THE
NEW ENGLAND BRIGADE
Reminder:
Reenactor Roll of Honor Class of 2024 Nominations
Nominations for the class of 2024 of the New England Civil War Events Reenactor Roll of Honor must be submitted in writing to the NECWE Coordinator via this site between January 1, 2024 and September 1, 2024. Limit one nomination per person. Nominations may be made for military, civilian or support personnel in three categories: current, retired, and posthumous.
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Please submit the nomination including the candidate's name, ranks, units, and a family contact (if a posthumous nomination) with a narrative as to why the nomination should be considered.
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The recipients of the 2024 New England Civil War Events Reenactor Roll of Honor will be announced at the last (New England) event of the 2024 season.
Posted on 3/7/2018
Official Statement by the New England Brigade
UNITY STATEMENT
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Last summer and fall (2017) protests against Confederate monuments and other monuments to men connected to slavery extended to Civil War reenactments. Much comment was made that symbols of the Confederacy … Confederate battle flag, statues, monuments … belong in a history museum not in public areas of display. It is important to understand that Civil War reenactments are living history museums.
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Civil War reenacting is about remembering the past, not the promotion of modern agendas and beliefs. The purpose of Civil War reenactments and living history displays is to bring to people the memory of a time when the United States was so divided the country was almost destroyed. Over 600,000 Americans died to settle their divisions. Both North and South were Americans. The result was the destruction of slavery, the foundation of future civil rights for many in the 14th and 15th amendments, and a stronger, united country.
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Civil War reenactors are focused on remembering this divided time, and in the current feeling of division in our country to remind all where such division can take us. Reenactors hope more than anything that a living history display or a battle reenactment will spark a few of the thousands that view them each year, both young and old, to further research on the causes, experience and consequences of the Civil War.
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So, the flags and uniforms at a Civil War living history event or battle reenactment are being displayed in a museum, a mobile living history museum, and, as any museum, the purpose is to educate and inspire those who view it to appreciate and understand history, even the darker episodes. It is perhaps the darkest episodes, the most divisive episodes in history, that we must truly remember.
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