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(FYI: each new year's schedule is usually posted in late February.)

Drills and Practices

Feb 11				Drill and distaff gathering, 10:30-12:00, Berlin, MA followed by annual voting meeting
Mar 11				Drill and distaff gathering, 10:30-12:00, Bolton, MA followed by workparty
Apr 8				Drill and distaff gathering, 10:30-12:00, Bolton, MA followed by workparty
May 13				Drill and distaff gathering, 10:30-12:00, Bolton, MA followed by workparty
June 3				Workparty, starting at 11:00am, Framingham, MA
June 10				Drill and distaff gathering, 10-12, Bolton, MA followed by workparty
July 8				Drill and distaff gathering, TBA followed by workparty

2006 Event Schedule

Date	Unit	Event
Mar 5	4^th	Boston Massacre Boston, MA
Mar 19	85^e	Evacuation Day Parade South Boston, MA Dress is French, white gaiters, full canteens.
Mar 25	4^th	Muster Day Concord, MA
April 8&9	4^th	Battle of Bound Brook South of Bound Brook, NJ
April 15	4^th	Battle Road Lexington, MA
April 17	4^th	Patriots Day Ceremonies Concord, MA
May 20	85^e	Wethersfield, CT
May 28	85^e	Memorial Day Parade Somerville, MA Dress is French, white gaiters, full canteens.
May 29	85^e	Memorial Day Parade Andover, MA Dress is French, white gaiters, full canteens. Directions.
May 29	85^e	~~Memorial Day Parade~~ ~~Medford, MA~~ -- cancelled
Jun 17&18	85^e	Providence, RI W3R
Jun 17&18	85^e	Southbury, CT
July 1& 2	85^e	Ridgefield, CT. BAR event website. 5th Connecticut event website. Invitation to ball.
July 22& 23	85^e	Grand Reconnaissance White Plains
Aug 5&6	85^e	From Redcoats to Rebels Sturbridge, MA
Aug 26&27	85^e	The Crossing at King's Ferry Verplank, NY
Sept 4	85^e	Labor Day Parade Marlborough, MA Followed by Reg't birthday party (see below). Dress is French, white gaiters, full canteens. Directions.
Sept 4	85^e	Regimental Birthday Party TBD
Sept 9	85^e	Fort Revere Hull, MA. May serve as mandatory pre-Yorktown drill—TBA
Sept 23	85^e	Sudbury Muster Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA
Sept 30	85^e	Wilmington, DE
Oct 13 -16	85^e	Prelude to Victory Williamsburg, VA
Oct 20 - 22	85^e	225^th Victory at Yorktown Yorktown, VA
Nov 18	85^e	Plymouth Time Line Plymouth, MA

Prior Years' Schedules

2005 event schedule
2004 event schedule
2003 event schedule
2002 event schedule
2001 event schedule
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!

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