Official Twitter for documentary film, Reenactress, focusing on cross-dressing female Civil War reenactors who portray soldiers. Tweets by director @jr_hardman.
Our director @jr_hardman was interviewed on the most recent episode of the @HistUnErased podcast: UnErasing LGBTQ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ History & Identities talking about gender-bending and transgender Civil War soldiers. #LGBTQhistory#CivilWar#USHistory#Education
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For #GivingTuesday2022 make a tax-deductible donation to the @Reenactress Documentary, which will tell the forgotten #HERstory of the women who hid their identity to fight as soldiers during the #AmericanCivilWar.
Help them finish post-production now: https://t.co/C2NnQ4ouS8
@BrooksWalsh She CAN participate as a young person and as an adult! Hereโs a photo of me in uniform and Col. Elaine โLeroyโ Wood Wallace! Anyone can be involved in reenactment and living history. Thereโs a place for her! #civilwar#reenacting#womensoldiers#HERstory
Today in 1865, the Lincoln Funeral Train departs New York City for the next destination, the state capital of Albany. Here's the story.
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Itโs Transgender Awareness Week. Are you aware that a trans / non-conforming person named Albert D.J. Cashier served a full 3-year enlistment in the U.S. Civil War? What other trans people do you know who have been ignored from history? #TransDayOfRemembrance#TransAwarenessWeek
160 years ago tonight, Lincoln greets some "Wide Awakes" in Springfield. He expresses joy at being elected, but advises: "Yet in all our rejoicing let us neither express, nor cherish, any harsh feeling towards any citizen who, by his vote, has differed with us...."
Cathay Williams was the first documented black woman to enlist in the U.S. military in 1866. She disguised herself as a man and enlisted as William Cathay. Her monument stands outside the Richard Allen Cultural Center in Leavenworth, KS. #VeteransDay#WomenVeterans#Monuments