re-enactment
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re-enactments
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the process, act, or instance of re-enacting something.
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an event at which people re-enact a historical event, particularly a battle.
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New York’s Fort Ticonderoga is hosting a three-day re-enactment of the Northern Continental Army’s preparations to defend its new nation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
She said opera did not feel "like an artform from a different era", adding: "I think that's where people get put off, thinking this is an historic re-enactment rather than a work of art."
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
This past weekend, it hosted a re-enactment of an 1850s tent town, complete with costumed actors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
He was among several who filmed a harrowing re-enactment of the fall of Saigon.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
Fresh rigours would become necessary; the re-enactment of the penal code would not be sufficient.
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by James Godkin
Communities across the country are pulling out all the stops with historic re-enactments, concerts and dazzling fireworks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Renzi uses dozens of scenes from Sheen’s films to illustrate his life story, along with a few judiciously employed re-enactments.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2025
That heralded a series of re-enactments, military flyovers and memorial services in several locations.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
Court proceedings also have featured re-enactments by lawyers and witnesses of the confrontation, including basketball passes and simulated punches between Morant and Holloway’s lawyer.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
We have a series of re-enactments on this subject just about the middle of the fifteenth century.
From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh
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