While many Americans stayed home to watch the Superbowl, others gathered to watch colonial ladies and gentlemen dance, or to examine replica (or authentic) weapons carried by World War I "doughboys", or to learn what it was like to be a member of the English Coldstream Guard.
The quoted number for SCA membership of 126,000 is wildly inaccurate, but overall the article paints a favorable picture of historical reenactment as a hobby. The event, which was open to the public as a way to showcase (and recruit for) living history groups, is planned to become an annual occurrence.
Reenactor Fest was the brainchild of Mike Boller, an enthusiastic World War II reenactor.
