SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES, VILLAGE GREEN
10:30 AM | ARTILLERY DEMONSTRATION
11:00 AM | AMERICAN MILITARY/MILITIA DRILLS AND MUSKET FIRING
11:30 AM | KIDS MILITIA DRILLS
12:30 PM | BRITISH MILITARY DRILLS AND MUSKET FIRING
1:30 PM | ARTILLERY DEMONSTRATION
2:00 PM | FROM SHIP TO SHORE
Amphibious landing demonstration (Australia Beach, (34) on map)
2:30 PM | ESSEX FIFE AND DRUM CORPS, SAILING MASTERS OF 1812 PERFORMANCE
3:00 PM | BRITISH MILITARY DRILLS AND MUSKET FIRING
3:30 PM | GRAND CELEBRATION PARADE AROUND THE VILLAGE GREEN
ONGOING DISPLAYS AND DEMOS, VILLAGE GREEN
DRESS DAD UP LIKE A CONTINENTAL SOLDIER! | Are you dressed the part? Capture this Father’s Day memory in a photo! Post on social media with #findyourseastory
MEET PEOPLE OF THE REVOLUTION | Ask about the roles of women, children, and other camp followers. What was it like to be a continental soldier and militiaman?
KIDS MILITIA DRILLS | Gather up to learn how to carry a wooden musket. Can you march in line?
COLONIAL CLOTHING | What would you have worn if you were a soldier, camp follower, or child during the Revolutionary War?
MEET A CONTINTENTAL DOCTOR | What were the doctor’s responsibilities?
COOKING DEMONSTRATION AT AMERICAN CAMP | What’s on the fire today?
LIFE AS A BRITISH REGULAR IN THE COLONIES | Ask about the British experience.