Sunday, October 15, 2017

2017 TSC's First Annual Living History Day at UTRGV- Brownsville




 Dirk Yarker as a Roman soldier 63 B.C era
 Rob Ramaker as Knights Templar soldier 1187 A.D.
 A teen with 35 lb. shield
1530 Spanish Conquistador Eloy Garcia 

 Wade as a 1780 Revolutionary soldier
 1836 Tejano Revolutionary soldier
 1846 Mexican-American War soldier opens a medical kit to identify surgical tools inside
 Saw for amputations of bone-shattered limbs
 Infantry Shako
 1860s Bruce Kidd dressed as Civil War 1st Lieutenant Trans Mississippi  Confederate soldier
 Bruce Kidd displays yellow feather in hat and insignia that identifies him as a Lieutenant in Confederate Army
 Ruben Cordova dressed as a Lipan Apache scout during Civil War along the Texas border 

 1914-18 Jing Lou as a World War I infantry soldier dressed for trench warfare with gas mask close at-hand
 Bayonet attachment demonstration for close quarter combat
Haversack and blanket carried on back
It was a wonderful event with free hot dogs and refreshments.  They were all wearing heavy costumes, many made of wool, on a very warm day and were able to tell stories and points differing points of view and answer many questions.

Here a **LINK** to the Brownsville Herald article about this event.  

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