Stonecutter
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I'm with a reenactment group that is active in both F&I and rev-war events. My question is, do any of you carry multiple persona to fit two different times or have you developed one that is usable over that 30-40 time line?
The thought I've always had was to portray a German immigrant farmer. Since we started doing things that were about 30-40 years apart, I wasn't sure how to keep the same persona for both activities (I'm actually in my mid 50's). My son does reenacting with me (as does my daughter), so one thought was to play the father for F&I and the grown son for rev war. My 17 year old would be the "young son" for F&I events and the "new son" for rev war. The reason for the German farmer stems from my heritage. My last name is Steinmetz which translates to, you guessed it, Stonecutter (e.g. my username). My clothing is all late F&I so I've always told people it was made well and passed down whenever I do rev war stuff. My bangstick is a homemade early Lancaster,PA style, but I'm also getting ready to go after an early style Jaeger (or Jager depending on where you come from ) which would probably be more appropriate for a German immigrant. I haven't really built up a story line yet, as some of you have, but my thoughts have gone toward trying to find an actual German farmer living in the PA area at the time (by visiting local grave yards in the Bucks and Northampton counties in PA) and then trying to do research on that person to build from there. From other formum member's experiences, is that too much work? Should I just make something up and try to base it on historical events?
The thought I've always had was to portray a German immigrant farmer. Since we started doing things that were about 30-40 years apart, I wasn't sure how to keep the same persona for both activities (I'm actually in my mid 50's). My son does reenacting with me (as does my daughter), so one thought was to play the father for F&I and the grown son for rev war. My 17 year old would be the "young son" for F&I events and the "new son" for rev war. The reason for the German farmer stems from my heritage. My last name is Steinmetz which translates to, you guessed it, Stonecutter (e.g. my username). My clothing is all late F&I so I've always told people it was made well and passed down whenever I do rev war stuff. My bangstick is a homemade early Lancaster,PA style, but I'm also getting ready to go after an early style Jaeger (or Jager depending on where you come from ) which would probably be more appropriate for a German immigrant. I haven't really built up a story line yet, as some of you have, but my thoughts have gone toward trying to find an actual German farmer living in the PA area at the time (by visiting local grave yards in the Bucks and Northampton counties in PA) and then trying to do research on that person to build from there. From other formum member's experiences, is that too much work? Should I just make something up and try to base it on historical events?
