Three Squares a Day

Artist launches national history reenactment website 

Project aims to bring history to life
By Rachel Beck, Lebanon Express writer                                                        
Have you ever dreamed about donning a corset and bloomers like a wealthy woman of the Victorian Era? Or driving a Roman chariot across the desert?Carrie Franzwa has. The Lebanon artist has [...]

This past weekend my son-in-law, David Meek, a high school history teacher and history enthusiast, presented our family with some genealogy research which he had done at Ancestry.com.   We were able to compare facts with some hand written notes contained in an old family Bible.
I LOVE learning family history, and hearing related stories.  It creates a special connection in my [...]

My local newspaper came across this blog, and they’re doing a write up on the LetsPlayHistory.org/.com project.  As this is a small town newspaper, it may take a week or two for the write up to find inclusion.   The newspaper reporter seemed genuinely enthusiastic, which makes me happy .  I think it’s a fun project, too!
K-Love [...]

Announcing the first LPH chapter of Horses Through History, which will head up interstate history reenactments that involve horses. The first reenactment proposed is a volunteer coast to coast Pony Express relay.
RIDERS WANTED!
If you’d like to be involved in any way, come join our Yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPHhorses/.  Also subscribe to our free newsletter, and we’ll [...]

Do you have a history based e-class, or event idea?  Please submit them here, or email me using the contact button to the right.  
FYI, Payout on the mini e-classes (pdf, streaming video, or Power Point) will be 95/5, with you (or your organization) keeping the lion’s share.  The 5% will go towards LPH programs and web support.   
Let’s [...]

I have decided to postpone the art auctions for two weeks, in order to work on two LPH promotional projects. 
The first will be a new squidoo lens (page) on how to turn one’s history-based daydreams into real, live events.  It is basically a planning guide for history themed parties or reenactments (for fun or for profit).  It will [...]

Must admit…history was one of the most boring subjects for me when I was in school.  I sure as heck don’t remember much of what I must have been taught. 
That all changed when I started following history out of natural enthusiasm for collecting certain antiques, namely Victorian/Edwardian era china, and classical art prints.
I’ve been online for about [...]