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

Drills, Practices, Meetings

Jan 13				Drill and distaff gathering, 12:00-, Bolton, MA
Feb 17				Annual voting meeting followed by drill and distaff gathering, 12:00-, Stow, MA
Nov 11?				Annual fall regimental meeting preceded by drill and distaff gathering, Stow, MA Date, time and location to be confirmed.

2007 Event Schedule

Date	Unit	Event
Mar 18	85^e	Evacuation Day Parade South Boston, MA Dress is French, white gaiters, full canteens.
Mar 31	4^th	Muster Day Lexington, MA
April 14	4^th	Battle Road Lexington, MA
Apr 16	4^th	Concord Commemorative Ceremony / Old North Bridge Concord, MA
May 19	85^e	Lafayette Day, meet no later than 9:30 a.m. Boston Common
May 20	85^e	Golden Ball day including drill. 1-4 p.m. Weston, MA
May 27	85^e	Memorial Day Parade Somerville, MA Dress is French, white gaiters, full canteens.
May 28	85^e	Memorial Day Parade Andover, MA Dress is French, white gaiters, full canteens. Directions.
May 28	85^e	~~Memorial Day Parade~~ ~~Medford, MA~~
Jun 9-10	85^e	Bordentown Bordentown, NJ
Jun 23-24	85^e	La Kermesse Biddeford, ME
Jun 31 & Jul 1	4^th	Camp Cambridge at Hartwell, Lexington, MA
Jul 21	85^e	Thayer House one-day encampment and drill, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Braintree, MA
Aug 4-5	85^e	Redcoats to Rebels Sturbridge, MA
Aug 18-19	85^e	Fort Taber New Bedford, MA
Sept 3	85^e	Labor Day Parade Marlborough, MA Followed by Reg't birthday party (see below). Dress is French, white gaiters, full canteens. Directions.
Sept 3	85^e	Regimental Birthday Party Location TBD
Sept 8-9	4^th	Fort Ticonderoga Ticonderoga, NY
Sept 22-23	85^e	Verplank, NY
Sept 29	85^e	Sudbury Muster Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA
Sept 29-30	85^e	Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, VA
Oct 6-7	4^th	Saratoga Saratoga, NY
Oct 21-22	4^th	Rock Ford Plantation Lancaster, PA
Nov 17	85^e	Plymouth Time Line? Plymouth, MA To be confirmed.

Prior Years' Schedules

2006 event schedule
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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