How Can Historic Sites Survive Without Casinos?

[Jeff Mummert]

Hello No Casino Gettysburg,

We are the Civil War Augmented Reality Project, and as a group of Central Pennsylvania history teachers, we are dedicated to your cause. We believe that we are working on a way to help make historic sites "casino" and "Wall-Mart"-proof.
Our project is intended to
enhance the experiences of visitors to Civil War sites. It is also
intended to increase attendance and revenue for historic sites by
offering both “high” and “low” tech experiences to best reach the
majority of the population.
We feel that our project is fulfilling a need that educators, park
workers, technology enthusiasts, and Civil War enthusiasts have
discussed in the past: How can historic sites both raise public
interest in their institutions though technology, and not alienate the
non-technical history fans?
We have worked hard on the answer, and are interested in promoting our creative solutions.
We would like to make clear that the project is not intended solely for
Pennsylvania. It is our hope that the project will expand to other
venues, as we feel that we have the ability to use our ideas to enhance
the experiences of all Americans at historic sites.

If you have a chance, please check out our blog:
http://acwarproject.wordpress.com/

And our fun, Civil-War flavored funding campaign on Kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmummert/the-civil-war-augmente...

If you think that our project has merit, we would be delighted if you could help spread the word, but nonetheless, please accept our humble support for the No Casino initiative.

Here are a few other links of interest regarding our project:

A recent newspaper article.

Other recent blog posts:
http://electricarchaeologist.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/civil-war-augmented-reality-project/
http://blog.orselli.net/2010/07/grassroots-design-civil-war-augmented.html
http://pastinthepresent.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/two-civil-war-undertakings-of-note/
http://gamesalfresco.com/2010/07/08/the-great-civil-war-augmented-reality-project/
http://oldvirginiablog.blogspot.com/2010/07/recommended-project.html

Our Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Civil-War-Augmented-Reality-Project/126003620773256

Our Twitter account page:
http://twitter.com/ACWAR_Project

Thanks very much for considering us!

The Civil War Augmented Reality Project
Jeff Mummert- Hershey High School and York College of Pennsylvania
Art Titzel- Hershey Middle School
Jay Vasellas- Red Lion Area High School and York College of Pennsylvania