Tag: Great Depression

  • Arthurdale New Deal Festival 2010

    Arthurdale New Deal Festival 2010

    The 2010 edition of the Arthurdale New Deal Festival took place on July 10. As usual, Eleanor Roosevelt was there and was accompanied this year by her husband, the President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt. For those of you who don’t know, Arthurdale was a planned community which was proposed by Eleanor Roosevelt…

  • Adding a Civilian Impression

    Adding a Civilian Impression

    In getting ready for Arthurdale  Heritage’s New Deal Festival this coming weekend, I have been forced to do something that I have been wanting to do, but have been putting off for some time: developing a  period civilian impression. Admittedly, this is a new area for me and I welcome any advice from the readership.…

  • Invitation: 1930s Living History Reenactors

    Invitation: 1930s Living History Reenactors

    We received this inviation from our friends at Arthurdale Heritage today: Arthurdale Heritage and the New Deal Festival planning committee would like to invite living history hobbyists and reenactors to dress up in their 1930s “Sunday best” and come out to the New Deal Festival in Arthurdale, WV on July 10, 2010. We’re looking for…