The
Monterey Pass Battlefield Association
& the Catoctin Civil
War Heritage Society is forming a new committee for the
Mountaintop Heritage Days. What's the committee about? It's about
getting re-enactors of all time periods together and displaying our
skills and knowledge to the public. As a re-enactor and living
historian myself, this event has lots of room to grow and become an
enjoyable function. We want you and your group to do what it does best
and that is to educate the public. This would a great place to get
people interested in joining your unit and getting your organization's
name into the public eye as newspapers always interview re-enactors
and living historians.
We want each re-enactor who participates in the
Mountaintop Heritage Days to keep coming back. We always strive to
think about our heritage and history and this is our number one goal
as a community. We want tourist who visit Heritage Days to relive our
heritage if it be Colonial, Civil War, World War Two, or a non-military
impression such as civilians. Also we are also looking for other organizations who
offer different time periods of American History that would be
interested in participating and it
doesn't have to be military either for families to enjoy it. For
example: A mountain man or a colonial hunter impression would be great
for this area, since hunting has played an important role since the
founding of this country. This is a subject that is often forgotten with the
modern age and is always endangered. Mining Copper ore during the late
1800's played an important role in the area as well the railroad and
big resort era.
What is it that we are looking for? We are looking for Authentic re-enactors to participate in the Mountaintop Heritage
Days at the Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. and Cascade, Md. area. No
registration fee and all activities are coordinated with the Heritage
Days Committee. The Mountaintop Living History Committee is designed for
the purpose of demonstrating life of a time gone by. With so many
festivals and re-enactments in the area during the summer, it's
getting harder for us to find new groups that are willing to come to
the Mountaintop Heritage Days.
We are seeking authentic groups that portray Civil War period
soldiers for the Monterey Pass Living History held at the Rolando
Woods Lions Club Park. Please no first hand
impression of Generals. Generals are nice to look at, but not what we
are looking for. We want to demonstrate the life of an average
soldier of the American Civil War and the equipment he used during the
Gettysburg Campaign. Knowledge of the Gettysburg Campaign is always a plus.
With Fort Ritchie now a prime topic among the
community,
we are now seeking World War Two re-enactors weather your American
or German to participate in any activities held within Fort Ritchie. The Maryland National Guard built
Camp Ritchie in 1926. By World War Two, Fort Ritchie was taken over by
the War Department and used as a Military Intelligence Training
Center. Intelligence officers and interpreters were trained there
before being sent overseas. Fort Ritchie is most remembered by the
Ritchie Boys. Several thousand German Jews were forced out of Germany
during the beginning of Nazi controlled Germany. Many came to the U.S.
and joined the U.S. Army and were trained at Fort Ritchie and took
part in the D-Day operations. As part of the Military cutbacks
President Bill Clinton had Fort Ritchie shut down in 1998.
If your unit or organization is interested in
displaying a Living History,
please feel free to let us know.
