AUGUSTA — Cub Scouts younger than 10 years old joined Revolutionary War re-enactors Wednesday to pay tribute to veterans past and present.
Pete Morrissey led Capt. Daniel Savage’s Re-enacting Company soldiers and youths from Augusta-based Cub Scout Pack 684 and Boy Scout Troop 603 in a march from Old Fort Western to the gravesite of Capt. Daniel Savage in Riverside Cemetery off Bangor Street.
Savage led the original unit, based at Fort Western, on scouting expeditions on both sides of the Kennebec River from Castine to Augusta during the Revolutionary War.
“On Memorial Day we remember, in particular, those men and women who sacrificed everything for us,” Morrissey said, standing next to Savage’s grave. “On this day, Veterans Day, we remember all veterans. Some sacrificed more than others, but all veterans give up something. So we are all indebted to them. This is the day we honor them.”
The re-enactors fired three rounds Wednesday, their muskets letting off a loud crack and dispensing smoke over the cemetery grounds.
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