Her War

Interpreting Women's Lives during the American Civil War

Category: Living History

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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Black Check Wool Dress

I had planned to have this dress done for Welbourne, but it didn’t happen so it’s first outing was at Remembrance Day in Gettysburg (more about the weekend in the next blog entry). I had found the fabric at Affordable Fabrics in Connecticut for $2.99 a yard. As with several things at this store, you’re never quite sure you have a 100% or a synthetic blend. I did a burn […]

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