From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
July 23, 2012
This Saturday morning, I visited the Old Bethpage Village Restoration’s re-creation of life at Camp Scott, a Union Training Camp located, back in 1861, where the Mineola Court House is now.
Old Bethpage, N.Y. USA – July 21, 2012: GUY SMITH of Huntington, NY, portrays Regimental Adjutant at Headquarters, at re-creation of Camp Scott, a Union Army training camp, at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, to commemorate 150th Anniversary of American Civil War. (© 2012 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)
And I was thrilled the blue blue sky with big white clouds held through the whole day, for it was the perfect background for the federal re-enactors in their blue and red uniforms, as they commemorated the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War.
Old Bethpage, N.Y., USA. July 21, 2012. At far right, WILLIAM (BILL) CARMAN of Wantagh, NY, whose great-grandfather, John Carman, was member of Co. H in Civil War, draws his sword from sheath, during re-creation of Life in Camp Scott, a Union Army training camp, at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, to commemorate 150th Anniversary of American Civil War. (© 2012 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)
The troops performed military maneuvers, fired muskets, ate at the Commissary, and went about life in general at the camp.
Old Bethpage, N.Y., USA. July 21, 2012. Portraying life at Commissary at Camp Scott, a Union Army training camp, a federal re-enactor spears a pickle from barrel, at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, to commemorate 150th Anniversary of American Civil War. (© 2012 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)
Nearby, their wives and young children wore authentic Civil War era clothing.
Old Bethpage, N.Y., USA. July 21, 2012. During military maneuvers, troops joke around by pointing their rifles with attached bayonets as they run toward visitors, at re-creation of life at Camp Scott, a Union Army training camp, at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, to commemorate 150th Anniversary of American Civil War. (© 2012 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)
FEATURE PHOTO – Old Bethpage, N.Y., USA. July 21, 2012. ROBERT WALKER, 4, of Coram, and JULIAN LYNN ZOLL, 6, of Levittown, wear clothes of American Civil War era while portraying family members of Union soldiers at Camp Scott re-creation, at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, to commemorate 150th Anniversary of American Civil War.
Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Camp Scott: my PHOTO GALLERY