WHALING CITY MILITIA + FRIENDS

THESE PHOTO'S WERE TAKEN ON MAY 10, 2003 IN NEW BEDFORD, MASS. RECREATING THE MUSTERING OF NB UNION TROOPS.

FREDERICK DOUGLAS-FROM SLAVE TO SOLDIER. OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN NEW ENGLAND YANKEE'S RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. YOUNG SOLDIER GREEN FOUNTAIN AND BLUE COATS. NEWSPAPER ILLISTRATOR FOUNTAIN AND MILITIA. MAYOR KALIZ AND LITTLE RICKY ON THE RIGHT. ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. MAYOR OF NEW BEDFORD, ETC. MAYOR OF NB AND CAMERA MAN HOLDING FLAGS. SWEARING IN FREDERIC DOUGLAS AS UNION SOLDIER! LINCOLN'S TROOPS IN WHALING CITY NATIONAL PARK. SOLDIERS IN WHITE TUNNEL. HONEST ABE'S MILITIA! NEWSPAPER ILLISTRATOR. SITTING PRETTY. I THINK, SHE LIKES ME. MAN AND WOMAN IN BLACK. BLUE COAT AND SON. PRETTY GREEN DRESS. REALLY BIG BEAR. ATTENTION!!!!!!! IN THE NAVY. THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT! OLD FASHIONED PUNCHING BAG. THESE NEW NIKES ARE KILLING ME! DO YOU THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH WOOD FOR THE FIRE! SAILORS' INSPECTION. NORTHERN SOLDIERS AND BELLE. NORTHER BELLES, ETC. SOLDIERS AND FRIENDS AT FORT TABER! TENTS + FLAGS UNION SOLDIER AND CANNON WE LOVE A MAN IN A UNIFORM!!! I WONDER WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT? GIRLS BEHIND BUGLE. THIS IS HOW YOU DO SIT-UPS SITTING DOWN! WHAT SHALL I COOK? LET ME THINK...... UNION SOLDIER WITH RED SIGNAL FLAG? COMMUNICATIONS CENTER? SHE'S CUTE! WHAT'S SHE CARRYING? TENTS AND FLAGS. IT'S GOING TO GET COLD TONITE! WE HAVE OUR ORDERS! MEN OF THE SEA. GOOD NITE!