As I was preparing the blog on Fort Mifflin, I found this footage from 2018 just in case you were nostalgic for a pre-COVID world… https://videopress.com/v/OynkfOdB?preloadContent=metadata https://videopress.com/v/5ydEimOV?preloadContent=metadata
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Reading of the Declaration of Independence at Fort Mifflin
This is a tradition with me, unfortunately the video was stopped and restarted so a few usurpations were missed but you get the basic idea. https://videopress.com/v/GGwJugYU?preloadContent=metadata
Historical Tidbits
When reenacting or acting as a historical interpreter, its good to have a few historical dates and stories to share. This series will publish a few. July 4, 1789 – TARRIFF ACT was the first major piece of legislation passed in the United States after the ratification of the United States Constitution. This act had …
Historical Tidbits
When reenacting or acting as a historical interpreter, its good to have a few historical dates and stories to share. This series will publish a few. July 4, 1776 – a document formally enumerating the justification for separating America from the rule of the Crown and Parliament was formally adopted by the Continental Congress. This …
Modern Abuses and Usurpations
Thomas Jefferson is noted for reminding us that “a little rebellion now and then is a good thing.” This year, we seem to be taking that advice to heart with SERIOUS and SINCERE protests and marches. We are hitting the big issues. Now we need to storm the Bastille… wait, that’s the next revolution. I …
Historical Tidbits
When reenacting or acting as a historical interpreter, its good to have a few historical dates and stories to share. This series will publish a few. July 2, 1776 – “The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. —I am apt to believe that it will …
Great Day Reading the Declaration of Independence
On June 28, Noah Lewis (aka Ned Turner), Stewart Roseman, and I participated in FREEDOM BLAST at Fort Mifflin. I read the Declaration of Independence, Noah gave his talk on colored soldiers in the Continental Army, and we conscripted some soldiers and taught them drill. We are inching our way back from the COVID shut-down …
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Michael Carver -- Historical Interpreter/Reenactor 