The Commander's Intent for this project says the goal is to reveal the human continuity between past and present. Where my eye goes is the seam between the two — the place where the eighteenth century and the twenty-first are pressed together hard enough that you can see the join.

Most photographers at these events are shooting the reenactment. I've gotten more interested in the collision.

On May 16–17, 1776, the 3rd New Jersey Regiment (“Jersey Greys”) under Col. Elias Dayton marched into Johnstown and seized Johnson Hall. They arrested Lady Mary Johnson and other suspected Loyalists.