Historical Re Enactment Research Paper

The St.valentine massacre was a brutal killing. People say That Al “Scarface” Capone was the cause of the shooting that night.

The National D-Day Memorial is in Bedford, Virginia. The memorial recognizes the nineteen soldiers that died in the invasion of Omaha Beach from the Bedford's Company A of the Virginia National Guard's 116th Infantry Regiment. The memorial also recognizes all the other soldiers that risked their lives that day. The memorial was dedicated on June 6, 2001 in Bedford. D-Day was on June 6, 1944 when Allied soldiers under the orders of General Eisenhower attacked Normandy Beach in France. At the end of the day, the Allies got a foothold in France controlled by Hitler.

Mountain Meadows Massacre was emigrants coming from Arkansas to California.The emigrant were passing through Southern Utah in September 11, 1857.There are a total 120 emigrant they were killed by a group of Mormons with the help of local Paiute Indian. The people who survive were 17 children. A year later the 17 children were adopted by local families. The 17 children were 2 month to 2 or 3 years old. The mormon were kind enough to let the young ones lived. The mormon knew they wouldn’t remember when the mountain meadows massacre happen.

“Many historians consider the Battle of King's Mountain on October 7, 1780 to be the turning point in America's War for Independence.” (hankla)

On September 6, 1901 during a reception in the Temple of music, during the Pan-American Expo in Buffalo New York, a violent shooting accused. The guest of the reception were scrambling in hopes to escape the gun fire. Through all of the screaming and chaos, only one man was hit in this shooting. This man was hit twice, one grazed his ribs and the other hit right in his mid stomach, but before he was able to get a third round off, the gunned man was wrestled to the ground by security. Quickly after the man was shot, he was rushed to a local hospital. The doctors examined the wonders and found that there was no exit whole for the bullet that struck the man in the stomach. This meant they would have to retrieve the bullet in order for this man

The Mountain meadows massacre was a series of attacks on the Baker-Fancher emigrant wagon train, at Mountain meadows in southern utah. The attacks began on september 7 and culminated on September 11, 1857, resulting in the mass slaughter of the emigrant party by members of the Utah Territorial Militia from the Iron County district, together with some paiute native americans. The militia, officially called the Nauvoo, was composed of southern Utah's mormon settlers (members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). Intending to leave no witnesses and thus prevent reprisals, the perpetrators killed all the adults and older children-about 120 men, women, and children in total. Seventeen children, all younger than seven were spared.

Jamestown, VA was an English settlement founded in 1607 that was funded by the Virginia company. The first few years were known as the Starving years because people were in famine and there were even claims of cannibalism. It is also where Captain John Smith, a councillor in Jamestown, claimed to have been saved by Pocahontas, which is important because it created one of the first good relationships between settlers and Native Americans.

down, and the frightened soldiers fired into the crowd. When the shooting ended, several people

With the sun rising on a morning in May of 1636, roughly 500 Pequot men, women, and children lay slaughtered on the ground. This was the outcome of the Mystic Fort Battle. The Puritans in New England thought they were entitled to the land and resources that the Native Americans had. With the smallpox epidemic killing thousands of Native Americans who were not prepared for the disease, the Puritans; especially John Winthrop thought that this was God's way of telling the Puritans that this land was meant for them and not the Native Americans (Edwards).

A little more than 35 years ago, a man named Jim Jones shocked the world when he led almost 1,000 of his followers in an act of mass suicide; amongst those dead were more than 270 children1. On November 18, 1978, Jones and his followers drank Kool-Aid laced with cyanide in what he had presented to them as a peaceful escape to injustices of this world. The Jonestown Massacre was an incredible tragedy that sent waves through the whole world. Though the event was tragic, scholars have used our knowledge of what happened in order to deepen our understanding of cults, religions, and how both can influence people’s decisions.

at Wounded Knee 125 years ago, on Dec. 29, 1890, has been referred to as a tragedy, a battle, and most

In the year of 1827 the Cherokee Indians declared themselves a nation by drafting a constitution. “The discovery of gold was made just after the creation and passage of the original Cherokee Constitution” (“A Brief History of the Trail of Tears 1”). Aware that the native Indian land was in danger of being encroached upon by new settlers, the Indians went to the government to create an arrangement to protect their lands. “The Cherokees signed treaties ceding portions of their land to the United States” (Bjornlund 8).

The worst mass murder suicide was the Jonestown Massacre which happened on November 18th, 1978. Have you ever head the saying “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid?” this originates for the Jonestown Massacre, which killed over 900 members of the Peoples Temple. James Jones made a concoction of a powered drink, like Kool-Aid mixed laced with cyanide and prescription drugs. James Jones used psychological manipulation instead of physical force with the members of Peoples Temple.

Although some teachers are biased in a way that hurts some students, public schools in Oklahoma should re-enact the Land Run because it can help students understand history and teach us a live lesson about how we treated Native Americans. First of all, we should reenact the the land run because it can be “a fun and rewarding opportunity”(Beason,Jimmy). Doing a reenactment can be a great way for children to learn about history in a fun way. Some people disagree because it can be racist to some students and think of it as celebrating genocide. It can be seen as a racist unethical topic. However, the article Is It Genocide? Claims they are “working on a project for schools that would be called Oklahoma history day… it is a way kids can hear both

The grenade missed its intended target and exploded beneath the following car, injuring several people.