rebels and redcoats

We went to Old Sturbridge Village last weekend for their Rebels to Redcoats event. "The Village is transformed into a military camp spanning over 150 years in early American history." The soldiers, etc, aren't employed by OSV, but rather people who do this for fun. We arrived just in time for the military parade, then dashed off to the Freeman Farm fields to catch a mock battle, heard the fife and drum corps, and talked to the people in the camps about cooking on the fire and life in the 1800s.

The campsites were scattered throughout the village grounds, and the re-enactors were happy to answer questions and expound on their area of expertise.

While Daddy and Dante chat up the man at the saw mill, Lucia tosses some stones into the mill pond.

And while Daddy and Dante talk with one of the British regiments about cooking on the fire, and life as a family of re-enactors, Lucia gets a ride in the play area.


I love this bottle carrier. We were talking to this group (Royal Navy) and when I asked about it, the lieutenant informed us that their sailmaker who made it also knotted the hammocks for Master and Commander. Ah, the lost art of macrame.