Historical reenactment is a ripe subject for an odd news-ter such as myself–horses, actors, noisy, spook-inducing exploding things. It’s a veritable recipe for blog topics. But this one’s a bit different. Because, really, we’re all affected. Now–don’t panic–but a mule barge is threatening national security.

It seems the staff at Hugh Moore Historical Park in Pennsylvania have run afoul of a federal anti-terror law because their mule drivers–workers who dress in colonial garb and guide two mules (Hank and George) along a 2-mile demonstration canal route–don’t have the proper credentials now required for transportation workers

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