Description As history lovers count down the days till the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, Hartford history teacher Israel Provoncha presented his lecture "Interpreting Historical Interpreting: The Evolution of Revolutionary War Reenacting" to the Hartford Historical Society on June 11, 2025. He described how the hobby of reenacting goes back to the Romans reenacting Greek battles, up to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, U.S. Civil War veterans reuniting to relive Pickett's Charge fifty years after facing each other during the Battle of Gettysburg, up to presenting details about his genre, the American Revolution. He described the layers of authenticity, sewing his own clothing, acting as an extra in films and attending events from "just down the river" at Fort #4 to Waterloo. From a raw recruit doing everything wrong, to now having his own children toting wooden muskets, his story lifts the mists of time to reveal a consuming interest in how the past really was.