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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). Membership is open to families and 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 officers and make other routine
organizational decisions. We have an annual Christmas party summer cookout and historical trip. 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 Some one from our staff will get in touch and let
you know more about what we do
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