Does anyone ever re-enact Pearl Harbor Day?
Yep.
My God. I guess if you can think it, some one is doing it. Thanks for fighting my ignorance and increasing my depression in one fell swoop.
E.T.A. I’m afraid to ask about Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What surprised me was some people go to the re-enactment but don’t do the battle part, they just camp out there in old fashioned tents and sleep on straw and wear old style clothes. If I go I want to shoot a musket!
They were at a Ren Fair. Ren Fair is historical reenactment in the same way that Disneyland is.
Know what I like about this thread? Some of you work my faire. 
WhyNot works a faire in my company’s stable. It’s fascinating to see how different people view different aspects of faire. If you work a booth, generally, your perspective is entirely different from someone who spends their time as an actor. If you do SCA, you tend to hate us, but there are always a few people who spend time with both events.
I was an actor when I first started 21 years ago, but now I’m management, and I’m quite certain that my perspective is very different than your average participant. I’m certain of this, because there are no shortage of people out there who have very interesting ideas about how things work around here and have no problem lecturing my face off about it as I smile and nod.
Also, Penn and Teller worked a faire at least once waaaay back. Won’t admit it, though.
I consider myself one of those few, though I haven’t been to a faire in AGES. Still, I never did understand Scadians who looked down on Faire folk - we’re all just geeks in silly clothes, playing slightly different games. The big difference, to me, is that the Faire is where you go to watch people dress in silly clothes and have fun beating each other up…whilst the SCA is where you cut out the middleman and just have fun beating each other up. 
There is plenty of room for the lot of us, to be sure!
Verily!
See, now what a great attitude! That’s pretty much how I see it, so I’ll remember you the next time someone in pvc armor gives me yet another lecture on how none of us over here are period. 
Um, hello? I wasn’t finished reading this thread. Keep talking, wouldja?
Most of the distaff (the women and children) don’t field at all, and some actually enjoy the open fire cooking, the sewing, and the companionship of the other distaff, and the troops. Many men can no longer field, so help in camp, or find a craft to demonstrate.
The muskets are great fun though. Amazing from a mechanical standpoint when you get them all apart, and realize that prior to the industrial revolution, they were all made by hand, down to the individual parts, which weren’t generally interchangeable, even between muskets of the same “design.”
Ok. 
I just found the thread, checked it’s pulse, and found it’s not too far into zombie land, so figured I’d add my $.02.
There are as many reasons for wanting to do it as there are folks involved.
For me, I was “dragged” into RevWar reenacting by my wife, who is an incredibly talented amateur seamstress. She was making some stays (18th century corset)“just for fun,” and ran into a reenactor. Then she found out that she could actually wear these clothes and learn more about the clothing construction of the day.
I found out I could add camping weekends, which would include my family (normally I went “modern camping” with my guy friends), and play with a new type of gun. All I had to do was wear some “funny clothes.” Turned out I love it, and have become far more interested in the late 1700s than I ever thought I’d be. The clothing is actually more comfortable than the work wear I’m in right now. I portray an American Loyalist, as a member of the King’s Rangers, Breakenridge Coy, which is a very interesting perspective to learn about. So many things have come to my attention that I never learned in school… even when I was listening!
I’ve recently moved up to an NCO role in my little company, helping the CO with a great many tasks, and I’m learning about drill, movement, and command of small unit tactics. It really makes me appreciate all that those involved in the “unnatural rebellion” in the 1770-1780s went through, and how much better the troops have it (material wise) today.
We have some modern items in our period tent, like an air mattress, and coolers so that we can practice some form of food safety, but generally, we live in the 18th century for a few days, and return to our normal lives. It’s a great family friendly hobby, that has helped me find a few great new friends.