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Drills and Practices
| Date | | Unit | | Event |
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As of November 22, 2003,
Drills every second Saturday
at the Stow Town Hall, in the mornings, exact time TBD. (Nov. 22,
Northborough VFW, 10am. Dec. 13, Stow Town Hall, 10am-noon. Coming
next year: Jan. 10, Stow Town Hall, 10:30 - 12:30. Jan. 31, workparty
at Steven's at 7. Feb. 7, Stow Town Hall, 10:30 - 12:30, followed by
workparty at Bill's, followed by party at Steven's at 7.)
Work Parties every first and third Wednesday
evening, exact time and location TBD. (Dec 17, 7pm, at Steven's.) |
| Jan 11 | |
85e | |
French Drill (10:30-12:30) - Stow Town Hall, no musicians |
| Feb 8 | |
85e | |
French Drill (10-12) - Stow Town Hall, including musicians (annual meeting to occur immediately afterwards) |
| Mar 8 | |
85e | |
French Drill (10-12) - Stow Town Hall |
| Apr 5 | |
4th | |
Militia Drill (10-12) - Wayside Inn. (Required for
men-at-arms and musicians fielding with 4th Middlesex at Battle
Road.) (If bad weather, at Stow Town Hall, 10:30-12:30.) |
| Apr 17 | |
4th | |
Militia Drill (7:30pm) - Bemis Hall in Lincoln,
MA. Last chance to attend a militia drill before Battle
Road, which is required for men-at-arms and musicians fielding
with 4th Middlesex at Battle Road. ("Bemis Hall is very
conveniently located in Lincoln Center next to the Library and
across from the stone church on Bedford Road. It is a large brick
building. We will be on the second floor.") |
| Aug 13 | | 4th | | Militia Drill (7-8:30pm)
- Wayside Inn. '64 drill. Full kit if possible, or at
least musket, cartridge box, and hat. Please try to attend at
least two out of three drills of Aug 13, 16, and 27. |
| Aug 16 | | 4th | | Militia Drill (9:30am) -
Wayside Inn. '64 drill. Full kit if possible, or at
least musket, cartridge box, and hat. Please try to attend at
least two out of three drills of Aug 13, 16, and 27. |
| Aug 27 | | 4th | | Militia Drill (7-8:30pm)
- Wayside Inn. '64 drill. Full kit if possible, or at
least musket, cartridge box, and hat. Please try to attend at
least two out of three drills of Aug 13, 16, and 27. |
2003 Event Schedule
| Date | | Unit | | Event |
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| Feb 8 | |
All | |
Regimental Meeting, 1:00-3:30 |
| Mar 16 | |
85e | |
Evacuation Day Parade (South Boston). Assemble in the Gillette Parking lot at TBA (probably 11:00). Directions. |
| Mar 22 | |
4th | |
Buckman Tavern Muster. (Required for
men-at-arms and musicians fielding with 4th Middlesex at Battle
Road.) Cancelled due to muddy field conditions. |
| Apr 19 | |
4th | |
Battle Road. Assemble at Minute Man Voc Tech at 6:15 am. |
| May 3 | |
85e | |
Fife & Drum Muster: Lexington Green |
| May 10 | |
85e | |
MMNHP French Army Demonstration Day at MMNHP Visitor's Center. |
| May 27 | |
85e | |
Memorial Day Parades:
Somerville (Sunday)
cancelled.
Andover (Monday morning). Assemble at 8:45 for a
9:30 step-off. Dress is French, white gaiters, full canteens. Directions.
Medford (Monday afternoon). Shuttle bus at
12:15. 1 pm step-off. Dress is French, white gaiters, full canteens.
Directions. |
| Jun 7-8 | |
85e | |
Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, NH—Garrison Weekend |
| Jun 15 | |
4th | |
Bunker Hill Parade |
| Jun 21022 | |
85e | |
March out of Valley Forge, for any who are interested. |
| Jun 28-29 | |
4th | |
Monmouth—225th |
| Jul 26-27 | |
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New
Ipswich Encampment, Barrett House, New Ipswich
NH |
| Aug 23 | | 85e | | Fort
Revere—225th event. One-day event, 9-4. Food and
water will be provided. Directions. |
| Aug 30-31 | |
4th | |
Battle for Rhode Island—225th (Labor Day weekend). |
| Sep 1 | | 85e | | Marlboro Parade &
Reg't Birthday Party—note
not cancelled. Directions.
Note party at Steven's house this
year. |
| Sep 27 | |
85e/4th | |
Sudbury Faire & Muster of Fyfes and Drums |
2003 Other Events
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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