on may 24th general william t. sherman led 65,000 soldiers of the army of tennessee and army of georgia on the same route. up next on american artifacts a re-enactment of the parade that celebrated the end of the civil war. [snare drums rattling] >> shoulder. arms. >> my name is 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