We are only four hours from the start of the annual Under The Redcoat event at Colonial Williamsburg. The recent mid-Atlantic heat wave has not spared the Virginia Tidewater area; today’s forecast is for high’s in the mid 90’s and its only going to get warmer as the weekend progresses.
Come on out and check it [...]

New photos from several events have been posted. First, a new photo gallery for the May drill at Sully Plantation can be found at www.brigadeofguards.org/2010-sully-plantation. Two other older photo galleries have had additional photos linked - Guilford Courthouse 2010 and Guilford Courthouse 2008. Be sure to check both galleries, but the 2010 [...]

Quick post on the conclusion of the 2010 edition of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Day Two unfolded similar to the first day with companyy drill at Tannenbaum Park prior to a quick nooning (lunch) and prep for the afternoon tactical demonstration. This time, the march to Counrty Park found us closer to the crowd [...]

The first day of the 2010 Guilford Courthouse reenactment is in the books. Despite some ominous weather reports, the day’s events went off without a hitch. We were fortunate to have two recruits kitted out and another couple of potential recruits stop by to say hi and check us out. Our nine muskets and [...]

It’ll be a march in time, as the annual reenactment has returned to Country Park. A few years ago, the tactical demonstration was moved to Price Park as an attempt to improve the public viewing of the both the encampment and the battle reenactment. A disadvantage was the removal of the link to [...]

Additional photos from several events have been linked. The events include 2008 Fort Ward, 2009 Fort Ward, and 2009 Mount Vernon. Also, the February edition of the Gazette has been published. Enjoy!

In 2009, it was the rain. In 2010, it will be the snow. The city of Alexandria has canceled all major outdoor events this weekend due to the snow emergency in the Washington DC area. Unfortunately, our Fort Ward reenactment is considered a major event so we won’t be doing battle with [...]

Britain formally ends hostilities on this date in 1783.
The Battle of Yorktown is generally considered to be the end of the war, but Crown forces were still located in the American colonies for some time. These forces ceased offensive operations, and were slowly being withdrawn from the colonies while the various parties to the [...]

General George Washington, at his headquarters in Cambridge, hoists the Continental Union Flag on this date in 1776.
This flag is generally thought to be the first flag of the United States of America, and had flown from an American warship (the Alfred) the previous December. It is generally believed that the thirteen alternating red [...]

Its been a long time since there has been a post on this blog. Hopefully that will change over the next couple of weeks, but just to show that we haven’t been completely inactive, a few of the photo gallery pages have recently been updated with additional photos.
Check out the 2008 Jerusalem Mills, the [...]