Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW JERSEY, N.J., July 11 (UPI) -- Descendants of U.S. political rivals drew pistols at 10 paces in New Jersey Sunday, in a re-enactment of a 200-year-old duel. July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr shot dead the nation's first Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers. Advertisement The modern-day rivals were Antonio Burr, a distant cousin of Burr, and Douglas Hamilton, a fifth-great grandson of the historical figure. However, this time, no blood was spilled and the two men later went for a beer. About 100 descendants of the two historical rivals attended the event in New Jersey, on the cliffs of the Hudson River across from New York City. For the mock duel, Douglas Hamilton, a computer salesman from Ohio, and Antonio Burr, a New York psychologist, arrived at the riverbank by row boat, as their ancestors had. Wearing period costume, the two men paced off, then fired replicas of the .54-caliber dueling pistols. Hamilton then fell to one knee, feigning the historic hip wound. Alexander Hamilton was a signatory to the U.S. constitution and his face is now on the $10 bill. Advertisement
