Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot
That being said, as someone who makes his living with history, I sometimes worry about the "quasi-history" in movies, on television and at renfaires, Civil War reenactments, etc. Yes, enjoy life, don't take it so seriously, but the thing that worries me is that many visitors to these kind of events will never read a history book about the subject, and will base their knowledge of the Civil War, etc. on what they see alone, which makes a bigger mess that we in the history field have to attempt to clean up.
Yes, that is a sad situation Todd. Unfortunately, there's not much you can do except to try to educate them (if they're willing). It's bad enough when even history books don't always agree, let alone when entertainment throws its version into the works.