My passion for Living History Reenactment!

My passion for living history is to learn and educate others on how people lived and survived in the past. I am committed to help preserve history for our children and their children to come.

 Here, I am living in the 1900's as the Housekeeper of the Hearthside Mansion. The housekeepers and the Butler pretty much runs the daily activities of the house. They were in charge, so to speak.

 Many of the duties of the housekeepers, was to make sure all meals were served on time and all went well in a timely fashion.


 
Many time I have taken on the role and duties as an laundress. Teaching young people that every chore was done with much effort. It took great strength and endurance. These duties were not a glamorous one, but must have been done never the less.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- My favorite role was that of the cook.  I enjoy historic cooking and have done much research on Hearth cooking . 
I have a lovely Colonial kitchen at the Hearthside Manson that I get a chance to teach what it was like to prepare the daily meal of the era.

 

 

 

 

After a hard days work,one must always take time out to enjoy a cup of tea. That is my motto.

Civil War reenactment is a very interesting part of history for me,  As an African American and Native American, I would have been a slave in the time of war. I am a southern girl by heart and would have been loyal to my Southern heritage.

 What is great about teaching history, is you do not have to take sides. 
In teaching about the North and South conflict, one must have an open mind to understand the people and their feeling on what was going on at that time..

 

Another part of teaching, is the teaching of the "History of Mourning" 

 The mourning fashions of the Victorian era was much different in the Civil War times.
 The traditions and rituals of the early 1800's mourning chanced during the war. You can find more about this by Goggling it.

Reenacting times and people of the past has so much rewards for me. I have learned so much by taking on these roles and living them. What better way to learn?

 New role and era for me. 
The 1700's.  This last past year, I was asked to portray a fortune teller from the 1700's. The attire was very different from the 1800's. The first thing I had to learn, was to dress myself..

  

I think I did well. It was quite interesting. Just another part of history. More to come......