Living History: Thanksgiving and the Civil War

Fri Nov 23, 2018 - Sat Nov 24, 2018
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Repeating every days through November 24, 2018.
11:00am to 4:00pm ET
Age: All
Price: Free with museum admission
Location:
New York Historical Society and DiMenna Children’s History Museum
170 Central Park West at 77th Street, New York, NY,
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Did you know that Thanksgiving became a national holiday during the American Civil War? Stop by the Museum on Friday and Saturday to celebrate with Living Historians from the 6th United States Colored Troops, a Civil War reenacting troop, in conjunction with the exhibition, Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow.

Take a look at the military service of African Americans in the Civil War and learn how their contributions to a Union victory helped bring about the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment 150 years ago. Living Historians are stationed in the Museum—investigate their 19th-century uniforms, explore a soldier’s tools and equipment, and even learn a military drill.

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