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The never ending quest for experiences to enhance or add to your repertoire of reenacting keeps individuals and unit commanders continually busy. For years I have tried to work on such things for my own unit, The Massachusetts Provincial Battalion. In the fall each year we host an event at our fort, Ft. Bagley, in the middle of the lower peninsula of Michigan. (In 2013 our event is September 14-15.) We call the event our Challenge Weekend. This past year, 2012, I decided to give the men a more extensive workout in an attempt to give them the feel of more skills used by our historic counterparts. Read the rest of this entry »
Another fun filled weekend at Colonial Kensington has come and gone. We were blessed with fantastic weather for working and soldiering in wool uniforms. It was cool and rainy on Saturday and Sunny on Sunday so all were able to pack up dry canvas. (Yea dry canvas!).
Some camaraderie around the campfire
Rare footage of an officer actually working!
This weekend is the final public event for the Battalion this year. It runs all day on Saturday August 11th and 12th. Here is a nice write up of the event from the Observer and Eccentric.
Hope to see you all there.
The Cass River Encampment at Frankemuth was a great success! Trish took some pictures and has them up at Photobucket (choose from Civilians or Soldiers). A slideshow of her Soldier and battle photos are shown at the bottom.
Come visit us this weekend at the Cass River Encampment held in Frankenmuth near the covered bridge. For those looking for an address to put in your GPS, it’s 925 South Main, Frankenmuth MI.
Stop by and say “Hi!”
Come and see the Battalion when they encamp at Pine Grove Park, Port Huron Michigan for the 32nd Annual Feast of St Claire. Click here (PDF) for a flyer with more information. This fantastic event is sponsored by the Port Huron Museum.
The Battalion made a showing at the Kalamazoo Living History show once. This year the shows venue was substantially upgraded and the new building is very very nice. The show was roomy and easy to navigate compared to its cramped site in previous years. Below is a photobucket feed of the pictures Trish took at the show. (Explaining the random dress pictures…)
Thanks to everybody that made it out to the show and we look forward to participating again next year.
Here is the Battalion event schedule for 2012. We hope to see you at one of our events.
Kalamazoo Living History Show (Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds), March 17th and 18th
Feast of St. Clair (Port Huron, MI), May 26th and 27th
Feast of the Strawberry Moon (Grand Haven, MI), June 9th and 10th
War in the Wilderness (Stoney Creek Metro Park) June 16th and 17th
Colonial Frankenmuth (Frankenmuth, MI), July 21st and 22nd
Michilimackinac Garrison (Mackinaw City, MI) July 28th and 29th
Colonial Kensington (Kensington Metropark), August 11th and 12th
The Macomb Daily wrote up a nice piece, including a short video, about our event at Stoney Creek Metropark. The video clip has some nice footage of the Battalion in action. Be sure to check it out. Thanks to Don Gardner and The Macomb Daily.