LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Hundreds of historians spent the weekend living in the year 1944 to give people a realistic look into World War II.
This is the 5th annual, and biggest reenactment yet, organized by the many volunteers and experts of Lauer Farms 1944. Throughout the entire weekend, visitors could witness battles, explore the camps of German, American, and British soldiers, walk through a typical American civilian home of the time, and see the vehicles that would have been used in the war. There's so much detail in the performances, props, and educational displays that you wouldn't be able to see and learn everything in just a single day.
"A lot of guys have researched individual personas or people that were there and experienced it firsthand. So there's a ton of stuff you can pick up here and there, and you can kind of see how it works. You can read about it in a book, but when you can see it physically demonstrated, it's a lot different," explained Matt Martini, the founder and director of Lauer Farms 1944.
The reenactors are all volunteers and this year, people came from 18 different states to take part.
