Who's here?

Howdy!
I'm Vanessa (Taviannah from dA, for those of you who are there too). I'm a big military history fan, with the Civil War being first in my heart (Lora's news about doing a Civil War graphic novel has made me very HAPPY ), but the Revolutionary War is a very, very close second.

Fave scene? The "talk" between Alan and Knowlton, about what to do when a girl's gotten under your skin That, and Bea crying on Alan's chest...sigh. Sooo romantic.

I'm a homeschooling mom of a little girl (6), who is right now fascinated by the Civil War. We live in the Fredericksburg, VA area, so going battlefielding isn't a difficult thing. She has her little uniforms she dresses up in and hikes around the battlefields with me. We've touched on the Revolutionary War...we'll be going down to Yorktown sometime soon, and she's been to Williamsburg already. Guess I'll have to start sewing up costumes for that era too

I also write and quilt on the side. I just finished a book on the Civil War, and was starting research for one based on Long Island during the Revolutionary War...which is how I came across The Dreamer...

(And I'm extremely long-winded, especially when waiting for my daughter to fall asleep. I'll stop now )

Aww! Your daughter sounds adorable. And you rock for home schooling!

nessili wrote:
I'm a homeschooling mom of a little girl (6), who is right now fascinated by the Civil War. We live in the Fredericksburg, VA area, so going battlefielding isn't a difficult thing. She has her little uniforms she dresses up in and hikes around the battlefields with me. We've touched on the Revolutionary War...we'll be going down to Yorktown sometime soon, and she's been to Williamsburg already. Guess I'll have to start sewing up costumes for that era too

Welcome Homeschooler!!!!! I have to say, I've never gotten to dress up for Williamsburg, even though I'd live there if I could! I am however plotting trying to give the staff an emotional paridox...by wearing a coat made from Union Jack patterned fabric with my British Flag t-shirt! I just haven't found the coat yet...
BTW, have you been to Petersburg Battlefeild, (not sure if I spelled that right, it's the site of the Crater)? I went there last summer and it was AWESOME!!!!!!

Welcome Homeschooler!!!!! I have to say, I've never gotten to dress up for Williamsburg, even though I'd live there if I could! I am however plotting trying to give the staff an emotional paridox...by wearing a coat made from Union Jack patterned fabric with my British Flag t-shirt! I just haven't found the coat yet...
BTW, have you been to Petersburg Battlefeild, (not sure if I spelled that right, it's the site of the Crater)? I went there last summer and it was AWESOME!!!!!!

Homeschooling certainly is the best she's learning so much more than she would in regular school, that's for sure.

No, we've not been to Petersburg yet. so far we've just done the 2 main Fredericksburg sites (sunken road and lee's hill) and Chancellorsville. We'll likely hit Spotsy next. But I've done most of the Richmond fields (used to work out in Hanover county), Antietam, Gettysburg, Chickmauga/ Chattanooga, Shiloh, Bull Run, Brandy Station, Appomattox and a few other smaller fields...

About the coat--have you thought about just making it yourself? or having someone make it for you. Shouldn't be that difficult a sewing project....

(the picture is of my daughter in her Yankee uniform at a small reenactment in WV)


Okay, I'll stop hijacking this introductory thread now

OMG, if only my future offspring could be so cute!!

Thanks

She's not as tall as her musket yet, though. Couldn't have enlisted in the Revolutionary War!

was that the requirement? gosh, considering how long some of those muskets were, I'd never be able to enlist (I'm only 5'2.) I had enough trouble with my rifle when I did CW reenacting that they ended up giving me a carbine to use instead (that's a carbine she's holding, a real 1860 Gallagher--one of the Rebs who "captured" her let her hold it for the picture )

Yeah, the Brown Bess muskets were about 5' tall. You had to be as tall as your gun, and have at least three teeth to enlist, lol! (So that you could bite open the paper cartridge that held the musketball & powder.)

No minimum age requirement!

Well I'd meet the height requirements and I do have teeth, but given the grief I have gone through for my teeth I'm not sure I'd have had 3 by this age back then!!! lol

Hey guise!

I discovered this webcomic only a couple days ago, while doing research on my favorite Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton.

I've already read all the comics to date!

Anyways, a bit about me. I'm a International Relations major, with a minor in History. That's my goal at least, I'm still in college.

I'm 19, and from California. This isn't my first web forum, I'm a moderator on another site, Pixar Planet. I've had a life long love for history, especially American History. My favorite historical figures are Alexander Hamilton, Robert E. Lee, and Theodore Roosevelt.

I can't wait to start posting and make some friends!

Helloooooo Dreamerfans! ) Call me ilovefrederick because that's my username and I do! He's like my favourite character and I have no idea why.
Anyway, just finished the series last week and waiting for more! It's awesome, Comic chic ) Keep up the good work!

Hi! And your avatar is Luna which means you are AWESOME!!!

Hi Ilovefredrick! I second Caera's statment!!!

