These guys and their parents talked to us for almost an hour. They tried on all the gear we brought and took home copies of the “Story of the Century” we handed out for free to visitors.
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Trying on a helmet and haversack.
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Explaining the Army’s “point system” and distributing copies of original documents given to soldiers on the demobilization of the Army.
Photo courtesy of the New-York Historical Society.