Her War

Interpreting Women's Lives during the American Civil War

Category: Gettysburg

Civilian Symposium Comes to an End

I’ll say it up front: The Civilian Symposium aka The Ladies and Gentlemen of the 1860s Conference has come to an end after 23 years of promoting authenticity and research in the living history field. Genteel Arts continues with workshops and lectures in locations throughout the country. This was a surprise to me but understand the need to let go and move on. I’m looking forward to Carolann’s presentations and […]

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Remembrance Day 2016

Remembrance Day in Gettysburg can be a lot of fun, as long as you don’t take it too seriously. It is not a living history event and the period attire runs the gamut of really good and “oh dear…” complete with several versions of Lincoln, Lee and, yes he wasn’t at Gettysburg in 1863, Grant. The last couple of years I have stayed at the Brickhouse Inn right on Baltimore […]

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