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So, who is the LHANC Inc...? We are a living
history home for the entire family… The
Living History Association of North Carolina, Inc. (non-profit) is a
"progressive" living history organization that portrays the 30th
North Carolina Troops, Company "K" (infantry) from Mecklenburg
County NC. The term “progressive” means we are more involved in improving our
authenticity in the hobby. Membership is open to families
as well as individuals. Our members include current and retired law
enforcement officers, school teachers, skilled craftsmen, college students,
state employees, military veterans, EMT’s, college professor, airline pilot,
several small business owners, and our family has three published authors. We
regard our membership as our giant extended family. Most of our members live in the southern
Piedmont region of North Carolina. We also have members in Raleigh and
Wadesboro areas of North Carolina and as far away as Maryland. We participate
in historical events and battle re-enactments from North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Georgia. We have a membership meeting
once a year where, we vote on our re-enactment schedule, elect our staff and
make other routine organizational decisions. We also plan other activities
such as our annual Christmas party, summer cookout and work in a historical
field trip when we can. We generally participate at one or two
events every month or two so our membership can choose those events that best
fit their schedules. Our events include weekend battle re-enactments, living
history programs at local museums, school programs, memorial services and
monument dedications. Our living history programs educate the public and
raise funds for Civil War history preservation projects. We ask that our
members participate at a minimum in three weekend battle re-enactments each
year. Our military organization, Company
"K", 30th North Carolina Troops, has been active in the
re-enactment community since 1985. We are a charter member of the 1st North Carolina Battalion and affiliated with the largest
Civil War re-enactment group in the nation: the Army of Northern Virginia. Because some re-enactment events
require units to occasionally portray both sides, the 30th NCT participates
as 9th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry two or three times per year. As living
historians, we feel that the service of all-American Civil War Soldiers,
Union and Confederate, should be recognized and honored. We are first and
foremost a North Carolina Confederate infantry organization. For younger children, men and ladies,
our Colonel Francis Marion Parker Civilian Alliance
provides an opportunity to learn and teach various aspects of Victorian life
and Southern civilian life during the Civil War. This participation allows
family and friends of our military members to share in the hobby. The
Civilian Alliance serves in a supporting role for the military company. Civil War reenacting has been popular
since the American Civil War Centennial (1961-1965). Many of those early
re-enactors are "aging out" of the hobby but still wish to remain
active. There are also those interested in reenacting who, for one reason or
another, cannot withstand the more rigorous aspects of the hobby. In order to
answer this need, several members of the 30th NCT also participate with the North Carolina State Militia
and Home Guard. Our militia company participates in less
physically demanding events including living history displays, memorial
ceremonies and some limited battle re-enactments. The service of North
Carolina’s citizen-soldiers is a much-neglected part of Civil War history. Please
click on the link below, fill out the questioner and let us know a bit about
you Someone
from our staff will get in touch and let you know more about what we do and how we can get you on the field! |
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The Living History Association of North Carolina (L.H.A.N.C.)
is a non-profit, non-political educational organization that is registered with
the North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Historic
Sites Section 2019 |
