Someone has to play the bad guy. Someone has to play the Nazi. Otherwise, how do you teach history? I heard this a lot. Whenever I would ask anyone portraying a German soldier at Rockford, Illinois’ ...

For Silt locals Lucas and Ethan Villarreal, history isn’t just read — it’s lived. The two brothers with a passion for the past are breathing life into the stories of World War II through the immersive ...

A WWII re-enactment at AuGlaize Village and Farm Museum on April 19-20 may interest history buffs, students and anyone interested in the time period. Here, re-enactors interact with visitors at the ...

D-Day Conneaut bills itself as the nations largest WWII reenactment and the world's biggest D-Day reenactment. Every August on a small Lake Erie beach in the far Northeastern Ohio city of Conneaut, an ...

Someone has to play the bad guy. Someone has to play the Nazi. “It’s a costume, man,” one guy in an SS uniform told me. They were also here as educators, as amateur historians. They also played Nazis ...

A World War II Pacific Theater reenactment will occur the weekend of July 12-13 at the American Heritage Museum in Hudson. The event will feature American and Japanese infantry camps, authentic gear ...

NOVO SELO TRAINING AREA, BULGARIA (April 23, 2023) – On 23 April, U.S. Army Soldiers from the Army Support Activity-Black Sea (ASA-Black Sea) stationed at Novo Selo Training Area (NSTA), along with ...

The guests of honor at this weekend’s Rails to Victory World War II reenactment and encampment in South Elgin are two men who experienced the war firsthand more than 80 years ago. Duane Stevenson, 100 ...

Someone has to play the bad guy. Someone has to play the Nazi. Otherwise, how do you teach history? I heard this a lot. Whenever I would ask anyone portraying a German soldier at Rockford, Illinois' ...

Fornell, for years, has been a lead organizer of World War II Days, and was briefly president of the World War II Historical Reenactment Society, which has 1,200 members, primarily in the Midwest.