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News Flash! Brian and Robin Mead once were FARBS!!!!
Stephanie McKinnell & Nancy Eddins Farb pictures!
Gordon Jones & Lisa Lewis Farb pictures!
Gordon Jones, Marshall Burnett, Frank Edwards, Myers Brown, and Pard
Here's proof!
Yes, we all had to start somewhere! In Robin's defense, this was her second
event ever. There's no excuse for me, I had been reenacting for 3 or 4 years
by this time. Ahhh, sometimes it's nice to look back & see how truely
far we've come.
Here is a picture
of me from Resaca a year or so earlier. For all you guys who are wondering,
I did waste Claude Levet's time, and my money on this photo. Note the Georgia
seal on the kepi, the CLEAN white haversack, the untarnished cup, and the
CLEAN uniform. Not to mention, the BAD cut of the uniform! Look at the cut
of the sleeves, the somehow bluejeans patterned trowsers. To top it all off,
it was hmmm, how shall I say- Tuscaloosa Grey with French Blue Cuffs! Ooo,
La La - how exotic! I thought I was the mostimpressive sight-straight out
of history! ARRRGGGHHH! Man, I'm glad that phase of my reenacting history
is now history!
Here we are at our
first event as "Hard Core" reenactors. As memory serves, this was
the 130th anniversary of the battle of Resaca, in the spring of 1994. I was
wearing a borrowed Columbus Depot jacket. (Thanks to Brian Kepner of the First
Florida/15th US) Of most important note is the hat! I had done a HUGE job of
reworking the shape (pushed in the top, brim readjustments, correct lining,
etc) since the first photo! Yes, it's the same hat! Since this picture, Robin
has basically rebuilt her dress. Buttons on the cuffs to make it possible to
roll the sleeves for washing clothes, added more panels to the skirt, shortened
the skirt by a couple inches, readjusted the fit of the bodice, and much more.
civil war : living historians in action