Nevada City "Revolutionary War Days" 14-15 September 2019 Schedule!
Delaware Regiment of the American Revolution
"Sons of the Blue Hen and Game to the End!"
Monday, September 2, 2019
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Nevada City CA "Revolutionary War Days" 14-15 September 2019!
Mark your calendars for "Revolutionary War Days in Nevada City, CA. Parade on 15 September 2019, Sunday.
More to come as we get closer to the event.
More to come as we get closer to the event.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Saturday, August 4, 2018
Nevada City Revolutionary War Days! 8-9 September 2018

8-9 September 2018
As part of Nevada City's 52nd Annual Constitution Day Parade
and Celebration, the Delaware Regiment and Brigade of the American Revolution
will set up a Revolutionary War encampment with soldiers, musicians, and
civilians demonstrating infantry drill & musket firing, skirmishes, soldiers’
uniforms and camp life, civilian clothing, sewing, book binding/paper making, weaving, spinning, surgery
& medicine, and spirited fife & drum music.
Infantry soldiers will represent American Continental
regiments representing the Delaware Regiment, the British 33rd
Regiment of Foot, and Colonial Loyalists fighting for the Crown.
Flag raising and lowering at opening and closing times will
be accompanied by fife & drum music performed by the California
Consolidated Drum Band. This is
California’s official fife & drum band, which will play additional music
throughout the day.
Pioneer Park, Nevada City, CA.
Saturday September 8 from 10 AM to 5 PM.
Sunday September 9 from 10 AM to Noon.
And don’t miss the Constitution Day parade down Nevada
City's Broad Street, beginning at 2 PM on Sunday. Our group is entered as a marching band and
will include fifers & drummers, Continental soldiers, Redcoats, Colonial
Loyalists, and Civilians.
http://www.delawareregiment.org or www.nevadacitychamber.com
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Mount Vernon Memorial Park HERITAGE DAYS - Presidents Day Feb 19
Come see the Delaware Regiment at Mount Vernon Memorial Park in Fair Oaks, CA, near Sacramento. The event has many eras and participants. Rain or shine, 10 am to 2 pm.
Revolutionary War Days in Nevada City, CA - Sep 2017
9-10 Sep 2017
Nevada City, CA
After Action Report
On
September 9th and 10th, 2017, the "Revolutionary War
Days" event was held for the fifth year at Pioneer Park in the Gold Rush
town of Nevada City in Northern California. The event was conducted by the
Haslet's Delaware Regiment (Brigade of the American Revolution), and was
sponsored by the Nevada City Constitution Day Commission. Nevada City
celebrates Constitution Days that weekend, including a parade on Sunday
afternoon. California’s official fife & drum band, the California
Consolidated Drum Band, provided period music throughout the event and during
the parade. The British Brigade’s 33rd Regiment of Foot supported
its members’ participation at the event, joined by a New Jersey Loyalist. The living history encampment included tented
stations of Revolutionary War era civilian life and activities, fife & drum
station, and an encampment of soldiers’ tents.
Demonstrations
included:
· flag raising and
lowering to fife & drum
· soldier weapons
inspection, manual of arms drill and firing demonstrations
· skirmish between
opposing forage parties
· firing contest
between Redcoats and Continentals
· fife & drum concerts
· replica George
Washington camp tent with bed, desks, accouterments and chairs, telling stories
of the “real” George Washington
· kids drill with
replica muskets
·
colonial
chocolate beverage
· apothecary/surgeon
· milliner
· soldier camp
life
· town crier
narrating events and telling Revolutionary stories
· soldier uniforms,
weapons and equipment
· Sons of the
American Revolution (SAR) station on genealogy and American flags
· History Hunt
with kids completing a sheet of questions on the Revolution and identifying
various camp activities, with a reward of several Ben Franklin gold coins
(chocolate)
Public
attendance was estimated to be about 300; good considering the very hot summer,
although event weather was milder. Those
attending stayed at the encampment a long time listening to stories of the
Revolution, watching demonstrations, asking questions and taking in the
atmosphere. Eight large color placards told the story of the Revolution year by
year. Visitors collected pamphlets of the US Constitution & Declaration of
Independence at the event. Drilling the public with replica muskets was again a huge
hit and amusing to watch for spectators. Redcoats and Rebels competed in a “volley
firing while advancing” race, with both sides firing very effectively and the
Redcoats taking a close victory. Reenactors from Southern California and Nevada
joined local reenactors at the event. An evening group dinner at a nearby
Nevada City restaurant in uniform provided well deserved relaxation and
entertainment. The
event concluded on Sunday afternoon with a Constitution Day parade with the CA
Consolidated Drum Band, Delawares and 33rds marching as a joint entry through
downtown Nevada City. (We placed 2nd
in the parade, behind the Submarine Veterans.)
We
had a splendid time helping children and adults understand and appreciate the
story of the courageous men and women who lived these times.
Huzzah!
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