For four decades, military powers across time have descended on Jamestown Settlement to present an unequaled and unique chronological display of military history. On Saturday and Sunday, Jamestown Settlement invites the public to witness centuries of military history in the Military Through the Ages event. More than 500 re-enactors from nearly 40 distinct military units from eight states and Canada will muster on museum grounds, where visitors will become entrenched in the past and present day in military encampments and get hands-on with re-enactors to experience how military uniforms, weapons and tactics evolved through the centuries. Visitors can view a narrated military pass-in-review at 3 p.m. on Sunday, depicting armed forces from 500 B.C.E. all the way to modern-day soldiers with the Virginia Army National Guard. Little ones can take part in Morse Code challenges with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion HQ and engage with an ever-popular bayonet dummy from the 3rd U.S. Regular ...
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