I'd be very interested if anyone knew more of this particular reenactment that I spotted on Jack's site. Mansfield veterans re-enacted WWI battle at Central Park (1921) It got me thinking of how often such things have been re-played for entertainment in the past, from bloody conflicts in the Roman arena, to spectaculars put on for Queen Elizabeth, and maybe even the wonderful Naval Battles as seen at Peasholme Park in Scarborough since c.1927. Reenactment obviously isn't a new thing. Any good examples from history? ~A
On the 50th Anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg (1913), the surviving veterans of Pickett's Division re-enacted their famous charge. The Union veterans of Webb's Philadelphia Brigade met them at the famous stone wall, where they all shook hands.
Eglinton Tournament of 1839 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Interesting reenactment with some political background.
On the 50th Anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg (1913), the surviving veterans of Pickett's Division re-enacted their famous charge. The Union veterans of Webb's Philadelphia Brigade met them at the famous stone wall, where they all shook hands. Lovely stuff: Pickett's Charge--The Last Attack at Gettysburg - Google Books And the Eglinton Tournament has a persistent fascination. A real shame that photography wasn't commonplace then, as I'd love to see some of the interpretations of what a Knight was.
TTH,i have spotted this one a couple of years ago.Brilliant. GETTYSBURG Reunion - YouTube I love that one.
More pics from the Gettysburg reunion on today's Grauniad site: Civil war veterans at Gettysburg anniversary in 1913 – in pictures
Battle of Quebec re-enactment (200 years) By the Royal Sussex Regiment, 35th Foot: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/back-to-quebec/query/royal+sussex Documentary: The war journal 35th Foot (including maps and Drawings) http://archive.org/stream/sevenyearswarjou00flet#page/n1/mode/2up
The 1946 film Theirs is the Glory featured veterans of Arnhem re-enacting the battle ... Theirs Is the Glory - Wikipedia
Been there done that. In 1994 I organised a Battlefield study of the battles of Minden and Hastenbeck. I am the chap with the C18th spontoon - courtesy of the Museum of Minden. You may see a couple of generals in the ranks and a very distinguished historian as left marker...
Reenactment or battle pagents were a standard part of the inter-war Aldershot Tattoos. This is the 2nd Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regt. re-fighting the siege of Namur at the 1934 tattoo... Vauban Walts !
A stylised reenactment of sorts: "‘Tag der Deutschen Kunst’ celebration of “2,000 years of Germanic culture” where draped floats (one of them carrying a 5 meter tall golden Reichsadler) and thousands of party activists, in historical costumes, paraded down Prinzregentenstraße for hours in the presence of Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Albert Speer, Robert Ley, Reinhard Heydrich, and many other high-ranking members of the government, with minor events taking place in the Englischer Garten nearby." From this blog: Das Haus der Deutschen Kunst
Swastika on the middle horse's blanket is backwards. I wonder what happened to the guy responsible for that?
Guards beginning 1971 display with demonstration of C19th maneuvres. 'Battle Royal' 1971 - c.20s in: Regimental Multimedia Archives and links - History and Archives - Film and video - Regimental Multimedia Archives and links - History and Archives - Grenadier Guards (Via @ChrisBalster on Twitter)
WW1 battles were reenacted in the US as early as 1918 whilst the real thing was still going on in France. At both the San Francisco and the Chicago Expositions trench lines were dug and these were stormed by a large number of men accompanied by the British Mk IV tank Britannia. There was much smoke and explosions and many blank rounds fired. There had been a proposal for a similar event in Central Park NYC in 1917 but there had been significant objections from the citizenry to this on the grounds of the damage it would do to the landscape.