Old, fat farbs of the Civil War

Posted on April 12, 2011 | Comments Off on Old, fat farbs of the Civil War

The Civil War reenactor community gets more ludicrous by the day.

This latest compilation of pictures of these stern-faced, white-haired, pot-bellied pretend soldiers at today’s 150th commemoration of the firing on Fort Sumter shows the trend. They’re less reminiscent of real Civil War soldiers than they are poster boys for the 21st century’s geriatric obesity epidemic.

UPDATE:  A more important (in the long run) anniversary of the day was Yuri Gagarin’s Vostok 1 flight into orbit and return, fifty years ago, the first time anyone had done that.

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0 responses to “Old, fat farbs of the Civil War”

  1. jdallen's avatar jdallen | April 13, 2011 at 5:48 am |

    It IS pitiful, ain’t it? I hate to say it, because I am a Fat-Boy, too, but dang.

    At least they do remember the war, and even sort of correctly, which is more than I can say for lots of folks.

    jd

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | April 13, 2011 at 10:17 am |

    I doubt there’s a Southerner yet who doesn’t remember it. Northerners? Well. But if this reenactor business is ever going to be meaningful, these guys are going to have to go on a diet.