If you did not register to march in the Veterans Day Parade, do that right here. Also, the parade is pushed back one hour from last year, so it will be at Noon. We need to muster by 10:45. … Read the rest
Author: Kevin Fitzpatrick
Pre-Parade WWI Welcome Tour & Dinner Nov. 10
The third annual Pre-Veterans Day Welcome of WWI walking tour of memorials and group meals will be Sunday, November 10. This is also the Marine Corps birthday. All are welcome to attend, in uniform preferred. We will be out all … Read the rest
4th Annual WWI Weekend on Governors Island Smashing Success
The 4th annual WWI History Weekend “Camp Doughboy” was a smashing success the weekend of September 14-15 at Governors Island National Monument. Approximately 3,000 attended the weekend to see 65 living historians tell the story of WWI. With the support … Read the rest
WWI History Weekend Camp Doughboy, Sept. 14-15
NEW YORK – The Centennial of service members and civilians returning from France to New York Harbor following the Great War in 1919 will be remembered with two days of activities, ceremonies, education, and living history on Governors Island National … Read the rest
Information & Registration for Governors Island 2019
The information page and registration page for Governors Island 2019 is now updated. The dates are September 14-15. New this year is living historians can camp overnight, Friday, Sept. 13, as well as Saturday, Sept. 14. Please read this page … Read the rest
In Flanders Field Honor Guard
The East Coast Doughboys were invited to the 10th Annual In Flanders Fields Memorial on May 16. The ceremony was held on at the Clinton War Memorial at DeWitt Clinton Park on the corner of 52nd Street and 11th Avenue … Read the rest
ECD in 2019 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
It was a big honor for the East Coast Doughboys to be invited to march in the 2018 St. Patrick’s Day Parade. We were the honor guard to the New York National Guard 69th Regiment. We carried the colors and … Read the rest
3rd Annual WWI Flea Market
The 3rd annual World War I swap meet and sale is presented by the East Coast Doughboys on Sunday, February 10, in the Bronx. At this event we’ll bring together reenactors and vendors with items specific to WWI, from boots … Read the rest
Upper Manhattan Memorial Rededication Nov. 7
A ceremony and remarks will be held in Mitchel Park to unveil the restored Washington Heights and Inwood War Memorial on November 7. This monument of three Doughboys was damaged by vandals and has been restored. There are memorial plaques … Read the rest
Honors at Highbridge Doughboy Rededication
On September 28 New York welcomed back a long-lost sculpture to the Bronx. For more than 40 years a Doughboy memorial from 1923 had been kept in storage, after vandalism in the 1970s had caused its removal. It was restored … Read the rest