[stainlessbanner]

Is nothing sacred anymore?

[stainlessbanner]

Bump

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[Constitution Day]

Not sure what to think about this.
My first thought... I don't like it. Don't like it one bit.

Good night,
CD

[vetvetdoug]

I used to organize reenactments and the costs are extremely high. I think this is a novel idea and helps defray the costs away from participants and the spectators. For instance, the liability insurance alone for a small reenactment of roughly 1000 reenactors fifteen years ago was $12,000. I will never organize another reenactment, the time involved was too much for one that has a real job.

[patriot5186]

and logos will not be allowed on the battlefield
for a moment there i had pictures of nascar-like logo covered soldiers converging on one another

[stainlessbanner]

I never got a chance to talk about investment portfolios while I was in camp because it was inappropriate to do so,'' LeBoeuf said

Modern-day carpetbagger. Trying to take over and run things where he shouldn't be.

[Capriole]

I know it seems disgusting. But Revolutionary War reenactments have had corporate sponsorships for some time. This past winter, for example, some splendid Revolutionary events were sponsored by local banks and other corporations, and their assistance allowed the participants to put on a far better event, involving and affecting far more spectators and educating the public about our magnificent history. Meanwhile, the RevWar reenactors themselves, who for the most part put a tremendous amount of time, energy, and MONEY into this hobby, don't have to pay an additional fee to participate and often enjoy other perquisites, like food and shelter, on the corporation's tab.

Civil War reenactments are staggeringly expensive to stage. Even the small events require organizers to put in a full-time effort for many months--not something an employed person can do. When there are 15,000 reenactors, 125 cannon, and perhaps 60,000 spectators to organize, you can understand why corporate sponsorship is becoming necessary. Within the last few years we've seen that the people who enjoy this hobby want one big megaturbo-farbfest event each year. But if corporations don't foot the bill, they won't happen. And that means that many Americans won't have the chance to learn about nineteenth-century history and material culture through this medium.

That said, I have to add that as a reenactor I prefer the tiny by-invitation-only hardcore events during which we immerse ourselves in the life of the nineteenth century.

[aomagrat]

Hmmmm...

How long before these corporate sponsors bow to the NAACP and demand the Confederate flag be removed from the re-enactments.

[billbears]

I'll pass on this idea. These are companies that also fall into the targeted company size of shakedowns by the likes of Jesse Jackson. They start getting involved, I imagine you would see an immediate change in the presentation on the battlefields