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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. November 16, 1777         Siege Fort Mifflin On September 22, Howe succeeded in achieving an uncontested crossing of the Schuylkill River and four days later occupied Philadelphia.  Having taken the city, …

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Fort Mifflin will have a Newspaper at Siege Weekend

This year for Cannonball Tavern I made up a period newspaper with news as it would have been published in March of 1777.  I plan to produce souvenir newspapers this year Siege Weekend.  The news will be reproduced for the time period (October 1777) as will most of the ads but if you want to …

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Fort Mifflin will have a Newspaper at Siege Weekend

This year for Cannonball Tavern I made up a period newspaper with news as it would have been published in March of 1777.  I plan to produce souvenir newspapers this year Siege Weekend.  The news will be reproduced for the time period (October 1777) as will most of the ads but if you want to …

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Fort Mifflin will have a Newspaper at Siege Weekend

This year for Cannonball Tavern I made up a period newspaper with news as it would have been published in March of 1777.  I plan to produce souvenir newspapers this year Siege Weekend.  The news will be reproduced for the time period (October 1777) as will most of the ads but if you want to …

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