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Spectators watch while re-enactors demonstrate shooting their muskets at the Revolutionary War re-enactment at Claude Moore Park on Saturday. (Richard A. Lipski)

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Re-enactor Bryan Kennedy, of Fredricksburg, Va. talks about the working parts on his musket during Saturday's re-enactment at Claude Moore Park in Sterling. (Richard A. Lipski)

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Re-enactor Julie Herczeg, center, of Stroudsburg, Pa., discusses the life of a camp follower during the Revolutionary War. (Richard A. Lipski)

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A group of spectators gather at the fence line to listen to re-enactors talk about their muskets during a firing demonstration. The re-enactment at Claude Moore Park was organized by the 2nd Virginia Regiment. (Richard A. Lipski)

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Wearing period clothing, Todd Post, of Arlington, keeps his musket at his side. He is the president of the 2nd Virginia Regiment, the group that organized the re-enactment at Claude Moore Park. (Richard A. Lipski)

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Steven Price, of Woodbridge, looks over the split-pea soup as six-year-old Sammy Starrett, right, of Ashburn, and re-enactor Ashley Morgan, of Belcamp, Md. look on. (Richard A. Lipski)

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Nine-year-old Timmy Hargan, of Sterling, handles a musket while re-enactor John Daniel Pagano, of Petersburg, Va., talks about a soldier's daily life during the Revolutionary War. Pagano was participating in an event hosted by the 2nd Virginia Regiment at Claude Moore Park. (Richard A. Lipski)

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Re-enactor John Daniel Pagano, of Petersburg, Va., talks about the bayonet on his musket during the re-enactment at Claude Moore Park in Sterling on Saturday. (Richard A. Lipski)

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Wearing period clothes, re-enactor John Daniel Pagano holds in his hands "Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States." (Richard A. Lipski)

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Three-year-old Matthew Forys, from Hamilton, wears a three-cornered hat while he listens to the detailed life of a soldier during the Revolutionary War re-enactment at Claude Moore Park in Sterling. (Richard A. Lipski)

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Julie Herczeg, of Stroudsburg, Va. portrays a camp follower and Todd Post, of Arlington, portrays a militia soldier during the re-enactment hosted by the 2nd Virginia Regiment at Claude Moore Park. (Richard A. Lipski)