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By Karen L. Hayden Greetings to the column! This article is focusing on the smallest clothes in the hobby: children’s garments. I recently have received several compliments on the authenticity of my children’s re-enactment clothing. It seems that in the “hobby.” kids are the last ones to be dressed correctly. (OK, so there are a…
By Paul Trainor — 1st Continental Regt. 1770-1773 American colonists buy Dutch tea in preference to British tea. 1774 Britain declares all shipments of warlike goods to the colonies to be contraband. Local Dutch officials continue to smuggle the sinews of war to the rebellious colonists. 1776 Dutch evade British blockage of colonies by shipping…
By Lauren Radecsky — President, 6th Pennsylvania Regiment As far back into myself as I can remember, history was always a fascination for me. I would spend hours absorbing any book I could get on any historical subject. My favorite was American History, from the settlement at Jamestown to the Victorian Era. If I had…
By Mark Magiera Shortly after the wonderful event at the Daniel Boone Homestead in May, I received a call from our wonderful Adjutant to the Continental Line. “Mark!” says she, “Would you like to write an article about artillery?” So in this issue, I would like to talk about two topics. “The importance of using…
By Gary Corrado, D.P.M. The inhabitants of Cherry Valley had been fearful of an Indian attack for some time. They had been petitioning the Continental Congress and George Washington for Continental troops to be stationed in their town to replace those males who were already serving in the army. The destruction of tiny Andrustown, a…