{"id":109,"date":"2013-06-10T15:02:16","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T19:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redrovers.org\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2016-04-05T17:36:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T21:36:40","slug":"living-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/redrovers.org\/?page_id=109","title":{"rendered":"Living History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redrovers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/history.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-113\" src=\"https:\/\/redrovers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/history.jpg\" alt=\"history\" width=\"912\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redrovers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/history.jpg 912w, https:\/\/redrovers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/history-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Periodically through the year Captain Shackelford\u2019s Company of Alabama Red Rovers presents Living History Demonstrations for Schools, Festivals and Historical Sites. Living history is an activity that incorporates historical tools, happenings and dress into an interactive presentation that seeks to give observers and participants a sense of stepping back in time. Some of the Living History Demonstrations that Captain Shackelford\u2019s Company of Alabama Red Rovers specialize in are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>CAMP COOKING<\/strong> \u2013 Cooking over an open fire just like the Pioneers did<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>COINS AND CURRENCY<\/strong>&#8211; coinage of the period, including American, Mexican and Spanish<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>CURANDERISIMO<\/strong> \u2013 Mexican Herbal Medicine<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>FIRE STARTING<\/strong> \u2013 Starting a Fire using Flint and Steel<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>FLAG OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION AND REPUBLIC<\/strong> \u2013 Set of 20+ full-size historicaly based flags<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>MEDICAL DOCTOR<\/strong> \u2013 demonstrations and tools of the trade of a 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century Doctor<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>MILITARY DRILL<\/strong> \u2013 Step into the rank and file of the Texian Army<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>PERIOD GAMES<\/strong> \u2013 Soldiers passed the time with games like; Nine Pin, Chess, Cards and Dominoes<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>QUILL WRITING<\/strong> \u2013 A quill was used to write all of our founding documents, try your hand<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>RANCHING HERITAGE<\/strong> \u2013 An explanation of South Texas Ranching through Branding Irons and Roping<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>SHOOTING DEMONSTRATION<\/strong> \u2013 Learn how a muzzle loader works, both Flintlock or Percussion ignition<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>TAVERN<\/strong> \u2013 Experience a historically accurate tavern, like where most of the revolution was staged<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>TEXAS TRACKS<\/strong> \u2013 an overview of the native Texas wildlife that roams or inhabits Texas<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Periodically through the year Captain Shackelford\u2019s Company of Alabama Red Rovers presents Living History Demonstrations for Schools, Festivals and Historical Sites. Living history is an activity that incorporates historical tools, happenings and dress into an interactive presentation that seeks to give observers and participants a sense of stepping back in time. Some of the Living History Demonstrations that Captain Shackelford\u2019s Company of Alabama Red Rovers specialize in are: CAMP COOKING \u2013 Cooking over an open fire just like the Pioneers did COINS AND CURRENCY&#8211; coinage of the period, including American, Mexican and Spanish CURANDERISIMO \u2013 Mexican Herbal Medicine FIRE STARTING \u2013 Starting a Fire using Flint and Steel FLAG OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION AND REPUBLIC \u2013 Set of 20+ full-size historicaly based flags MEDICAL DOCTOR \u2013 demonstrations and tools of the trade of a 19th Century Doctor MILITARY DRILL \u2013 Step into the rank and file of the Texian Army PERIOD GAMES \u2013 Soldiers passed the time with games like; Nine Pin, Chess, Cards and Dominoes QUILL WRITING \u2013 A quill was used to write all of our founding documents, try your hand RANCHING HERITAGE \u2013 An explanation of South Texas Ranching through Branding Irons and Roping SHOOTING DEMONSTRATION \u2013 Learn how a muzzle loader works, both Flintlock or Percussion ignition TAVERN \u2013 Experience a historically accurate tavern, like where most of the revolution was staged TEXAS TRACKS \u2013 an overview of the native Texas wildlife that roams or inhabits Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrovers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrovers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrovers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrovers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrovers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/redrovers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":475,"href":"https:\/\/redrovers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions\/475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrovers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}