Dressing up and History

Here's a picture of my daughter and a friend dressed for a trip to Sturbridge Village, which replicates a nineteenth century New England town. Emily and Geneva were a little older than they'd been when they formed the Laura Ingalls Wilder Fan Club. They drew posters for the walls: Ma rocks! Laura rules! On another wall were pictures of the Spice Girls.




Writing about by-gone days has a lot in common with playing dress-up. We try on another's clothes, lean into history, then step out, step in, ...