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

Drills, Practices, Meetings

Pre-West Boylston drills: May 21, May 25, May 26 and May 28.

Pre-Strubridge drills: July 23rd and July 30th, Wayside Inn, starting promptly at 6:30pm. Full uniform is not required; however please make sure to bring a musket, your hat, and a cartridge box.

Pre-Sturbridge rolling party: Sunday, July 20, 11am. See newsletter or mailing list for location, or contact an officer or board member. Bring some pre-rolled tubes if you can.

  • 5/21 Wed Night - 6:30 p.m. at the Wayside Inn
  • 5/25 - Sunday - Meet at Dilboy Field, Somerville, MA at 10:30 a.m. This is just before the parade.
  • 5/26 - Monday - 10:15 a.m., Andover, MA - this is after the Andover parade.
  • 5/28 - Wed night - 6:30 p.m. at the Wayside Inn.

2008 Event Schedule

DateUnitEvent
16 Mar Evacuation Day Parade, South Boston, MA
22 Mar 4th Muster Day—Hartwell Tavern
19 Apr 4th Battle Road Park, Hartwell Tavern and Tower
3 May 85e Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers—Danvers Alarm Co./HMS Somerset. 85e, but 4th is okay.
10 May 85e Joint Drill with Bourbonnais—one day encampment, Berkley, MA
May 17–18 Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro, PA
TBA 85e Memorial Day Parade Somerville, MA
Dress is French, white gaiters, full canteens. Directions: Take Rt 2 East towards Boston. Turn left onto Rt 16. Follow Rt 16 for about 1 mile. Dilboy Field is on the left.
TBA 85e Memorial Day Parade Andover, MA
Dress is French, white gaiters, full canteens. Directions.
May 31–June 1 Battle of Schoharie, Blenheim, NY. Voted on as a NDCL endorsed event for 2008.
June 6–8 85e Camp Woodhaven, West Boylston, MA. Hosted by 85ème Regiment de Saintonge.
June 21–22 4th Battle of Monmouth Courthouse
June 28–29 LaSarre Fort Carillion, Fort Ticonderoga, NY (F&I)
August 1–3 85e Redcoats to Rebels, Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA. Cosponsored by 85ème Regiment de Saintonge.
August 9–10 4th The Gathering Storm, MMNHP (Hartwell), MA
August 22–24 85e Heritage Days, Fall River, MA—Battle and encampment. Arrive after 2 PM Friday for set-up. Directions to Fall River Heritage State Park: Fall River Heritage State Park (Davol Street) is located in southeastern Massachusetts. 508-675-5759. From the north: Rte. 24 south to first Fall River exit, bear right on Rte. 79. Follow signs for Heritage State Park and Battleship Cove.
September 5–7 4th Fort Ticonderoga, NY
13 Sep 85e? Colonial Muster Day, Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers, MA
September 13–14 Battle of RI, Fort Adams, Newport, RI (BAR)
27 Sep 85e Sudbury Colonial Faire
Oct 17–19 85e Battle of the Hook, Gloucester, VA
15 Nov 85e Plymouth Time Line, Plymouth, MA. To be confirmed.

Prior Years' Schedules

  • 2007 event schedule
  • 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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