Saturday, June 10Colonial Brewing Workshop10 AM-4 PM$100 This event has now been opened to the general public. Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation is hosting an in depth colonial brewing workshop on 6/10/2023! Master Colonial Brewer, Michael Carver will be sharing his amazing knowledge of 18th century beer production. Have a hands on experience and take home the …
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A bounce is a drink made with a mixture of alcohol and sweetened cherry juice. The earliest reference for such a drink is 1693 where it was referenced in W. Robertson’s Phraseologia Generalis as a “mingled drink” called cherrybouncer. Sometimes cherry brandy (Kirsch) was also called bounce as the two beverages are very similar. The …
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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. June 2, 1774 – QUARTERING ACT made provisions for British troops to be given food and shelter at the expense of the American colonies, especially Massachusetts where a large …
Saturday, June 10Colonial Brewing Workshop*Members Only*10 AM-4 PM$100 Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation is hosting an in depth colonial brewing workshop on 6/10/2023! Master Colonial Brewer, Michael Carver will be sharing his amazing knowledge of 18th century beer production. Have a hands on experience and take home the results of your work to ferment into the Spruce …
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Okay, on the Sunday before Memorial Day, I hit an impasse with one of Fort Mifflin’s event organizers. I will spare you the gory details but it was bad. I subsequently informed Fort Mifflin that I would be leaving. This was not received well and I have been fielding all sorts of pleas that I …
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. May 30, 1783 – The Pennsylvania Evening Post became America’s first daily newspaper. Benjamin Towne published the first issue of the Post on January 24, 1775. The paper was supportive of …
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A sextant is an intimidating complex instrument. It consists of an A-shaped frame with an apex of 60° on a sextant or 45° on an octant. Along the rounded lower edge of the frame is an arc, the limb, that is marked with numbers for the degree of the angles that the sextant can measure. An index …
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29 May 1781 Early in May 1781, the Continental frigate Alliance sailed home from France. Between the Newfoundland Banks and the American coast she moved cautiously for that stretch of water was dominated by the enemy. The weather, however, proved to be more destructive. Amid booming rolls of thunder and a heavy sea on the …
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Well, after many years of faithfully serving Fort Mifflin, I have reached an ethical impasse over the Philadelphia Renaissance Faire. Let me be clear, this is a problem with who the Fort has chosen to rent themselves out to and not the administration of the Fort but in the end, I have sent them my …
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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. May 29, 1787 – At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, the Virginia Plan calling for a bicameral legislature, an executive, and a judiciary branch of government was proposed by …
