Civil War Reenactors Coming To Mahwah
Living exhibit Saturday will show what life was like for soldiers 150 years ago
This Saturday afternoon, Mahwah will get to witness a living scene depicting what life was like during the Civil War. The 15th New York Cavalry, a Civil War reenactor unit, will be camped on the lawn outside the Mahwah Museum from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, creating a live demonstration of how soldiers lived during the war. “The group is doing an encampment, which means they will actually set up tents, have six to eight people in uniforms, and act as is they lived in a Civil War era camp,” Tom O’Brien, the Mahwah Museum exhibit coordinator, said. “The encampments show lifestyle between battles, what it was really like to live as a soldier.” The Cavalry will not be reenacting a battle scene. Instead, O’Brien said, the encampment will allow Mahwah …
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