The footage that was taken by Channel 12 the Saturday we were at Old World Wisconsin made it into the final cut for their Christmas special, which aired at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 19th.

Click on the link below to view the video:

http://sipleymess.org/media/Sipley_OldWorld.mov (5 megs)

http://sipleymess.org/media/Sipley_OldWorld.avi (24 megs)

The members of the Ol' Sipley Mess will be featured in a Christmas special being produced by WISN television in Milwaukee. The special will feature Christmas around Wisconsin; and the camera crews were out at Old World Wisconsin the day that the mess was there for the Christmas program at the museum. We were told the production will air on  December 19th at 8:00 p.m.

I have found it rather fascinating, after moving forwards in the hobby late last year, the large amount of misinformation that is being circulated throughout mainstream Civl War reenacting about progressive living history. Even now, in a day and age where we are supposed to be practicing tolerance for others, C/P/H (Campaigner/Progressive/Hard Core) Civil War living historians are still considered a pariah in the hobby by many mainstream reenactors. Why is that? And, more importantly, what is it that they think about us that makes us a target for their hostilities?