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So what is the LHANC Inc...? We are a living history home for the
family… The Living History
Association of North Carolina, Inc. (non-profit) is a "mainstream" living
history organization that portrays the 30th North Carolina Troops, Company
"K" (infantry) from Mecklenburg County NC. Membership is open to
families as well as individuals. Our members include current and retired law
enforcement officers, history teachers, skilled craftsmen, college students,
state employees, active reserve military, EMT’s, a college professor and
several small business owners. Our group has three published authors. We
regard our membership as an extended family. Most of
our members live in the southern Piedmont region of North Carolina, we also
have members in Raleigh and Wadesboro areas of North Carolina and as far away
as Maryland. We participate in historical events and battle re-enactments in
North and South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Georgia. We have several
membership dinner meetings near Concord, N.C. each year. At these meetings,
we vote on our re-enactment schedule, elect our staff and make other routine
organizational decisions. We have an annual Christmas party, summer cookout
and work in a historical field trip when we can. We generally
participate at one or two events each month so our membership can chose those
that best fit their schedules. Our events include weekend battle
re-enactments, living history programs at local museums, school programs,
memorial services and monument dedications. Our living history programs
educate the public and raise funds for Civil War history preservation
projects. We ask that our members participate in at least three weekend
battle re-enactments each year in addition to our meetings. Our
military organization, Company "K", 30th North Carolina Troops, has
been active in the re-enactment community since 1985. We are a charter member
of the 1st North
Carolina Battalion and affiliated with the largest Civil War
re-enactment group in the nation: the Army of Northern Virginia. Because some re-enactment events
require groups to occasionally portray both sides, the 30th NCT participates
as 38th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry two or three times per year. As
dedicated historians, we feel that the service of all Civil War soldiers,
Union and Confederate, should be recognized and honored. We are first and
foremost a North Carolina Confederate infantry organization. Participation as
Union infantry is optional for our members The
30th NCT is in partnership with the Boy Scouts of America Venture Program.
This program allows qualified boys age 14 and 15 to participate as infantry
soldiers. These young soldiers must have parental permission and be
physically and emotionally mature enough to handle firearms. They must pass
our height, manual of arms and military standards. Boys 14 and older with
musical talent (bugle, fife, drum) may also enlist as musicians. For
younger children and ladies, our Colonel Francis
Marion Parker Civilian Alliance provides an opportunity to learn
and teach various aspects of Victorian life and Southern civilian life during
the Civil War. This participation allows family and friends of our military
members to share in the hobby. The Civilian Alliance serves in a supporting
role for the military company. We encourage families and Civilian Alliance
members to camp with us and participate in all of our programs. Civil
War reenacting has been popular since the American Civil War Centennial
(1961-1965). Many of those early re-enactors are "aging out" of the
hobby but still wish to remain active. There are also those interested in
reenacting who, for one reason or another, cannot withstand the more rigorous
aspects of the hobby. In order to answer this need, several members of the
30th NCT also participate with the North Carolina State Militia and Home Guard. Our militia
company participates in less physically demanding events including living
history displays, memorial ceremonies and some limited battle re-enactments.
The service of North Carolina’s citizen-soldiers is a much neglected part of
Civil War history. Please click on the link below, fill out the
questioner and let us know a bit about you Someone from our staff will get in touch and
let you know more about what we do and how
we can get you on the field!
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The Living History
Association of North Carolina (L.H.A.N.C.) is a non-profit, non-political
educational organization that is registered with the North Carolina Department
of Archives and History, Historic Sites Section |
