Old FT Mac Days

The weekend after Fourth of July, Independence Day, Fort MacArthur, Los Angeles, CA has
http://www.ftmac.org/ Old Fort Mac Arthur Day with more than 70 different groups of historical re-enactors present. Groups acting as Roman soldiers, pirates, and all American wars were present. People show up on Friday and stay, camping out until Sunday afternoon.






















Groups camp in authentic style, Indians in teepees, Romans in tents, and First World War Germans in trenches! Some units bring vehicles, artillery and one year even an airplane. We spoke with several of the groups and they told us all about their units and individual equipment and weapons. This is an excellent way to learn more about history and get an infantryman's view of warfare. Many of the units have extensive weapons collections and they display them and even demonstrate them for the visitors. Gatherings like this happen all over the nation, particularly in the summer when the weather is nice. Visit a reenactment and you will get some good ideas about your wargame rules, vehicle conversions, and individual weapons, uniforms and equipment.






















This is a 1942 Ford car in authentic WWII era US Army markings. Typical of the type of vehicle used for administrative transportation all during the war on and around military installations. Most any late 1930's or early 1940's civilian car will work for this era.