To mark the centennial of America’s entrance into World War I, the Great War, a handful of volunteers staged a re-enactment at Maple Grove Cemetery in Kew Gardens — a trip back to the daily life of the Doughboys in Europe at a moment in time when the art of war was changing for the deadlier.
The men were from the American Museum of Armor in Old Bethpage, L.I., a repository of old uniforms and weapons authentic enough to recreate a cavalry unit, circa 1918.
Take a glimpse from present day into the past.
