Poor, poor Fort Ticonderoga. It’s actually one of my favorite places to visit for events, but for some reason it never gets it’s fair place on my blog! Perhaps it’s because it’s the last event of the year, and I am just blogged out by then? Well regardless of the reason, please check out my pictures from the second day of the event in 2008 by viewing my gallery here.
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And also please enjoy these videos from the event:
Fort Ticonderoga was an absolute blast this year! The fort changed where the battle happened, and it seemed to be a much better place to have it. We had good weather, with only a slight amount of rain, and we were able to have lots of good times.
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The weekend started off with a bang, quite literally. When we drove in, this is what we were greeted with …
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Yes, that’s the road leading into what looks like bushes?? But no, it was …
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A tree that literally fell over into the middle of the road. Luckily no one was hurt, and since no one was hurt, it was actually kind of amusing! We had to drive up on the grass, around the tree, and we finally reached …
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Where we signed in …
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The rest of Friday was relatively uneventful, filled with saying hi to everyone, setting up our tent, and just general, overall good times.
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Saturday morning Kris and I woke up early and decided to sit out and watch the sunrise. We were not disappointed.
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Unfortunately without us there to protect him, Kolby got attacked (saw crawling on the wall of the tent) by a ginormous (relatively medium sized) arachnid (spider). After which he proceeded to scream and cry at the top of his lungs, thus managing to wake all those around him. We quickly came to his rescue and moved on to more morningish type things.
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Breakfast was cooked and served by Glen.
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And it was enjoyed by all …
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Lunch came next, we had a super yummy pasta salad by June and sandwiches prepared by Lori.
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The boys marched off to battle …
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The rest of our men manned the cannon …
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The ladies waited for their return …
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The musicians got ready …
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and the battle got started …
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During the battle dinner was put over the fire…
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And the women worked on weaving, game playing, and sewing …
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All the while, the battle soldiered on …
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There were a few causalities …
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But those were British, so yay for us! The battle went very well. The men returned home, we ate our dinner and had a casual night of chit chatting.
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To see the rest of the pictures from Friday and Saturday, be sure to check out my album here.
Last weekend a rather large event was hosted in Virginia. It was called Battle of the Hook. We were unable to attend ourselves due to the price of gas (who knew it would drop by over a dollar??) and just the general cost of day to day life. We couldn’t afford to spend any more this month. However, it sounds like it was a well planned event and about 1,500 reenactors were able to show up. I wanted to share some links to a few articles and photo albums that people have posted on the web:
I found this wonderful video on YouTube recently. There is something so striking about hearing the Declaration of Independence read out loud, especially by such a wide variety of individuals. I hope you enjoy it!
Here is another placeholder post for the wonderful Sunday battle description which will be put together just for you by Kris. Here are all the pictures and videos from the battle to tide you over until then.
Sunday at Old Sturbridge Village was a beautiful day. Apparently it rained buckets and buckets in New Hampshire for pretty much the whole weekend that we were at Sturbridge, but we didn’t have nearly that much rain while we were here. The rain actually held out for us on Sunday until after we were packed up and gone. The only rain we got was the little bit we had on Saturday (which was bad enough).
When I woke up on Sunday morning, I took a stroll down to the local tavern where there were flush toilets and mirrors and soap and running water, all of which I was very grateful to have.
Along the way, I decided to take some pictures of the scenery and the camps of others nearby. One of the first things I ran into was the neatest sleeping set up I have seen to date …
Though I guess they couldn’t all fit in there …
I also stopped to chat with a British gentleman and got some pictures of their area.
After my bathroom run, Kolby, Kris and I headed down to the bank to take some pictures. Kris’ real life job is at a bank, so we thought it would be fun to have one of these printed up for him to have there. We ended up getting some great pictures.
After our morning walk, we headed back to camp for some early morning conversation ….
And some breakfast cooked for us by Lori. She made scrambled eggs, sausage, and some fruit cakes, the really yummy kind, not the weird kind you think of around Christmas time. And we threw in some potatoes left from Glenn’s meal on Saturday.
And you guessed it, it was enjoyed by all! We really do eat well at these events!
After breakfast there was a little bit of free time that was used to play …
Fetch water …
Clean guns …
Make some tape …
Go for a walk in the woods (and get turned around just a bit) …
Visit the blacksmith …
Watch some fencing …
Take a portrait (Thanks Larissa!)
Check out the scenery …
And tune a drum …
After all the morning activities, it was time to get ready for the battle. Before the boys went down to fight, there was a prayer said.
Then it was time to march into position.
Once again I will defer all the good battle details to my hubby, but here are a few pictures and videos I really liked:
Unlike most of our events, we couldn’t leave Sturbridge immediately after the battle. This is because they are a running business that doesn’t close until 5:00. So a bunch of us took the time after the battle to go on a little boat ride. We learned a little more about the history of the area, and it was a nice relaxing time.
Old Sturbridge Village was a very fun event and I am very glad we had the chance to go. If you would like to see all the photos from Sunday please visit my gallery here.
