Agent 78 has just sent us a disturbing report from WGAL-TV, Channel 8, "covering Gettysburg like the dew". They reported on September 4th that the committee that organizes the annual Battle of Gettysburg reenactment says the re-enactment of the key battle of the Civil War won't be done again next year. Here's a clip from last year's event.
Too bad if you missed last year's re-enactment, because it may turn out to be the last of its kind. A leader of the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee, which staged the events for the past quarter-century, said the cancellation was due to a combination of factors, including:
- Aging re-enactors, causing a decrease in participation.
- Changing interests from Gettysburg visitors.
- The weather-dependent event creates risky economic dynamics.
And, he told the TV station, the hobby is moving toward smaller, living history types of events.
You have to wonder if the reasons given for the cancellation are the real reasons. Surely the decision has nothing to do with political correctness! Surely no-one would have objected to see a reenactor playing General Lee astride "Traveller", or Confederate battle flags waving bravely in the breeze. How could I think such a thing? Well, which flag did you see displayed in the clip?!
But who knows... Maybe it's just as well that the re-enactment has been cancelled. Anything "divisive" in an election year would be unthinkable, wouldn't it?
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