Announcing something special for Loyalists

Loyalist Landing 2008 225th Anniversary
July 18, 19 & 20 , 2008
Re-enactment of the Landing of 10,000 or more Loyalists at
Port Roseway (Shelburne, Nova Scotia) in 1783


Shelburne, Nova Scotia
February 15, 2008

Dear Rev War re-enactor....

I am sending this notice along to rev war reenactors, including some from the RevList usergroup. Pardon any duplications, but we hope that we might see some of you here this summer in Nova Scotia.

With your kind permission regarding Loyalist Landing 2008, July 18-20 - Shelburne, Nova Scotia, we are now asking that participants submit registration forms so that we might make adequate preparation for the wood, straw, black powder, water and food, etc, etc., which we will need for the weeked. A link to the form can be found at www.LoyalistLanding2008.org or you can download a word version HERE or a pdf version HERE. The event is sponsored by the Brigade of the American Revolution and is one of the events overseen by the Canadian Maritimes Region.

For those who have submitted your registration forms, we are, of course, most grateful and look forward to seeing you here. You may still find some of the information on the website useful.

The weekend will be one of the largest reenactments in Eastern Canada in a decade and is sure to be a grand weekend. As you might see by a schedule posted at: www.LoyalistLanding2008.org, the weekend includes many opportunities for parades, drills, historical re-enactments, skirmishes and other delights. We will be providing straw, water, wood, black powder, clean toilet facilities and good shower facilities.

Shelburne Town retains much of its 18th Century charm, especially in the historic waterfront district, where many events will be staged. The encampment is just two blocks from the historic district. Local merchants will be affording reenactors discounts and there will be a pay parade on the Sunday to help with travel costs.

On the website, you will find a formal invitation, maps of the town and region, general tourism information plus information about crossing the US/Canada border and bringing muskets and other weapons into Nova Scotia.

We have to date seen interest from Several Quarters, including 84th Regiment Afoot, 2nd Battalion Regimental Assoc, Fortress of Louisburg, Stepford Historical Dancers, 49th Regiment of Foot, 1st New Jersey Volunteers, 3rd New Jersey Volunteers, 2nd Battalion, Delancey's Brigade, Kings Orange Rangers, 1st & 2nd Rhode Island, 3rd NJ Regt, "Jersey Blues", 74th Regt.Bn.Coy, 74th Highland Reg't., Atlantic Living Heritage Assoc., &tc, &tc., and have room and Heart for hundreds more.

We welcome inquiries from sutlers. For those interested, the region will also be hosting a major F&I event at Fortress Louisburg ( July 25-27).

Please also forward this message with my Good Wishes to any Loyalist Troops or Sympathizers (or Continentals looking for a good tussle) or sutlers who you think may enjoy our weekend. We look forward to you joining us in July on the rugged Coast of Nova Scotia for a Grand time.

Please feel free to email me (or the two gentlemen below) with any questions or call toll-free at: 877.235.4999

With Warmest Regards,

I remain yr most humbl svnt

Timothy Gillespie
novascotiaarts@klis.com

for Robt Guay, Acting Commander
Col Van Buskirks Coy, 3rd New Jersey Volunteers
guay@ns.sympatico.ca

and for Owen Hamlin
Maritimes Region Coordinator
Brigade of the American Revolution
mrh@ns.sympatico.ca

2008 Events: Battle on Snowshoes

This in recently from the FandIWar egroup:

We have high hopes that the Battle on Snowshoes event, scheduled for March 8th, will require snowshoes! It looks good so far. The Nadeau property, to the north of the Ticonderoga Country Club is a potential site for the start of the engagement. The Country Club has agreed to allow the use of their property, we will have to be careful of the "greens" area if there is no snow cover. This will be a one-day event, those who wish to stay overnight will have to make arrangements ( NOTE: the seamstress will post motel information from the Ti Chamber of Commerce as the date gets closer...) Registration information should be going out to unit commanders soon.
Best wishes to all for a very Merry Christmas!

I shall remain your most faithful...
S. Fuller


Battle on Snowshoes, March 13, 1758. The Participants

The English:

" No one was ordered on this hazardous expedition". ( Volume 1- The Beginnings. Burt Loescher 1946.) All members were volunteeres. They included 11 offficers, 11 sergents and150 privates from Roger's Rangers, along with additons from Putnam's Ct. company, the 27th Inniskilling, and some who had served in Roger's Cadet Company. The total in tis "flying party was 184 officers and men.

The French:

Sieur La Durantage, an ensign in the Colony Regulars, had recently
arrived at Ticonderoga with 200 iroquois and Nippssings from Soult St.
Louis and the Lake of the Two Mountains. He also brought several
Colonial Cadets and 30 Canadians.

On the morning of the 13th, the Indians had applied to Capt.
Hebercourt, Commandant of Ticonderoga, for provisions and brandy. A
small Indian scout returned from Lake George and reported fresh tracks
of 200 men on the west side of the lake near Bald Mt. This news excited
the "refreshed" Indians, and a confrontation between the enemies drew
near. The brush fighter Langy was present and his desire for action
added 30 Canadians and several Lieutenants , sergeants and privates
from the garrison regulars. The French forces now totalled 300.

Respectfully submitted, S. Fuller, Lake George Scout (and his
scribe, Sharon Bell)