A Meditation In Ink: Meditation 11.26.18

I live near two Civil War Battlefields - Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove. I have done the standard tour of Pea Ridge when I moved in but have yet to see Prairie Grove.
I may go to Prairie Grove this weekend, they are doing a battle recreation, the history of the reenactment should be interesting.
I am not a fan of the battlefields, they make me sad. I also struggle with the Civil War concept as well as the continued adherence to "the Confederacy" that occasionally takes place in the South.
After some research, I discovered that worldwide there are regularly held battle reenactments, and people have been recreating historical battles since before the Roman Empire. Most commonly used as a "living history", they are also used to evaluate historical combat tactics and strategic plans.
They still make me sad.
xoxo a.d.