It's a re-enactor thing. For twenty plus years I was a member of the 1st New Jersey Regiment (The Jersey Blues) of the Continental Line. There is a running joke about this fife and drum song being played every September 1st in this house. Couldn't pass it by without posting this.
A tip of the cocked hat (and shako, too) to my good friend, fellow wargamer, and fellow retired re-enactor, Mark N. of My Brave Fusiliers blog, that I also support.
Mark served for many, many years at Minuteman National Park as a ranger in the NPS. He has a wealth of information about the AWI period and is also an all-around great guy. Do please give his blog a visit. I have it linked to mine.
And now, back to reading about Columbus and Da Gama for graduate classes.
Great fife and drum tune! Was the 1st NJ the group Tom V. Commanded? I knew Tim and his brother Mark from the days they were in the 43rd/2nd PA.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the very kind comments. I greatly appreciate it.
I was thinking about doing a posting about my reenactment days. I don’t have a lot of pictures left due our house disaster but I gave posted a couple people sent me. It might be amusing hearing about why this American chose to be in a British unit. Especially the time when I was in Great Britain and was invited to attend the regiment’s officer mess.