Date Of Event: February 24, 2018
Location: Mallary Complex, Eastern States Exposition Center (1305 Memorial Avenue
West Springfield, MA)
Cost: $10 per person (2 day passes are also available for $20)
Parking: $5 to park for the day. Parking is ample.
Website: Northeast Reenactors Fair
Highlights: Items and people in costume from various eras
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The Eastern State Exposition Center in West Springfield. MA, was in a time warp the last weekend of February.
The Northeast Reenactors (formerly the New England Reenactors) descended upon the Big E to show off their attire, sell their era-appropriate merchandise and celebrate the days of yore.
There were reenactors of every era in costume at the fair.
While there were reenactors from every time period, there were quite a lot of Vietnam War era reenactors.
The weapon in this photo, an M29 Mortar, is still used today, with some slight modifications. If you never thought you would ever use geometry, think again. The trajectory of the projectiles use a lot of geometry and other mathematical formulas to direct the mortars accurately. Also, it took five people, yes five people, to operator (the squad leader, the gunner, the assistant gunner, first ammunition bear and the second ammunition bearer). One of the projectiles can be seen to the right of the M 29.
There were also vendors selling their wares. Many of the products being sold were home made replicas of the items of previous eras.
There were also various displays of the popular attire, books and other items from the various eras.
Check out the cameras used during the Vietnam era. Maybe I should consider trading in for one.
It was such a big event, even two presidents showed up.
President Madison
And, of course, President Lincoln.
If all that wasn’t enough, there was also entertainment at the reenactors fair. Singers performed a variety of songs from the past.
Below is a video of one of the talented performers.
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