Civil War re-enactment near Founders Park. Nov. 2003. Paul Goldfinger photo © click on all these photos to enlarge them.
Founders’ Park. Paul Goldfinger photo 2003.
OG reenactment on the beach. of the Ft. Wagner battle. 2003. Paul Goldfinger photo. ©
They used to have wonderful Civil War reenactments in the Grove. The camp set-ups would be at the Ocean Pathway, but they would have African-American soldiers replay the “Glory” battle on the beach. That battle was about the all black 54th Massachusetts Regiment who heroically attacked the Confederate Army holed up at Ft. Wagner in Charleston, South Carolina. The movie “Glory” was about that.
“Glory” battle:
/www.history.com/news/glory-regiment-attacks-fort-wagner-150-years-ago
JACQUELINE SCHWAB “Battle Cry of Freedom.”