85ème Régiment de Saintonge/4th Middlesex Militia

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2001 Event Schedule

Date EventUnit
2/10 Regimental Meeting and 4th Middlesex 225th Party
3/1 Cartridge Workparty, 7-9 p.m.
3/7 Cartridge Workparty, 7 p.m.
3/17 Evacuation Day 225th ceremony at Dorchester Heights (NHP) 9 am - 3 pm. The formal part of the ceremony will be from 11 am - 1 pm. If your time is limited or it's too cold to spend longer, that's the time slot to get there for. Directions.Militia
3/18 Evacuation Day (South Boston) Parade. Directions.Militia
3/19 French Drill at the Old Town Hall in Stow, 7 p.m. Bring musket, bayonet, cartridge box, headgear ... musicians bring instruments. Directions.85e
3/24 Freezer Jam (Midland MI) - MusiqueMusique
4/4 French Drill at the Old Town Hall in Stow, 7-9 p.m. Bring musket, bayonet, cartridge box, headgear ... musicians bring instruments. Directions.85e
4/14 Muster Day and Tavern Days at Hartwell Tavern (MMNHP). Includes militia drill.4th
4/28 Trailer Workparty and French drill
5/6 Shrewsbury encampment (Hebert Candy)4th
5/19-20 Whitpain, PA – (Continental Line/British Brigade). Site photos85e
5/27-28 Memorial Day Parades:
  • Somerville (Sunday afternoon) directions Changed from Chelsea
  • Hudson (Monday morning) - honor guard detail - directions
  • Medford (Monday afternoon) - directions

 

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6/2-3 Crown Point – 225th of the Carleton campaign (Northern Dept, Continental Line)
6/15-17 Bunker Hill -- Durham NH - as participants of Prescotts Battalion.Militia
7/20-22 Fort @4 (Charlestown, NH) – (Northern Dept, CL)85e
8/26 Fort Revere in Hull. Commemoration of French soldiers and sailors of D'Estang's fleet who died while serving at that Fort. Directions.85e
9/3 Marlboro Parade & Regimental Birthday Party Directions to parade85e
9/22-23 Dracut - 350th Anniversary Parade and Encampment85e
9/29 Sudbury Faire & Muster of Fyfes and Drums85e/4th
10/14 Lexington Green Commemoration Directions85e
10/19-21 Yorktown: honor guard with the Royal Deux-Ponts at the dedication of a permanent display to the Deux Ponts at Redoubt #9. Our participation has been CANCELLED for logistical reasons.85e
10/26-28 Battle of White Plains (225th) (CL/BAR/BB) – Pound Ridge Reservation (NY)4th
12/29-30 Battles of Trenton & Princeton (225th) (CL)4th

Prior Years' Schedules

  • 2000 event schedule
  • 1999 event schedule
  • 1998 event schedule
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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!

Updated: 6 Jun 2001
Contact: info@saintonge.org