"10,000 Saw Civil War Reenactment on York’s Fairgrounds" Topic
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Tango01  | 04 Jun 2018 4:08 p.m. PST |
…. in 1906.
Wow!
"In the late 1800s and early 1900s, as Civil War veterans aged and reflected on their service in the early 1860s, they erected monuments at leading battlefields, gathered at veterans organization events, marched proudly in popular Memorial Day and Independence Day parades, and recorded their reminiscences for posterity. With the horrors of actual battle behind them by a generation or two, the public wanted some idea of the grand pageantry of tactical military maneuvers, but not the danger. Enter the concept of Civil War reenactments….." link Main page
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Amicalement
Armand
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| EJNashIII | 04 Jun 2018 4:45 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 05 Jun 2018 12:07 p.m. PST |
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