Saintonge/4th Middlesex Gazette Françoise (News)

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

Drills, Practices, Meetings

2008 Event Schedule

Date	Unit	Event
16 Mar		Evacuation Day Parade, South Boston, MA
22 Mar	4^th	Muster Day—Hartwell Tavern
19 Apr	4^th	Battle Road Park, Hartwell Tavern and Tower
3 May	85^e	Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers—Danvers Alarm Co./HMS Somerset. 85^e, but 4^th is okay.
10 May	85^e	Joint Drill with Bourbonnais—one day encampment, Berkley, MA
May 17–18		Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro, PA
TBA	85^e	Memorial Day Parade Somerville, MA Dress is French, white gaiters, full canteens.
TBA	85^e	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	85^e	Camp Woodhaven, West Boylston, MA. Hosted by 85ème Regiment de Saintonge.
June 21–22		Battle of Monmouth Courthouse
June 28–29	LaSarre	Fort Carillion, Fort Ticonderoga, NY (F&I)
August 1–3	85^e	Redcoats to Rebels, Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA. Cosponsored by 85ème Regiment de Saintonge.
August 22–24	85^e	Heritage Days, Fall River, MA—Battle and encampment
September 5–7	4^th	Fort Ticonderoga, NY
13 Sep	85^e?	Colonial Muster Day, Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers, MA
September 13–14		Battle of RI, Fort Adams, Newport, RI (BAR)
27 Sep	85^e	Sudbury Colonial Faire
Oct 17–19	85^e	Battle of the Hook, Gloucester, VA
15 Nov	85^e	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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85ème Régiment de Saintonge/4th Middlesex Militia

Gazette Françoise

Drills, Practices, Meetings

2008 Event Schedule

Prior Years' Schedules