Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Scott,

Thank you for your message. We frequently would be asked why NPS did not allow mock combat scenarios on national battlefields, and respect to the fallen was the number one reason, as well as safety issues and damage to the archeological record.

I have an excellent article by an academic historian named Edward T. Linenthal entitled "Committing History in Public" that deals with the challenges faced by NPS and others who manage historic sites in balancing the memorial aspect of said places, while at the same time striving for historic authenticity and academic objectivity.

T.
Unless I'm mistaken, the 150th Ft. Sumter event will be the first ever re-enactment on Federal park land.