Greetings all!
I've been a Dreamer comic creeper for several months now, and comment only occasionally on the blog and updates. Probably high time that I introduce myself, I suppose

So I'm this geeky nerdy wacky crazy (etc etc etc..) fifteen-goin'-on-sixteen-year-old. I'm from the Poconos in PA - dear old US of A, of course.
Seeing as several of you are or previously were homeschooled, I'll say that I am among the ranks of homeschooled antisocialites as well. I suppose it's why my incredible fascination with the American Revolution has bloomed into a real passion.

My favorite historical people would be...ack! So many choices...I have a million old-time heroes...
Lafayette, Washington, John Paul Jones, Nathan Hale, snarky ol' Hammy, and John Adams are among my favorites. (Not exactly in that order either..)

And my favorite Dreamer moment? I'll second the person who quoted Nathan's "God forgive me, God forgive me!" as he took off Bea's hoops, and the moment just prior, when he yelled, "Pull up your skirts!!"
For the 21st century, the time when Ben grabs the red petticoat and uses it as a cape - "All for one and one for all!"

Ta-ta, laddies, till next time

NikitehhWriter wrote:Greetings all!
I've been a Dreamer comic creeper for several months now, and comment only occasionally on the blog and updates. Probably high time that I introduce myself, I suppose

So I'm this geeky nerdy wacky crazy (etc etc etc..) fifteen-goin'-on-sixteen-year-old. I'm from the Poconos in PA - dear old US of A, of course.
Seeing as several of you are or previously were homeschooled, I'll say that I am among the ranks of homeschooled antisocialites as well. I suppose it's why my incredible fascination with the American Revolution has bloomed into a real passion.

My favorite historical people would be...ack! So many choices...I have a million old-time heroes...
Lafayette, Washington, John Paul Jones, Nathan Hale, snarky ol' Hammy, and John Adams are among my favorites. (Not exactly in that order either..)

And my favorite Dreamer moment? I'll second the person who quoted Nathan's "God forgive me, God forgive me!" as he took off Bea's hoops, and the moment just prior, when he yelled, "Pull up your skirts!!"
For the 21st century, the time when Ben grabs the red petticoat and uses it as a cape - "All for one and one for all!"

Ta-ta, laddies, till next time

Oh my gosh! It is so esciting to meet a fellow Revolutionary War addict! I mean, there are tons on here, but the more I meet makes me feel better about my own crazy addiction! And I second you on the heroes list. One question: Is Thaddeus Kociouszko on that list??????? He was awesome!Welcome fellow Dreamer follower an Revolutionary war enthusiast!

I've never heard of Thaddeous...Thadd...whatever... Who was he? Ha and aren't we all Rev War addicts? This here be the nerd's corner of cyberspace, I thought!

Welcome fellow Home schooler/Dreamer addict/History GEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is Deborah Samson anywhere on that list? Or Phillis Wheatley???????

NikitehhWriter wrote:I've never heard of Thaddeous...Thadd...whatever... Who was he? Ha and aren't we all Rev War addicts? This here be the nerd's corner of cyberspace, I thought!

Thaddeus Kociouszko was a Pole who served as a volunteer in America's army. He was an engineer. It was his plans of West Point that Arnold stole before committing treason.I cannot write his whole biography in just a few sentences, but I can recommend an excellent book on him: Peasant Prince- Thaddeus Kociouszko and The Age of Revolution by Alex Storozynski. Thomas Jefferson called him, "The purest son of liberty I know." Washington highly praised him. He was also granted honorary American citizenship.
And yes, this is the nerd's corner of cyberspace.

Aha! Thank ye kindly for shedding light on that! I'd always wondered how on Earth evil ol' Arnold had gotten his paws on the West Point plans...I will certainly look into the book...

Hi everyone!

I'm Tara, and I'm from Massachusetts.

My favorite moments would be the conversation with Alan and Bea at the end of Issue 8, page 18 of Issue 10, and, you know, those most recent pages .

But those are just a few of my favorites. Of course, I love every page of this!

I'm not really a webcomic person; I stumbled upon this just searching the internet. I'm so glad I did! The American Revolution is one of my favorite time periods, and this is such a fun read. I recommended it to some of my friends and they fell in love with it, too.

Keep up the fabulous work, Lora.

Greetings from DC! I was link hopping when I discovered this wonderful comic and haven't been able to stop reading it (yes, even reread it multiple times..) Now I've began a hunt for stories like it.

Hello all!! My name is Samantha and I'm originally from Atlanta, GA but I've been a local of Charleston, SC for quite sometime now. It's great being so close to the ocean and Charleston is like a huge Revolutionary War historical site (along with the Civil War), so you bet I enjoy that! Anywho, I guess my favorite Dreamer moment would have to be when Nathan said, "Pull up your skirt!" That page just never ceases to make me smile! Yep, I'm definitely a Nathan Hale fangirl

Samantha, I'm Team Peeta too! ^__^ I can't wait for the movie!!

Eeeep!! Another Peeta fanatic! I can't wait either!! I'm literally like counting down the days til' the movie comes out By the way, LOVE the comic!!!