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I ran across my family album where I found old photos of my families visit to the 100th Anniversary Reenactment of Manassas in 1960. I was fortunate for my father to be stationed at Fort Belvoir, Virginia where we experienced the event and visited many other Virginia battlefields. The rest is history 33 years later I was in the hobby slow coming.
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Nast,
Thank you for posting these photos. It certainly takes me back when I saw some centennial events in the 1960s. It is pretty neat to see what the reenactors wore back then.
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Hallo!
Thanks for sharing!
(But wouldn't it have been the 99th of Manassas in 1960? ;) :) )
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Michael,
Those are awesome! I hope my three sons look back photos their youthful experiences and thank their father for moments. I know that you surely do.
Happy New Year!Greg S Barnett
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Great photos. Thanks for posting them. My Kodak Brownie Instamatic photos from the event aren't nearly as good.James BrennerComment
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Thanks for sharing these, they are a treasure!Comment
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This is truly a treasure to say the least. Look how perfect the confederates are in the picture(minus the hats) titled "Posing with Rebs, me on left and my brother on right",Tyler GreccoComment
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Thanks for posting these great photos! Back home (I'm at school now...) I actually have some old newspapers that covered this reenactment. Unfortunately only the first section of the newspaper remains, so most of the story was lost.Stephen FeryusComment
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Notice anything about those photos? No "overweight" people...even the kids....what went wrong?[I][FONT="Garamond"]Jaime George
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Very nice....that birthday cake sure looked mighty good![CENTER]Yours with a jerk,
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Great Photos!!!!.......take a look at photo of the rebs Marching, they are cheating in the way that are doing shoulder arms!!!!! hahaha....great pic though :)[B][FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="3"]Matthew Avellino[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]
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nastt,
the link to the photos doesn't seem to be working anymore. Is there any other way to view the pictures?[FONT="Book Antiqua"][B][SIZE="3"]James Cannon[/SIZE][/B][/FONT]
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Somehow or another, a few years ago I acquired several B&W photos, sized approx. 8 X 10, which I believe were of this very reenactment.
One thing that immediately struck me (and which Jaime already pointed out) was the virtual lack of large-bellied soldiers. That and the fact that the rebs were a mighty colorful lot, literally. You could easily tell- even from the B&Ws- the prevailing thought for a CS impression was that kepi/collar/cuff/stripes color was a foremost determining factor of branch of service! I remember thinking how much it reminded me of some of the more "elegant" N-SSA uniforms I'd seen in the 70s-80s.
Definitely would be interested in seeing these you had, for comparison, if you can get the link to work again. Thanks.Last edited by Gallinipper; 07-09-2009, 10:59 PM.Rich Croxton
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