Revolutionary War Re-enactment

Recently, we went to a Revolutionary War Re-enactment. www.battleofthehook.org  It was SO much fun!

Some Revolutionary War reenactors watching a skirmish.

The re-enactment was very large with over 1,000 re-enactors, 6 historically accurate boats, a field with battlements, and a cabin that was torched the last day (I was told  about that but didn't see it as we went on Saturday).  I have been to one Civil War re-enactment but this was my first for the Revolution.  There were people from all over the world at this.  Some of the re-enactors were actually from Great Britain and Germany and came across the Atlantic solely for this event.

The historically accurate boats used in a skirmish.

Around lunch time as my husband and I talked about whether we should walk around a little more or find a place to sit down and eat, I looked around the war camp we were stopped near.  At one tent a woman was cutting a watermelon for lunch, at another tent a woman was cutting bread for lunch, at a third tent a woman was stirring a soup for lunch.  I stood in front of the stroller and handed Apple Jacks to my baby one-by-one and thought that not that much has changed for women in the last 250 years!  I might be holding plastic instead of feeding a fire but I was still feeding my family on the move, thank you very much!  Women have a lot in common with each other, both historically and across cultures.  That's kind of cool.

Revolutionary War era fife and drum band.  It sounded lovely!

I wish I had gotten better pictures but, of course, I left my real camera in the car before getting on the shuttle bus.  So these are some pictures I took with my phone.  I hope you enjoy!!

Some British soldiers marching toward the fighting in a Revolutionary War reenactment.