You Can Live History over American Flag

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Red banner with white text reading 'American History Education'

Red banner with white text reading 'American History Education'

You Can Live History!

Students dressed in Civil War ball gowns and formal attire for a Victorian Civil War Reconciliation Ball by You Can Live History.

A Victorian Ball

Since 1991, You Can Live History, Inc. has made American history interesting and fun for people of all ages. Over 100,000 students/people have participated in our reenactment events. We believe American history can be fun and exciting with education that involves interactive experiential learning.

See our “Historic Programs” page for our current offerings. Below are just a few examples:

Students, as Union Soldiers, firing prop guns at a Civil War Battle Reenactment.

A Civil War Reenactment

Group of children dressed in 18th-century costumes, including wigs and period attire, standing indoors in front of a blue wall with educational posters.

Group of children dressed in 18th-century costumes, including wigs and period attire, standing indoors in front of a blue wall with educational posters.

Dancers in Pioneer costumes dancing at an an Old-Time dance.

Group of five musicians playing instruments outdoors near a building with a sign that reads 'The Fort elevation 6,100'. They are dressed in Western or rustic style clothing, including cowboy hats, vests, and shawls. One man is playing a violin, another a guitar, another a violin, and a woman is playing a violin.

Group of five musicians playing instruments outdoors near a building with a sign that reads 'The Fort elevation 6,100'. They are dressed in Western or rustic style clothing, including cowboy hats, vests, and shawls. One man is playing a violin, another a guitar, another a violin, and a woman is playing a violin.

Four people dressed in traditional and historical Western or pioneer costumes, standing together indoors against a plain wall, smiling for the photo.

Four people dressed in traditional and historical Western or pioneer costumes, standing together indoors against a plain wall, smiling for the photo.

Four people dressed in cowboy attire dancing on stage, with two men and two women, all wearing cowboy hats and vintage-style clothing.

Four people dressed in cowboy attire dancing on stage, with two men and two women, all wearing cowboy hats and vintage-style clothing.

Historic Dances and Trunk Shows

Students at a Revolutionary War Battle Reenactment, marching in uniform across a field, with fencing and cannons along a road.

A Revolutionary War Reenactment

To understand the world we live in today we must know our history. We must live our history, learn from our history, and use our history for a better tomorrow. This is the mission of You Can Live History.

Darrell Osburn as a Revolutionary War Officer, standing in front of a military tent.

Photograph of four musicians in the You Can Live History Band, dressed in Civil War military costumes, holding their instruments.

Mike and Sharon Guli, in historic costume, attending a Civil War era ball.

Mountain Man Mike Guli, in buckskin outfit, holding his flintlock rifle, on a grassy field.

A couple wearing Lewis and Clark or Regency era costumes to a Ball.

Sharon Guli in an Old West Cowgirl outfit, with wide-brimmed hat, neckerchief, red blouse, leather fringed skirt, and lace-up boots, sitting on steps in front of a building.

A Mountain Man Trunk Show program, where Sharon Guli is dressing a student in an American Indian outfit.

A man and woman dressed in historical costumes, standing in front of American flags at an event or celebration.

Sharon Guli, in a Revolutionary War/Colonial day costume with white mob cap and apron, sitting and smiling as she teaches a Colonial program to a group of students.

Mike Guli, in a Mountain Man outfit of toque, green cloth shirt, buckskin pants, moccasins, beaded accessories and concho belt and pouch, tells stories of the Fur Trade Era at a program.

Sharon Guli, in historic Colonial costume, leading a Revolutionary War era Ball.

Sharon and Mike Guli in Civil War outfits in front of a building in Gettysburg, PA. She wears a silk gingham dress with black trims, a bonnet, and cape, and he wears a gray frock coat, brown vest, tan pants, and a derby.

An Old West cowgirl wearing a wide-brimmed hat, white shirt, leather vest and skirt, red neckerchief, and boots, standing in front of wooden stairs and building.

Sharon Guli, wearing a purple pioneer dress with an apron, teaching a Pioneer class at a school.

Group of students in Civil War uniforms, marching across a field in a You Can Live History battle reenactment.

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