tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post6960473643175971771..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Revolution Comes to Sturbridge?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-25999190286002335342008-07-29T10:00:00.000-05:002008-07-29T10:00:00.000-05:00Thanks. :)Thanks. :)Robert S. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208771657848284055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-1948824356296569572008-07-29T07:32:00.000-05:002008-07-29T07:32:00.000-05:00I'll be getting there Saturday night. Should be fu...I'll be getting there Saturday night. Should be fun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-41450713632013932062008-07-28T20:09:00.000-05:002008-07-28T20:09:00.000-05:00I didn’t realize you’d made the move. Welcome to N...I didn’t realize you’d made the move. Welcome to New England!J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-35868533886280507202008-07-28T19:51:00.000-05:002008-07-28T19:51:00.000-05:00Regardless, I think I will attend this. The 1st NH...Regardless, I think I will attend this. The 1st NH is there, and I'm interested in joining.<BR/><BR/>Plus I haven't done anything "historical" since moving here.Robert S. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208771657848284055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-31392198171236310072008-07-28T14:56:00.000-05:002008-07-28T14:56:00.000-05:00Yes, Old Sturbridge Village wasn’t created from th...Yes, Old Sturbridge Village wasn’t created from the remnants of a real town, like Colonial Williamsburg, or made in the model of a lost settlement, like Plimoth Plantation. It was a collection of interesting historic buildings the founders collected. <BR/><BR/>Originally, tourists were supposed to drive around in their cars, looking at those structures and enjoying how much better their lives were with modern technologies. The physical shape of the central village is still set by that model, with an oval path around the green unlike real New England villages. <BR/><BR/>I think every historic site on that scale is trying to balance the dictates of history and “heritage,” or a feel-good past which usually brings in more money. <BR/><BR/>When I was there this month, one of the horses pulling a stagecoach (possibly one pictured on your blog) fell down. Some visitors who knew horses coaxed it back up, and it returned to the stable, apparently okay. But that sort of sight, and the droppings the horses left behind, were useful in reminding me of how much of the past Currier & Ives chose not to preserve.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-51699722677573604252008-07-28T12:17:00.000-05:002008-07-28T12:17:00.000-05:00OSV is a delightful place--we had a lot of fun the...OSV is a delightful place--we had a lot of fun there this summer with our 8-year-old. But is is an odd duck in the first place--a recreated village that never existed in the first place. My impression was that OSV is tron between trying to accurately present the history of an era and giving tourists what they want, which is a bucolic vision of the past, a Currier and Ives print come to life. <BR/><BR/>I <A HREF="http://northwesthistory.blogspot.com/2008/05/public-historyold-sturbridge-village.html" REL="nofollow">blogged about our visit here</A>, with tons of pictures.Larry Cebulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798046652983001155noreply@blogger.com