Dirk Yarker as a Roman soldier 63 B.C era
Rob Ramaker as Knights Templar soldier 1187 A.D.
A teen with 35 lb. shield
1530 Spanish Conquistador Eloy Garcia
Wade as a 1780 Revolutionary soldier
1836 Tejano Revolutionary soldier
1846 Mexican-American War soldier opens a medical kit to identify surgical tools inside
Saw for amputations of bone-shattered limbs
Infantry Shako
1860s Bruce Kidd dressed as Civil War 1st Lieutenant Trans Mississippi Confederate soldier
Bruce Kidd displays yellow feather in hat and insignia that identifies him as a Lieutenant in Confederate Army
Ruben Cordova dressed as a Lipan Apache scout during Civil War along the Texas border
1914-18 Jing Lou as a World War I infantry soldier dressed for trench warfare with gas mask close at-hand
Bayonet attachment demonstration for close quarter combat
Haversack and blanket carried on back
It was a wonderful event with free hot dogs and refreshments. They were all wearing heavy costumes, many made of wool, on a very warm day and were able to tell stories and points differing points of view and answer many questions.
Here a **LINK** to the Brownsville Herald article about this event.
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