I did my best to identify groups, but I missed many. Feel free to comment with group and time and I will update. Thanks! 00:00 Intro 00:13 Parade Start 00:32 Sons of Veterans Reserve 01:18 Sons of Union Veterans 01:39 Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States 02:10 Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 02:28 Descendants of the 88th PA Vol. Infantry 02:42 3rd United States Colored Troops 03:20 6th Independent N.Y. Battery 04:07 Thaddeus Stevens Society 05:21 The Mifflin Guard 10:55 U.S. Sanitary Commission 12:48 Civilians of Gettysburg 15:46 Sons of Confederate Veterans Wesley Culp Camp 17:42 Sons of Confederate Veterans MD 18:48 United Daughters of the Confederacy
I used dto march with the Sons of Union Veteran of the Civil War during the Memoral Day in Washington. Played Union tunes on my bagpipes. Cant any more due to med problems but loved it. Loved honoring the boys in blue my great uncle 13th NY Cav died Andersonville, as well as my Dad 29th Infantry Division, WWII, 3xpurple heart, Omaha Beach,
So well done. Good to see the ladies and lads. Good to see so many younger reenactors. Need more membership in the Sons of Union Veterens. I was once a member of the SVC until I got letters from George Wallace and the Klan (the 60s). My son got a letter from a neo nazi group in West Virginia. A little more research showed by Norrth Carolina relatives had all deserted so I wasn't really eligible after all.
Sensible force on one side and heroic aspiration on the other, very difficult to choose which side to be rooting for!!! Fortunately the political issue was settled and today folk can enjoy one another in wonderful spectacles should as this, which recognises the hope of national unity.
Really? Very difficult to choose sides? One side was fighting to keep Black folk in bondage, free labor slaves, by force, torture, rape and murder. It's not difficult for me to choose sides. Here is the kicker: Then as now, the poor were doing the fighting on the insurrection side. Sounds familiar?
I truly miss all of the good times my pards and I had for the 21 years we enjoyed together while doing living history presentations on the field near the Pennsylvania Monument. 19th U.S. Regular Color Guard of the Ohio Valley Civil War Association. The only unit allowed to retire the national colors at the national cemetery under arms. Marched in proper color guard from Pennsylvania Monument to cemetery. Retired the colors. Presented them to Ranger Thomas Holbrook. Reformed color guard and marched back to jump off point. The number of people who would stop and pay respects to the colors as we marched by was inspiring and heart warming. HUSSAH, HUSSAH, HUSSAH!!!
Don't let anyone 400 lbs overweight tell you you're a farb. Some of these cows have the most expensive bells and whistles but look worst than a "farb" with proper weight dimensions of a Civil War soldier.
@@DARisse-ji1yw people who can't afford the expensive gear so have to get the cheaper stuff that's not as authentic. It's modern trope now that drove a lot of people away from the hobby especially young people.
Abe Lincoln's blue coats were the finest army ever raised. They kept this country from being torn to pieces and extinguished slavery. It brought tears to my eyes to see this parade. The Union Forever!
