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150th Anniversary of Battle of Bull Run
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Spectators gather to watch reenactment
- Duration 1:37
- Date Jul 22, 2011
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-- -- There was gunfire from civil war era weapons with the and that has marine volunteers from Quantico.
Dressed in union uniforms.
The union and confederate soldiers had to stop and reload so back then they made themselves targets.
And they weren't always dressed exactly alike which caused even more confusion.
The rules haven't quite been set yet -- all the union troops were gonna wear blue and all the confederate troops rumor -- Tourists fascinated by civil war history.
-- the heat to get history lessons under the watchful -- of Prince William county firefighters and paramedics.
This young man from Florida brought his umbrella what do you know about civil war.
And it -- they don't like it at night doing formal ceremonies even Virginia's governor had to acknowledge it was warm.
-- today.
And hot out there.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- or port it was.
-- what countries they really.
Both on the other side of town outside the old Manassas courthouse bands commemorated the 1911 jubilee if peace.
-- civil war soldiers and the country's leaders turned out to celebrate.
Yes.
It's -- first time in recorded history.
The former enemies met on their battlefield to shake hands and they call that -- you believe it.