A popular summer activity in America is the reenaction of historical events and eras. Probably the most popular activity is the reinaction of Civil War battles. The middy blouse and pants, however, are not historically accurate creations. The reinactions are often done as a family activity with the wife and children also dressing up.
Boys are often keen participants as buggle boys.
While the Civil War reinactors are the most well known, there are also those interested in Revolutionary War reinactions. Other activities with the participants dressing up in period costumes include old car rallies as well as parades of all descriptions, and a wide variety of local historical society productions. These reinactions are often most popular with women and girls, except fpr the Civil War reenactions. Women and girls seem to genuinely enjoy dressing up in the varied fashions of the day from bussels to bloomers. For the boys it is a bit diffrent.