Mary Louise Eklund

Tag: reenactment

  • It’s The Old Days Again

    It’s The Old Days Again

    You know that Mike hast to go some where on nice weekends. This time it was a reenactment over at Silver Lake in Kenosha County. Of course we got in the faithful old Mustang, put the top down and took off. When we got there we discovered a nice park not far from our house. A quaint reenactment set just before the Revolutionary War broke out. Here’s the photos from the day.

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    This was the first thing that caught my eye. This barefoot little girl ran past us and down the back of the tents. I loved her costume! She was adorable.
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    This was a pewter smith demonstrating how he made eating utensils. If you click and hop over to my Flickr account you can see some of the many trinkets he has made with his 100s of pewter molds.
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    Well I assume you know what lace is but a lucet is a tool used in making cords.
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    This tent had some beautiful handmade furniture for sale. Lovely stuff!
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    This gentleman explained how to fire the cannon, the different types of shot used and when they were used in battle, then took the scouts through a drill enacting the process of firing.
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    The don’t tread on me flag was flying.
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    The storekeep in the tent in the background there had a very floral ensemble whose hat only made me think that he looked like he had been sleeping. Also I loved the lady walking by in historic garb.
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    Red coats took off their red wool coats and slept outside their tents on the unusally hot day.

    As always you can click on any photo to be taken over to my Flickr account. There you can see more images from the day. Until next time!

  • Pike River Rendezvous

    Pike River Rendezvous

    Pike River Rendezvous on Simmons Island in Kenosha, Wisconsin

    Yesterday I went to Simmons Island here in Kenosha.  I went to the Pike River Rendezvous.  It is a historic reenactment of life in the late 1700s and early 1800s in this area.  It is open and free to the public.  The reenactors like to share their stories, history, goods, and services.  There was a battle with pirates on the shores of Lake Michigan.

    I’d like to thank all the participants that were nice enough to allow me to photograph them and their things.  So many were gracious to allow it and look forward to seeing themselves there.  If you stop by please say hi.  I’m sorry but I lost my notes on who is who.  I would so like to give you credit for being such a gracious host/hostess.

    Pike River Rendezvous on Simmons Island in Kenosha, Wisconsin

    Oh one nice thing for me is I got to drive the Mustang.  Mike had taken the car to the airport to go on his long weekend of active duty.  Aaron had taken the truck to go to work so I got to take the lady out for a drive.  I didn’t put the top down because there was a prediction of storms rolling in about 11am or so. Don’t worry honey I was careful and even parallel parked her just fine.

    Pike River Rendezvous on Simmons Island in Kenosha, Wisconsin

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