Just because it’s historically accurate (to a degree) doesn’t mean these people are any less geeky than a couple who has a Klingon wedding :

With pistols at 10 paces, descendants of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr will settle an old score this weekend.

But this time, it isn’t personal.

Douglas Hamilton, a fifth-great-grandson of Hamilton, and Antonio Burr, a descendant of Burr’s cousin, will re-enact the July, 11, 1804, duel that left Hamilton mortally wounded and a sitting vice president’s reputation in the gutter.

“There’s no bad blood. On Hamilton’s deathbed, he said he bore no ill will toward Aaron Burr,” said Douglas Hamilton, an IBM salesman from suburban Columbus, Ohio. The re-enactment offers a chance to explore both men, and afterward “we can go have a beer together.”
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For the re-enactment, Douglas Hamilton and Antonio Burr will don period costumes, arrive at the riverbank by rowboat with their entourages, as their ancestors had, then pace off. The men will fire replicas of the .54-caliber dueling pistols, then Douglas Hamilton will feign the historic hip wound and go down on one knee.

Following this, Antonio Burr will flee the state in disgrace to avoid murder charges. “The Duel” is really one of the most fascinating events in our country’s history, but this sounds really lame.

I wonder if they’ll be reenacting the JFK assassination in sixty years? Perhaps they can have JFK’s great-great granddaughter crawl out the back of the convertible screaming her head off while Abraham Zapruder’s descendants use a restored 8mm camera to film the proceedings.