living history

noun

1. any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past

Example Sentences

This is part of America's living history and present — the Republicans in the South are rolling back civil rights and voting rights laws to bring back a 21st-century version of Jim Crow at the ballot box.

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"They flatlined the economy and left us with the worst cost of living crisis in living history and a £22bn black hole, so I won't be taking lesson on the economy from them," he said.

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The sets from the second series of the drama, which follows King Henry VIII's top minister Thomas Cromwell, have been passed onto people including film students and a living history event.

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Most of the scenery went to the White Horse Military Show - a living history event that takes place in Wiltshire.

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At the same time, because it takes place over many years, with much elided, the series can sometimes feel abstract, especially when it moves away from Dolours — a history lesson in bits and pieces, rather than living history.

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