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Article: LIVING HISTORY LESSONS; GROUP SHOWS REVOLUTIONARY WAR LIFESTYLE.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- February 26, 2007
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Byline: Fred A. Mohr Staff writer
Dressed in blue and buff waistcoats, tri-corner hats and breeches, eight members of the Revolutionary War Interpretive Unit briefly re-created the daily life of a Continental Army soldier Sunday in Oswego.
About a dozen people at the Port City Cafe listened as members of the unit described the duties of the officers and soldiers of the First New York Regiment in 1782, including descriptions of their clothes, weapons, provisions and communications.
A white canvas tent and a table with tin utensils and some of the food soldiers were provided with - unleavened bread, salt pork, onions, potatoes - helped set ...