivotal battle. Just as wounded soldiers filled every building of any size in Boyle County after Kentucky's bloodiest Civil War battle, hotel rooms in nearby towns were booked four months before the Oct. 4-6 reenactment by tourists from 23 states and five countries, tourism officials...

VANITY--Having seen several Civil War re-enactments, some in the South and some north of the Mason Dixon line, having seen the big business growing out of these programs be they memorabilia, home cooked-era recipes, Civil War music, uniforms, weapons replicas, and the thousands of people who watch and participate, I have been wondering. For the most part we are reliving the distant past which points up a particuarly shattering and bloody period of American history. We are often, as spectators or participants, able to add all aspects into this equation: entertainment, drama, tragedy even comedy. It is almost as if...