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Warlike along the rapidan7/7/2023 The thinking was that coming out of the 150ths, we would raise larger numbers to justify this arrangement even though prior to the 150ths, as a community, we were successful using a "battalion vs. It is my observation that one of the negative "by-products" of the 150th efforts was the desire to raise brigades instead of battalions. The 150th Events were neither and they left us with some unfortunate side effects. There is a reason we call our circuit "Events By Us, For Us". But you can see where I am going with this. For many of us, these events were some of our best memories in recent years. We had to do them and did so with our usual zeal. Now, I am not saying that we shouldn't have done the adjuncts. While these adjuncts were excellent for us, the benefits went to the organizers and not to us. There were some obviously successful efforts, such as the 15th Iowa at Shiloh in 2012, Murray's Brigade at Gettysburg in 2013 and 40 Rounds at Bentonville in 2015. For five years, the "mega" events monopolized our schedule. In my opinion, those events, in which we raised adjuncts, hurt us. In hindsight, the 150th Anniversary events did not help authentic living history. In fact, we are growing and getting stronger. I am happy to report that on the authentic living history side of the ledger, this is decidedly not the case. The narrative goes something like this: "With the retirements of aging Baby Boomers, recent press about taking down Civil War monuments and lack of new Civil War pop culture, we are losing more people than we are gaining". There has been a lot of talk in recent years about "The Death of Civil War Reenacting", especially since the conclusion of the 150th events. THE CURRENT STATE OF AUTHENTIC CIVIL WAR LIVING HISTORY
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