A BIT ABOUT THE MHPG
Our mission statement:
Education , Preservation, Re-Creation
To promote and advance historical education through the preservation of artifacts and re-created historical experiences.
OUR STORY
We are a very young organization having been officially founded in early 2020 amid the historic COVID-19 pandemic. The creation of the MHPG represents the culmination of several years of work by the members of the board of directors and their work creating a number of events in Youngstown, Ohio as the "Ohio Factory Events Group". Our end goal has always been to form a non-profit organization designed to support historical education. Attention to detail and historical accuracy has been a major priority for us right alongside teamwork and cooperation in pursuit of a larger goal. We have set ambitious goals but we believe our mission is worth rallying around.
EDUCATION THROUGH EXPERIENCE.
Living history events are an opportunity to connect with the past by living it. So much of our history from the 18th to 20th century is reduced to small snippets of text which do little to convey the deeper story. This is a key difference between knowing history and understanding it. We are creating an immersive learning environment through public and private events of various time periods from 18th to 20th century. Utilizing unique ways to interact with the public by inviting them to learn about history with us though food, active participation, and witnessing re-created day in the life events.
Preservation
Being a non-profit organization allows us the unique opportunity to partner with other organizations in order to restore historic artifacts, such as ships, vehicles, uniforms and letters. Provide valuable insight on their historical significance and utilize them in order to better tell the story of the common Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine.
Re-Creation
Hosting, and raising money for unique historical educational events. Our ability to bring together living historians from across the globe, in order to re-create detail oriented historically accurate educational events is what makes us successful. Combining our efforts of preservation and recreation in order to educate the public and ourselves is what the MHPG is all about.
OUR ORGANIZATION
We are a registered 501 (c) (3) Non-profit Organization in the state of Ohio. The organization was founded in spring of 2020, created from our collective experience running other events as far back as 2015 as well as decades of experience as historical reenactors. In our time running events so far, we have become known for our ability to find and build out unique locations that bring a new element into the overall experience. This organization will allow us to push this even further.