When my son was in the Navy he was friends with a nice southern boy who was big into re-enactments. He and I sat and talked for hours about it and it really sounded fascinating. He told me his favorite place to re-enact was Gettysburg. Told me some fascinating stories of ghosts and battles going on again that would wake them in the middle of the night. I am in a very historical area of Penna and about 1/2 mile down the road is the Swetland Homestead. I'm not a big history buff but it's supposedly been there since 1700's or 1800's. They have restored it and at Christmas time it is beautiful. There are woman in dress of the day cooking in the kitchen using an old old fireplace. The Christmas tree even has "real" candles burning on it. Once a year in the summer they have all these people come in a re-enact a battle. It's very interesting seeing these guys walking around in those old uniforms, living in tents and cooking and just doing everything as if it were back then. ellen ps...........My trip to NYC yesterday was nice. Ground Zero was sad, but it's more like a construction site now with all kinds of construction noise. I took pics if anyone would like to see them email me and I will send them, hopefully they will be legible I'm not the best photographer LOL