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A group of handmade helmets on display for sale in the market.
Scott Sheldon, of northern Kentucky, hugs his daughter Miriam outside their campsite Barony Fenix.
A group of weapons lies on the side of the battlefield after a battle of Pennsic 44.
A soldier waits on the edge of the battlefield before a rapier battle.
Paul Adams, of Brisbane, Australia, as Baron Master Sir Stefan King of Locarc, and his wife, Bronwyn Adams, as Branwen, Queen of Locarc, came to their first Pennsic this year.
Of the the many decorated gates that serve as an entrance to a camp site.
Pink Fuzzy Bunny hosts their annual breakfast, serving drinks, berries, and 110 pounds of bacon
A group gathers for breakfast in Pink Fuzzy Bunny camp.
A replica Roman temple from 350 B.C., which has already played host to one wedding this Pennsic, is the main feature of La Familia Gladiatoria.
The camp site is so large that a bus system shuttles campers all across the battlefields.
Tents of all kinds are scattered all over the massive camp site.
For two weeks in late July, the CooperÕs Lake campground becomes the fourth-largest municipality in Butler County.
Attendees walk through the marketplace offering everything one would need to live in the middle ages.
A group of young attendees of Pennsic War 44 walk the grounds of Cooper’s Lake Campground. Pennsic has events that cater to all ages.
A group of soldiers run across the battlefield during a rapier battle.
Spectators watch a battle from the sidelines of Pennsic 44.
Soldiers head back to their camp after a battle.
The Roman numerals XLIV are mowed into the hill behind the battlefield to commemorate PennsicÕs 44th year.
A pun on the ancient Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage, the event has been organized for decades by the Society for Creative Anachronism, an international organization 30,000 strong.
Soldiers line up on the battlefield before a battle. There are dozens of battles over the 17 days of Pennsic.
Soldiers walk in front of the castle at Cooper’s Lake Campground in Worth Township, Butler County during Pennsic War 44 on August 5, 2015. The Pennsic War is an annual event between the East and Middle Kingdoms of the Society for Creative Anachronism. (All photos by Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Pennsic campers walk to and from the battlefield at Cooper’s Lake Campground.