* The Pennsic War, a massive gathering of the Society for Creative Anachronism, takes place about the first week of August every year.

At some large events, such as Pennsic and Estrella Wars, EMS personnel stand by on site for the duration of the event.

The novel Murder at the War ( Knightfall in paperback edition ) is a detective story concerning a murder that takes place at the SCA's largest annual event, Pennsic War.

The story takes place entirely at Pennsic.

The Pennsic War occurs each summer north of Portersville.

The Pennsic War is an annual American medieval camping event held by the Society for Creative Anachronism — a " war " between two large regional SCA groups: the Kingdom of the East and the Middle Kingdom.

The winners of the battles and other activities receive war points, and the Kingdom with the most war points wins that Pennsic.

The name Pennsic War is a combination of Pennsylvania and Punic War.

The Pennsic War uses numbers to identify each war rather than the year it was held, so the 2011 event was known as " Pennsic War 40 "— there having been 39 previous events.

The Pennsic War takes place in late July / early August.

Prior to 2007, Pennsic took place during the first two weeks of August, and some of the earliest Pennsics were held during September.

* The first Pennsic was held in 1972, at Newton's Campground ( now Shorehaven Campground ) in Waterford, Pennsylvania.

* The fourth, often called " Pennsic Pour " or " Pennsic Puddle ", was held at Spencer Farm on Aquilla Road near Chardon, Ohio and was marred by massive flooding and mudslides.

Contrary to popular myth, the Pennsic wars were not caused by Cariadoc challenging himself to a war and losing.

The board of directors ruled a few weeks before Pennsic I that since Pittsburgh was in the same state as an existing group, in Philadelphia, that it had to belong to the same kingdom.

Thus, the Debatable Lands were assigned to the East Kingdom prior to Pennsic being fought, which rendered moot the initial reason for the war.

Since the stated purpose of the war was to determine which kingdom got Pittsburgh and the Midrealm decisively won Pennsic I, it became popular mythology that " the loser got Pittsburgh.

Since Pennsic XXV in 1996 the event has gathered over 10, 000 participants each year.

Pennsic is, however, an SCA event ; members of other groups are welcome, but are generally expected to follow SCA rules — especially in regards to armor, weapons and behavior on the battlefield for the various fighting scenarios.

According to the Pennsic Independent, a privately-published newspaper published on-site, the final count for 2009 was 10, 947.

* Pennsic Choir.

* Pennsic has inspired a mystery novel, Murder at the War ( Knightfall in paperback ), by Mary Monica Pulver.

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Within this framework, the President of the University of Memphis is the day-to-day administrator of the university.

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