07-13-2008, 05:05 AM
I will gladly get a LEG XIIII GEM shield and attend any event that Dan puts on. I am well aware of his contributions to the hobby over the past 20+ years and he has always been a gentleman in person, taking time from his busy schedule to help new re-enactors, and old alike, as well as coming to events all over to set up and help other units.
Yes, the LEG XIIII GEM in Germany was made up of real soldiers, some of whom didn't stick with the hobby, but then, so many of the Americans in Germany at the time were actually real soldiers or their families and support. Is that a crime? I know many of us continued in the hobby and brought others into the hobby because of the initial work of Dan Peterson, long before there were other groups websites, and well before the Internet.
I don't mind letting egos sit on the back burner and picking up the local unit's shield and following their rules and drill commands, whenever there is an event. I would be interested in joining Caesar's Tenth Legion at their events.
I have been in this hobby for a few years and I am amazed at the egos and back-biting when someone tries to get people to all work together.
Dan was at the Lafe event this year with a few of his group, and he was supportive and helpful and very easy to work with. I wish other people could put down their personal legion banners and fall in with whatever group is the host for an event instead of trying to force people to accommodate their unit for someone else's event. Maybe we could have events with 80+ in the ranks and less centurions and tribunes and such on the sidelines. (Yes I am often on the sidelines, but I try to show up for some guard and formations, being a very old and slow recruit.)
Thank you Dan Peterson, for all you have done for the hobby, and thank you Matt Amt and many others, but I remember Dan promoting the hobby before there was Public Internet, and anyone who hasn't looked at his book, first published in 1992?, missed out on something many re-enactors still use. His articles in "Soldiers" magazine in the 1980's and various wargames magazines are collectors treasures today.
I think there are too many egos for One National Legion, but I applaud the idea and effort.
Yes, the LEG XIIII GEM in Germany was made up of real soldiers, some of whom didn't stick with the hobby, but then, so many of the Americans in Germany at the time were actually real soldiers or their families and support. Is that a crime? I know many of us continued in the hobby and brought others into the hobby because of the initial work of Dan Peterson, long before there were other groups websites, and well before the Internet.
I don't mind letting egos sit on the back burner and picking up the local unit's shield and following their rules and drill commands, whenever there is an event. I would be interested in joining Caesar's Tenth Legion at their events.
I have been in this hobby for a few years and I am amazed at the egos and back-biting when someone tries to get people to all work together.
Dan was at the Lafe event this year with a few of his group, and he was supportive and helpful and very easy to work with. I wish other people could put down their personal legion banners and fall in with whatever group is the host for an event instead of trying to force people to accommodate their unit for someone else's event. Maybe we could have events with 80+ in the ranks and less centurions and tribunes and such on the sidelines. (Yes I am often on the sidelines, but I try to show up for some guard and formations, being a very old and slow recruit.)
Thank you Dan Peterson, for all you have done for the hobby, and thank you Matt Amt and many others, but I remember Dan promoting the hobby before there was Public Internet, and anyone who hasn't looked at his book, first published in 1992?, missed out on something many re-enactors still use. His articles in "Soldiers" magazine in the 1980's and various wargames magazines are collectors treasures today.
I think there are too many egos for One National Legion, but I applaud the idea and effort.
Caius Fabius Maior
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