Two hundreds years to the day after members of the Pittsburgh Blues left for military service, each was remembered by name during a service Sunday in the burial ground at Trinity Cathedral.
Their commander, Capt. James R. Butler, is interred in the small cemetery that faces Sixth Avenue, Downtown.
"Shoulder firelocks ... prime and load ... make ready ... present ... fire," re-enactor Steve Nuckles ordered. A salesman from South Fayette, he was dressed in the blue-and-white uniform of a U.S. Army colonel from the 1803-12 period.
The sound of musket fire echoed off the walls of the Episcopal cathedral and the nearby First Presbyterian Church as re-enactors shot three volleys over Butler's grave.
The ceremony was conducted by the living-history interpreters, all wearing period costumes, from the Slippery Rock Reenactment Association. A handful of spectators, including the Rev. Tim Hushion, an assistant priest at the cathedral, attended the outdoor commemoration.
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