Why do you reenactment / Living History

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I see there are some of you who have different motivations. Just for the poll, the thing is also to find out: What is the major motivation, the one that gives you most. :-)

Oooooo!! Sharp pointy things!!! :mrgreen:

But seriously, while I have many motivations, but am not a qualified teacher, or academically educated historian, I like to try and be correct in what I say to the public at event's.
I may not be able to quote the volumes of Vegetius, or Tacitus at will.
However, I do like to think i can take the relevant points that apply to what we do at shows and put them into layman's terms.
i don't believe in pretending to be a craftsman showing the public gear that is in-authentically
constructed, and claiming it is what they did. i try to explain to the best of my ability what the differences were between real artifacts and the ones I may have.

But mostly, it is meeting the like minded people, and enjoying trying out the kit and all that goes with re-enacting! (such as correcting typo's on RAT)