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10 Items Tagged with "living history"

Name	Description	Copyright
Advancing Forces on Journey Through Hallowed Ground	The Union forces advance amid gun powder and smoke at Ball's Bluff Battlefield during the battle's 150th anniversary.	Copyright © October 22, 2011 Rob Shenk.
Heart of Chesapeake Country Heritage Days at the Dorchester County Visitor Center	Vernetter Pinder, a Harriet Tubman re-enactor, sings gospel songs to a group of on-lookers at the Dorchester County Visitor Center.	Public domain.
Men in Costume for a Living History Program	These men dressed as Civil War soldiers fire off a cannon in a living history program for visitors to Bent's Old Fort.	Public domain. Photo by Bent's Old Fort National Park Service
James Monroe's Ash Lawn-Highland	Located near Charlottesville, the estate of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, and his wife Elizabeth, features a sweeping front yard filled with living history enactors.	Public domain. Photograph courtesy of Ash Lawn-Highland
The Annual Homeplace Wedding	Visitors to the Homeplace are treated to an annual special event, the 1850s Homeplace Wedding, where costumed enactors bring the past to life.	Public domain. Photograph by Randy Waltrip
The Centerpiece of the Homeplace Living History Farm	Wood fires warm the house as smoke flows from the chimneys of the double-pen 1850s log cabin at the Homeplace Living History Farm.	Public domain.
Living History at Santa Fe Trail Days	Reenactments and living history activities are popular forms of entertainment at the Santa Fe Trail Days Festival.	Public domain. Photo by Wyvonne Phillips
Scotty's Castle	Built by a flamboyant mine promoter in the early 1900s, Scotty's Castle is open for "living history" tours offered by the Park Service.	Public domain. Photo from National Park Service
Female Participants of a Shepherdstown Living History Event	Dressed in historical dress, two women and a young girl holding a rag doll pose before a background showing signs of autumn.	Public domain. Photo Courtesy of Travel Berkeley Springs
Living History at Bents Old Fort	Two visitors talk to an actor portraying a soldier at Bents Old Fort.	Public domain. Photo by Wyvonne Phillips Graham