dr. malcolm beech and i'm president of the united states colored troops living history association and i'm from north carolina. today we're having a re-enactment called the grand review parade. this, in fact, is a re-enactment of the victory parade that was held the end of the civil war 150 years ago. down pennsylvania avenue. however, in that particular parade the united states colored troops were not allowed to march in the victory parade, so what we're doing today is we're correcting that oversight and the uscts will march in victory today down pennsylvania avenue. we've been planning this for about 18 months. and trying to get, reach out all across the country to get participants. i think we'll have over 1500 people today that includes not only soldiers but descendants of some of the soldiers also are going to march today. >> my name is lisa grandbury. i'm from tennessee, a small town about 25 miles east of memphis. today i'm here to honor my great-great grandfather. he was from tennessee. so he enlisted in the u.s. colored troops regiment in 1863. >> could you tell us a little bit abo

dr. malcolm beech and i'm president of the united states colored troops living history association and i'm from north carolina. today we're having a re-enactment called the grand review parade. this in fact, is a re-enactment of the victory parade that was held the end of the civil war 150 years ago. down pennsylvania avenue. however, in that particular prayed the united states colored troops were not allowed to march in the victory parade so what we're doing today is we're correcting that oversight and the uscts will march in victory today down pennsylvania avenue. we've been planning this for about 18 months. and trying to get, reach out all across the country to get participants. i think we'll have over 1500 people today that includes not only soldiers but descendants of some of the soldiers also are going to march today. >> my name is lisa grandbury. i'm from tennessee a small town about 25 miles east of memphis. today i'm here to honor my great-great grandfather. he was fromton. so he enlisted in the u.s. colored troops regiment in 1863. >> could you tell us a little bit about your an