Sweat drips down the side of Gene Taylor’s face, Society for Creative Anachronism member, after sparring with a fellow SCA member at an elementary school parking lot in Laurel, Md., Nov. 1, 2016. The SCA is a non-profit organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe.

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