Civil War program at Bethpage Restoration

Company "E" of the 14th Brooklyn Regiment will return to Old Bethpage Village Restoration on April 5 and 6 for its annual Civil War-era "School of the Soldier" program, announced Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi. The program takes place from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. both days and is co-hosted by the 14th Brooklyn Regiment, N.Y.S.M., Co. "E," Living History Association. In the event of rain, the program will be held April 12 and 13.

The "soldiers" of the 14th Brooklyn, dressed in the uniforms of the time, will demonstrate the basic formations (marching, facings and manual of arms) that were significant aspects of the company's training in 1861. In addition, officers will lead the men in company drills and conclude with a skirmish drill on Sunday.

Old Bethpage Village Restoration is on Round Swamp Road in Old Bethpage (exit 48 on the LIE); for more information, call 516-572-8400.

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