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 9, 1772 – The HMS Gaspee, a British customs ship that ran aground in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. The Gaspee, commanded by Lieutenant Dudingston, was engaged in a …
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What do you do when you can’t run events?
Fix your gear… About three years ago, I broke the wrist on my Brown Bess Musket while doing a demonstration as a Volunteer in the Park at Valley Forge. I tried to epoxy the pieces but that proved to be a temporary fix. I bought a new stock but never got around to getting the …
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WMD — Weapons of Musical Destruction
From 1745 to 1996, the Kingdom of Great Britain considered the bagpipes weapons of war, not instruments played in battle, like the fife and drum that is used to direct troops, but an actual physical weapon, like a sword or a musket. Those of you who have heard bagpipes may not be completely shocked, but …
Basic Colonial Brewing -Malting the Grain
Before grain can be used to make beer, the starches stored in the kernel must be converted to fermentable sugars. The grain does this naturally as part of the germination process, so the brewer need only harness this process and then stop it before the grain sprouts to capture the sugars they need for their …
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Colonial Mayfair Benjamin Banneker House, Ellicott City, MD
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 Benjamin Banneker, a free and self-educated African-American man born in 1731, spent his life farming, studying mathematics and publishing six almanacs. In commemoration of this icon of the self made man, an 18th-century Market Fair will be held at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Museum and Park on …
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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. June 5, 1767 The New York Restraining Act — forbade the New York Assembly and the governor of New York from passing any new bills until they agreed to …
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. June 4, 1738 – King George III is born. He will rule England from 1760 to 1820.
What do you do when you can’t run events?
Stuck at home, so what do you do? WRITE. I have prepared historical tidbits for all of 2021 and additional blog postings. If the quarantine continues and the Regimental Brewmiester dies, my readers won’t know until January 2022.
Our National Image is no just tarnished, its rusted through…
God today has been depressing. Here are a few images of effigies to cheer you up and remind you that free speech takes on many forms: For the record, this dog is not a registered Democrat… Remember, if the polls close today before you vote, you are effectively saying you want this to continue… Please …
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Boston 1768 vs Minneapolis in 2020
On March 5, a squad of 11 soldiers from HM 29th Regiment of Foot fired a ragged, undisciplined volley into a crowd of 300 – 400 angry protestors outside the Boston Customs House killing 3 men– Samuel Gray, James Caldwell, and Crispus Attucks. Two other men mortally wounded and died several days later – Samuel …
Michael Carver -- Historical Interpreter/Reenactor 