they are fun to watch]
What is fun to watch?
war reenactments
Ahhh...I found out that there were people reenacting the Civil war before the real fighting had ended.
sad
Time magazine actually did research and one year they found that there were more than 50,000 reenactors in the U.S.  That's pretty amazing.
wow that very good info
the 125th Anniversary reenactment near the original Manassas battlefield, which was attended by more than 6,000 reenactors. That year, "Time" magazine estimated there were more than 50,000 reenactors in the U.S.
In 1998, the 135th anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg took place near the original battlefield. There have been several estimates on the number of participants, but it is widely agreed that it was the largest re-enactment ever held anywhere in the world, with between 15,000 and 20,000 re-enactors participating. This
the Nine Years' War, was staged in 1934 as part of 6-day long show.
In America, modern reenacting is thought to have begun during the 1961–1965 Civil War Centennial commemorations. After more than 6,000 reenactors participated in a 125th anniversary event near the original Manassas battlefield, reenacting grew in popularity during the late 1980s and 1990s, and there are today over a hundred Civil War reenactments held each year throughout the country.
Reenactors.
Most participants are amateurs who pursue history as a hobby. Participants within this hobby