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2000 Event Schedule
| Date | | Event | | Unit |
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| January 24 | | Drill at old Stow town hall from 7-9pm. | | 4th Middlesex | |
| February 15 | | Regimental
voting meeting at the old Stow town hall
(note location) starting at 7:30. Directions. | | | |
| February 28 | | Drill at the
old Stow town hall. Directions. | | 4th
Middlesex | |
| March 18 | | Drill at Tony
Howe's, outside. Last drill before Battle Road. | | 4th Middlesex |
| March 19 | | Evacuation
Day Parade (aka South Boston) (1 PM step-off) | | Saintonge |
| March 25 | | Battle Road Muster Day, Buckman's
Tavern (not March 18, March 20, or any other mistyped
date; it's March 25). Everyone planning to
participate in any of the Battle Road events (men-at-arms, musicians,
interpreters/safety piquets) should be there. | | 4th
Middlesex | |
| April 15-17 | | Battle Road – the
225th! | | 4th Middlesex | |
| April 16 | | Lexington
Green Rededication. With French Consul. Meet at Green at 1:30 for
2 pm ceremony. White gaiters. | | Saintonge |
| April 17 | | Concord
Patriots Day parade (meet at 8 for 9 am step
off) | | Saintonge |
| April 17 | | Worcester:
Civilian Event followed by an "I survived BRY2K" Party (11
am or whenever you can get there) | | 4th
Middlesex |
| April 29 | | Work party:
trailer clean-up and cartridges; Sue's house, 9-12 pm. |
| April 30 | | Medford Millenium
Parade (1 PM step-off) | | Saintonge |
| May 6-7 | | Kinderhook, NY
(Northern Dept/Continental Line). See assorted people's
photos made available by Carrie Midura via 2nd
Mass
| | Saintonge * |
| May 13 | | French Drill/Bob Selig lecture. | | Saintonge * |
| May 28-29 | |
Memorial Day Parades:
- Somerville (1 PM step-off)
- Andover (9:30 AM step-off)
- Chelsea (~ 1:30 PM)
| | Saintonge |
| June 3-4 | | Fort Adams
(Newport) - School of the Army/Bunker Hill (Northern Dept/Continental
Line). See assorted people's
photos made available by Carrie Midura via 2nd
Mass | | Saintonge/4th | .
| June 17 or 18 | | Rededication of a
French Cannon at Thayer Birthplace | | Saintonge * |
| July 8-9 | | Hubbardton,
VT (LHA) |
| 4th Middlesex |
| July 22-23 | | Fort Ticonderoga (pictures of the event now on line!)
(BAR Grand Encampment) |
| Saintonge |
| Aug 6 | | Newburyport
Parade (~noon). | | Saintonge |
| August 26-27 | | Newtown,
NY (Northern Dept/Continental Line) |
| Saintonge * |
| September 4 | | Marlboro
Parade; Regimental Birthday Party (noon step-off). Directions. | | Saintonge |
| September 17 | | Stoneham
parade. Assemble at noon, step off at 1. Note that we're doing this
parade as 4th Middlesex, not as Saintonge as previously incorrectly
stated here. | | 4th |
| September 23-24 | | Lebanon, CT
- Tercentenary Colonial
Encampment on the Lebanon Green. |
| Saintonge |
| September 30 | | Sudbury
Faire | | Saintonge/4th |
September 30 - October 1 | | Farmington, CT: BAR Brigade Encampment. Event has been CANCELLED. |
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| October 7-8 | | Williamsburg: A Prelude to Victory (Sat and Sun of
Columbus Day weekend) | | Saintonge |
| October 29 | | 18th c. cooking
practice at C.E.'s house in Southborough from 11-4. We may watch some
videos about lives of women in this period, such A Midwife's Tale or
Mary Silliman's War. Dress is modern. | | modern |
* If you don't have a Saintonge uniform, you can
attend this event as 4th Middlesex Militia.
2000 Other Events
| Date | | Event | |
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| January 29 | | Battle Road Clothing & Accoutrements Seminar | | | |
| February 26 | | BAR Winter
Clothing Workshop "Fitted Garments" in Kingston, NY. See February
newsletter for details. | | | |
| April 17 | | Menotomy | | 4th Middlesex | |
| March 25-26 | | BAR School of
Command/School of Music |
| April 29-30 | | BAR –
Brigade School
- School of the Soldier: "Going on Campaign" -
"little things" which makes our presentation to the public a
more complete look into the life of the 18th century soldier in
America
- CCM School: "What to do in Camp Besides
Cooking"
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Other Schedule Notes
Paris: We won't be doing either event as an
entire Regiment, however, there may be people going to each. If you're
interested in Liberte 2000 in June/July, registration forms (available
from Nelia - cwnewell@erols.com) and deposits are due by February
20. If you're interested in the September events, please let
Nelia know and we will have a meeting to update those interested once
the date and schedule are finalized.
| 6/26 - 7/6 | | Liberté 2000 (Paris) - anyone who
would like to attend this event on their own would be welcomed by the
organizers. Registration forms are due Feb 20 (contact Nelia). |
9/23-24 or
9/30-10/1 | |
Les Deux Journées Parisiennes de
L'Histoire – another invitation to France, it is essentially
a time line of French history that will include a parade down the
Champs Élysées as well as some sort of
encampment/demonstration. It looks like 8-10 people will
probably go depending on the final date. The latest information from
Paris is that they are working on an invitation letter and are hoping
to invite us to a special viewing of uniforms and equipment in Les
Invalides collection. |
| 2001 | |
We may plan our own trip for 2001. Stay tuned. |
Prior Years' Schedules
Editor's Note: An explanation of the page title:
While the [French] expeditionary force was in Newport in November and
December 1780, Rochambeau had a newspaper printed for his soldiers, the
«Gazette Françoise».
Documented by a French scholar -- Marc Martin -- in a work entitled
«Les origines de la presse millitaire en France», this was
apparently the first instance of a newspaper directed at the common soldier
(soldat) and predates the next instance by 12 years!
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