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NO FOOLIN’ JAM SESSION
Enjoy a great afternoon of music and socializing with many of your fife and drum friends. We will be serving complementary beverages and snacks and we will again be treating all of our guests to a mid-afternoon buffet! We will be holding a raffle to help defray the cost of the jam. If you wish to donate a prize for the raffle, just bring it to the jam!A great way to warm up for the upcoming muster season! Past jam…
Find out more »LEXINGTON F. & D. MUSTER
This has become a cherished annual event in Lexington, taking place during the first weekend of May, and attended by corps from all over New England, and beyond. Contact: Carmfifes@gmail.com Phone: (508) 278-2803
Find out more »DEEP RIVER F. & D. MUSTER
The parade starts at the corner of Main and Kirtland Streets and proceeds down Main Street to Devitt’s Field. The DRAM is the oldest and largest gathering of fife and drum participants and enthusiasts in the world and has been referred to as “The Granddaddy of All Musters”, and “A Colonial Woodstock”. July 14-15 (Fri-Sat) Time: 7 PM FRIDAY TATTOO 11 PM. SATURDAY PARADE - MUSTER TO FOLLOW Location: DEVITT FIELD
Find out more »WESTBROOK MUSTER
August 24http://www.hauleymusic.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=334&action=edit-25 (Fri-Sat) Time: TATTOO FRI. 7 PM. PARADE SAT. 11 PM. MUSTER TO FOLLOW The Westbrook Boy Scouts will be serving a variety of different treats at the field. A muster meal will be provided for participating corps in the firehouse from 3-5pm. Limited camping is available on a first come first serve basis. Tarps are allowed around the field in specified areas. Camping and tarp setup may begin at 9am Friday. The entire field must be cleared by…
Find out more »Sudbury Colonial Faire and Fife & Drum Muster
Time: Opens at 10:00 with a Colonial encampment, militia and crafts demonstrations, and contradancing. We expect dozens of colonial and craft vendors and fife and drum corps. Notes: Parade starts at noon with 25 fife and drum corps.
Find out more »Mar 1780 Indian raiding parties. During the spring of 1780, Indian war parties were constantly leaving Fort Niagara for the frontiers of New York, Pennsylvania, and as far south as Virginia. The raiding parties ranged in size from six to seventy-five men. Returning to Fort Niagara, the parties brought in prisoners, livestock, and reports of settlers killed and barns burned. Sources: Barbara Graymont, The Iroquois in the American Revolution. Gavin K. Watt, The Burning of the Valleys. April 7, 1780…
Find out more »Battle of Cowpens
The Continental Army had suffered crushing defeats in the Southern Colonies. General George Washington had seen one army captured in the Siege of Charleston, a devastating massacre at the Battle of Waxhaws, and another army destroyed in the Battle of Camden. The moral of the war in the south was not good, to say the least. However, there was one bright spot and that was Nathanael Greene. Nathanael Greene was a former Quaker from Rhode Island who had served in…
Find out more »Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Battle of Hobkirk's Hill (sometimes referred to as the Second Battle of Camden) was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on April 25, 1781, near Camden, South Carolina. A small American force under Nathanael Greene occupying Hobkirk's Hill, north of Camden, was attacked by British troops led by Francis Rawdon. After a fierce clash, Greene retreated, leaving Rawdon's smaller force in possession of the hill. Despite the victory, Rawdon soon fell back to Camden and two weeks later found it necessary…
Find out more »| Additional Schedules & Information: | ||
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| 1 | 13th Albany County Militia | Schedule of Events |
| 2 | American Revolution Site | Great Links |
| 3 | BVMA | Burning of the Valleys Military Association Schedule & More |
| 4 | Company of Fifers and Drummers | Great Links, Coming Events & More |
| 5 | Village Volunteers Fife & Drum Corps | Delmar, NY |