‘Living historians’ have stepped back into the spotlight as US prepares to celebrate its semiquincentennial this week In 1972, a young man named Joe Ryan was teaching his middle school class in northern Westchester about the American Revolutionary when one of his students posed a question. “Mr R...
Source: [Guardian US](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/30/historical-re-enactors-america-250-birthday)