No soldier, living or dead, likes the idea of people reenacting bloody battles, using his or her personal weapons or having strangers pretend they were in his or her shoes. The battle belongs to them and nobody else.
At first I used to think that battle reenactments were a good way of remembering our heroes, but then I started to receive strong impressions that they do not like them. It makes perfect sense from a logical standpoint. I also had insights that I could not have received from my own mind.
I knew I would never get this published in a Civil War magazine because reenacting is big business. People would just scoff at me and become very defensive. The only type of publication that might be interested would be spiritual or New Age.
All of my life I have felt strongly connected to that time period and found out later in life that I once looked like a famous Civil War widow. I began to open up the channels of communication and started receiving information.
They would rather have people donate the money they are spending on reenactments in hard economic times to help disabled veterans or to preserve battlefields for future generations. They believe that reenactments are a waste of money and can never replicate what they experienced. They seem to say why bother.
They don't like people using any weapons ever used in a war or reproducing these weapons for reenactments. These battles scenes bring back bad memories for them.
It is popular for people today to go to big events where they shoot off Civil War cannons, some of which have actually been used in battles. This is very upsetting to them. It especially bothers them when people laugh and joke around.
They have no problems with educational programs or plays where people wear period clothing. They are glad that speakers go into the schools to talk about history because they like to be remembered.
On a battlefield, some of them don't like people taking photographs of the fields where people died. Some cameras mysteriously stop functioning. They are glad when people read and study the monuments or respectfully try to connect with the past.
Battlefields are sacred places where many people died. They should be treated with reverence and preserved as quiet places where people can reflect on the sacrifices people made. Battlefields can also be used as farmland, but they should not be made into subdivisions or shopping malls.
I asked in a deep state of meditation what I could do to honor them, and received the following answer: "Be a true historian." This means studying both sides of an issue and coming to our own conclusions based on all available evidence. We should not judge them by our standards because they lived in a different time period.
Author Resource:-
My name is Linda Berch and I have been interested in the Civil War all of my adult life. I am a member of the George W. Lee Round Table of Howell, Michigan. I am also interested in spiritual phenomena. I can be reached at llb0987@att.net. I do not have a website.
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