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2019 Calendar of Events – British Brigade & Continental Line 2019 Calendar of Events – British Brigade & Continental Line January 5-6 British Brigade & Continental Line Meeting (Saturday 6th) January 12-13 Battle of Cowpens, SC NPS site January 19-20 January 26-27 February 2-3 American Heritage Festival, Lake City, SC February 9-10 February 16-17 Snow Shoe Patrol & Battle at Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, NY (Saturday only) **Also ** Siege of Charleston, SC **Also ** Cornwallis Occupation, Hillsborough, NC (Saturday only) February 23-24 BAR Southern Dept Firelock Match, Summit Point WV March 2-3 Boston Massacre Reenactment **Also ** CL-MAD School of the Officer and NCO, Washington Crossing Historic Park, PA **Also ** Colonial days at Ft. Dorchester. Charleston, SC March 9-10 March 16-17 Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Greensboro, NC **Also ** Military Through the Ages at Jamestown Settlement, VA March 23-24 8th Annual American Revolution conference, Colonial Williamsburg March 30-31 April 6-7 April 13-14 Battle Road NPS site, Lexington, MA (13th), Patriots' Day- Lexington, MA (15th) **Also ** Battle of Bound Brook, Middlebrook, NJ **Also ** British Occupation of Halifax, invitation only April 20-21 Easter Sunday weekend April 27-28 Battle of Musgrove Mill, Clinton, SC **Also ** Patriot’s Day Weekend, Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, NY. **Also ** Battle at Osborne’s Landing, Henricus Park, Chester VA **Also ** The siege of San Juan, Puerto Rico (1797) **Also ** BAR School of Instruction, East Jersey Old Town, Piscataway, NJ. **Also ** Fort Frederick 18th Century Market Fair, Big Pool, MD May 4-5 Mount Vernon, VA Encampment & Skirmish (invitation only - paid) May 11-12 Mother's Day weekend **Also** Raid at Martin's Station, Ewing, VA May 18-19 BAR at Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers, MA May 25-26 Memorial Day Weekend **Also** Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada (invitation only) June 1-2 June 8-9 Battle of Newbury Spencer Peirce Little Farm Newbury MA June 15-16 Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto, Ontario June 22-23 Battle of Monmouth, NJ **Also** Waters Farm, Sutton, Mass **Also** BAR 240th Battle of Springfield, Springfield, NJ. June 29-30 4th of July Celebration at the National Constitution Center (July 2-4, Tues.-Thurs.) **Also** Starks Muster Fort 4, Charlestown, NH **Also** BAR Southern Dept Dunmore's Flight, Endview Plantation, Newport News VA July 6-7 Battle of Hubbardton, VT **Also** Battles of Green Spring and Spencer's Ordinary, Chippokes State Park, Surry County, VA July 13-14 Battle of Huck's Defeat, Brattonsville, SC? 1 2019 Calendar of Events – British Brigade & Continental Line **also** Encampment at Marblehead, MA **also** BAR at the 240th Anniv. Assault on Stony Point, NY July 20-21 Castine, Maine **also** Fort Roberdeau Rev War Weekend, Altoona, PA July 27-28 August 3-4 Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA (invitation only) August 10-11 Old Fort Niagara (Youngstown NY) "Soldiers of the Revolution" August 17-18 BAR 240th Battle of Paulus Hook, NJ, New Bridge Landing, River Edge, NJ (Sat. only) **also** Hull House, Lancaster, NY August 24-25 240th Anniv. Battle of Newtown, Elmira, NY **also** Newport, R.I. (CL Only) Aug 31-Sept 1 Labor Day weekend - Latta Plantation, Charlotte NC **also** Fort Henry Days, Oglebay Park, WVA September 7-8 September 14-15 Brown's Raid, Fort Ticonderoga, NY **also** Mount Vernon Colonial Market and Fair September 21-22 Garrison at Fort #4, Charlestown, NH **Also** Paoli Battlefield Park Heritage Day, Malvern, PA (Sat. only) Sept. 28-29 Fort #4, Charlestown, NH **also** Before the Siege: The British Army at Yorktown, VA (invitation only) October 5-6 Battle of Germantown Chew House, Philadelphia, PA (Saturday - paid) **also** Daniels Farm, Blackstone MA **also** Historic Brattonsville Tactical, McConnells, SC October 12-13 Mount Harmon Plantation, Earleville, MD (BB & CL National Event) October 19-20 Chase Farm Lincoln RI (invitation only) **also** Battle of Red Bank, Ft. Mercer, Woodbury, NJ (Sunday - paid) **also** Colonial Times, Living History Park, North Augusta, SC October 26-27 November 2-3 Whitemarsh Encampment, Hope Lodge, PA **also** Battle of Camden, SC November 9-10 Siege of Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, PA November 16-17 November 23-24 Thanksgiving weekend BAR Retreat Fort Lee - Ft. Lee Historic Park, Fort Lee, NJ (Sat. only) **Also** BAR Southern Dept Yorktown POW March, Delaplane VA Nov 30- Dec 1 Battle of Great Bridge, Chesapeake, VA? December 7-8 Castle by Candlelight, Ft Niagara, Youngstown, NY (Saturday only) December 14-15 Castle by Candlelight, Ft Niagara, Youngstown, NY (Saturday only) **Also** Battle of Cedar Bridge, NJ (Sunday only)? December 21-22 Weekend before Christmas December 25 Crossing the Delaware, Washington Crossing Historic Park, PA December 28-29 Battle of Trenton, NJ (invitation only, contact site for details) 2 .
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