NEW WINDSOR— The Brigade of the American Revolution, an international non-profit dedicated to recreating military life during the Revolutionary War (1775 to 1783), held its 54th annual “School of the Soldier” event April 23-24. The group’s founding members had their first meeting in a cabin at the New Windsor Cantonment Site, said Grant Miller, site manager of Fort Montgomery, and every spring they come back to do an event at the site. The two-day event, held at General Knox’s Headquarters and the New Windsor Cantonment Site, included military demonstrations and presentations on different aspects of life during the Revolutionary War.
Re-enactors from Third New Jersey Regiment during a Revolutionary War demonstration at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Tom Johannessen from Carmel, New York dressed as a member of the New York Fifth Regiment during the Revolutionary War at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Tom Johannessen from Carmel, New York dressed as a member of the New York Fifth Regiment during the Revolutionary War at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Kristin Lopez dressed as a civilian from the 18th century at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Re-enactors demonstrate different military uniforms worn during the Revolutionary War at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Re-enactors of the New York Fifth Regiment during a demonstration on military uniforms during the Revolutionary War at the New Windsor Cantonment on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Richard Patterson from Monroe dressed as a member of the Third New York Regiment during the Revolutionary War at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Richard Patterson from Monroe dressed as a member of the Third New York Regiment during the Revolutionary War at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Buttons that read "NYork 3 B" on the jacket of Richard Patterson from Monroe, dressed as a member of the Third New York Regiment during the Revolutionary War at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A Revolutionary War demonstration at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Nancy Noe from Newburgh dressed as the wife of a sergeant during the Revolutionary War, at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
(L-R) Thomas F. Delucco from Coventry, Connecticut dressed as an American Loyalist officer in the Revolutionary War, John R. Wright from Pelham, New York dressed as an 18th century gentleman, and Kathy Wright from Pelham, New York dressed as an 18th century civilian at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A Revolutionary War demonstration at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Jim Burr from Red Oaks Mill in Dutchess County dressed as an 18th century blacksmith at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016 . (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Steve Otlowski from Newburgh dressed as an American rifleman during the Revolutionary War at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Lisa Nuñez from Newburgh dressed as an 18th Century officer's wife in a Brunswick-style riding habit at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Lisa Nuñez from Newburgh dressed as an 18th Century officer's wife in a Brunswick-style riding habit at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Stewart Noe from Newburgh dressed as Sergeant under Wilhelm Von Knyphausen,a commander of German "Hessian" troops during the Revolutionary War, at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Stewart Noe from Newburgh dressed as Sergeant under Wilhelm Von Knyphausen,a commander of German "Hessian" troops during the Revolutionary War, at the New Windsor Cantonment Site on April 24, 2016. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
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