European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hie opposite of Tab is authentic 4rmy Hia Lorian to Enactor Dan Peterson on the ramparts at Saalburg a reconstructed roman fortress near Fra Murt. World class re Enactor nothing Art about Dan Pete by Don Tate stall writer y of have to look  says the authentic examining pictures on the Ball ool Waterloo the unit May look pretty goo from a distance bul notice they be got Iho wrong kind of mussels thai s a percussion Musket the percussion Musket was t invented until the 1830s Waterloo was ib15 so those Are incorrect muskets " incorrect muskets thai s a no no even worse in s Farbish or at least la Blike Call Dan Peterson anything except fair. He might pick up his roman sword and take an authentic whack at you in historical re Enactor s Lingo Farb is Short Tor fake phony  Peterson explains in his office a the 3rd armoured div museum at Drake Cavern. Frankfurt the opposite of Tab is  he says shaking his head with some disdain he notes that there Are of course degrees of tartness and that the worst degree the historical pits is to be classified As hopeless Farb Peterson an army historian and chief curator at the largest us. Military museum in Europe is Atso commander of the living history of Europe club and a world class re Enactor nothing is More pleasing he says than to re enact some great Battle like Waterloo. Using a thousand soldiers and to gel in right right Down to the buttons the warriors wore. And few things Are More disappointing to this history Buti than to see in done wrong or even sort of right sort of right won t Hack it in Peterson s league i museum Quality re enactment is what we re after. Peterson and his fellow re a factors will Drudge around in Feudal Knight s Armor so heavy they can scarcely move in that s what it takes because if that s the Way the org finals did it Back in 1190. Then mat s the Way the to Cna Clors will do s made for Contact tenses. I m a history addict he confesses i admit St. If it s not right Al s not Worth it. No centurions can t be seen trolling around in modern spectacles because those spectacles did nol then exist " Peterson. 31, has been interested in the of old Days since he was a kid sending mighty legions on the March with toy soldiers creating great Battles that turned history around. Now a civilian he got his Start As a military historian and curator White in the army. Some people get excited by Reading exciting books Peterson s excitement is not to just read about it but to bring in Back alive there Are some very Good historical re Enactor a tubal across Europe Peterson says but there Are also some real Farb y outfits. That s been particularly True of civil War groups. A True re Enactor would make sure he got the right weave of Wool the stitches in the uniform just i so the proper weapons and the ranks Lull of private because that s what most of them Wera. J but a Larb if he was going to be a Confederate Page 14 the stars and stripes