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tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons 10 years ago, 12 hours in the life of a reenactor. We really are all quite mad! A thread. Dec. 18th, 8:00 p.m. on a plane in Atlanta, hoping for an ontime departure for Toronto! I would have to land, clear customs, retrieve my vehicle and still drive an hour plus to Niagara On The Lake! 1/ @warof1812 @histodon @histodons
10 years ago, 12 hours in the life of a reenactor. We really are all quite mad!
A thread.
Dec. 18th, 8:00 p.m. on a plane in Atlanta, hoping for an ontime departure for Toronto!
I would have to land, clear customs, retrieve my vehicle and still drive an hour plus to Niagara On The Lake!
1/
@warof1812 @histodon @histodons
tom4141tom OP , 6 months ago @warof1812 @histodon @histodons Fort George had offered barracks space for the reenactors but wake up would be sometime around 2:00 a.m. and I knew it would be rude showing up around midnight stumbling around in the dark looking for a bunk! 2/
Fort George had offered barracks space for the reenactors but wake up would be sometime around 2:00 a.m. and I knew it would be rude showing up around midnight stumbling around in the dark looking for a bunk!
2/
tom4141tom OP , 6 months ago @warof1812 @histodon @histodons My solution? An off season rate at a neighbouring hotel. I was going to rough it! I arrived around midnight and asked for a 1:30 a.m. wake up call 3/
My solution? An off season rate at a neighbouring hotel. I was going to rough it! I arrived around midnight and asked for a 1:30 a.m. wake up call
3/
tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/770735499627?aff=oddtdtcreator We just wrapped up 2023 and we are less than a month until our 2024 season kicks off! January 13th with have Nick Hall from the Royal Armouries talking to us about artillery! Registration in link. @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #napoleonichistory #napoleonicwars
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/770735499627?aff=oddtdtcreator
We just wrapped up 2023 and we are less than a month until our 2024 season kicks off!
January 13th with have Nick Hall from the Royal Armouries talking to us about artillery!
Registration in link.
@warof1812 @histodon @histodons #napoleonichistory #napoleonicwars
tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons Re-enacting Memory: Not sure on year but I believe this is the event commemorating the Battle of Longwoods. (I pulled some images off of a PowerPoint deck I had built a longtime ago) @warof1812 @histodon @histodons
Re-enacting Memory: Not sure on year but I believe this is the event commemorating the Battle of Longwoods.
(I pulled some images off of a PowerPoint deck I had built a longtime ago)
tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons Re-enacting memory: some battle, some year, somewhere. Not sure on this one! @warof1812 @histodon @histodons
Re-enacting memory: some battle, some year, somewhere.
Not sure on this one!
tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons Re-enacting Memory: you riflemen, pop out there and try to slow down that thin red line ... @warof1812 @histodon @histodons
Re-enacting Memory: you riflemen, pop out there and try to slow down that thin red line ...
tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons Re-enacting Memory: what doodle of an Officer gave the dressing order for linen trousers? @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812
Re-enacting Memory: what doodle of an Officer gave the dressing order for linen trousers?
@warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812
peterbrown , 6 months ago @tom4141tom @warof1812 @histodon @histodons camouflage? 😉
@tom4141tom @warof1812 @histodon @histodons camouflage? 😉
tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons Reenacting memory: last Saturday. The Christmas/Winter mess. Held at Fort George National Historic Site, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario. Great setting, fantastic food, amazing company! @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812 The Food and kitchen team! 1/ image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg
Reenacting memory: last Saturday. The Christmas/Winter mess.
Held at Fort George National Historic Site, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario.
Great setting, fantastic food, amazing company!
The Food and kitchen team!
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tom4141tom OP , 6 months ago @warof1812 @histodon @histodons The dinner and the fine company! 2/ image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg
The dinner and the fine company!
tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons Another re-enacting Memory: 2011? The exhilarating rush of an escalade assault on Fort Erie. Found this in some old files ... treasure! @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812
Another re-enacting Memory: 2011?
The exhilarating rush of an escalade assault on Fort Erie.
Found this in some old files ... treasure!
tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons Re-enacting Memory: 2010 off season drill. Soper Park, Cambridge, Ontario. @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812
Re-enacting Memory: 2010 off season drill.
Soper Park, Cambridge, Ontario.
tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons https://youtube.com/shorts/5r6_48Gk44U?feature=share A new short on our channel. We take a look at this beautiful 49th Regiment Officer's Coat! @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812
https://youtube.com/shorts/5r6_48Gk44U?feature=share
A new short on our channel.
We take a look at this beautiful 49th Regiment Officer's Coat!
tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons Our History Symposium website is being a little funky but we can start to get some information out there! Our January speaker is Nick Hall, Curator Emeritus for the Royal Armouries. Details are here: https://www.historysymposium.com/nicholas-hall/ Registration is here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nick-hall-artillery-in-the-napoleonic-era-tickets-770735499627?aff=oddtdtcreator #warof1812 #napoleonicwars @histodon @histodons @warof1812
Our History Symposium website is being a little funky but we can start to get some information out there!
Our January speaker is Nick Hall, Curator Emeritus for the Royal Armouries.
Details are here:
https://www.historysymposium.com/nicholas-hall/
Registration is here:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nick-hall-artillery-in-the-napoleonic-era-tickets-770735499627?aff=oddtdtcreator
#warof1812 #napoleonicwars @histodon @histodons @warof1812
tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons I feel like I am being watched. "You are sir. There is a servant right over there." No I mean like being REALLY watched! @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812 image/png
I feel like I am being watched.
"You are sir. There is a servant right over there."
No I mean like being REALLY watched!
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tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons Reenacting memory: Saturday night. Phenomenal dinner at the Officer's Quarters at Fort George. The table (with some of the servants). The copious amounts of food (all done with wood fire). And the kitchen staff! @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812 image/png image/png image/png
Reenacting memory: Saturday night.
Phenomenal dinner at the Officer's Quarters at Fort George.
The table (with some of the servants).
The copious amounts of food (all done with wood fire).
And the kitchen staff!
image/png image/png image/png
tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons Re-enacting Memory: on this date in 2008. A little cross unit collaboration, the Royal Scots lights working with a line company of the 41st Regiment on light infantry drill. Location: Dundurn Castle, Hamilton, Ontario https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundurn_Castle @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812 image/png image/png image/png
Re-enacting Memory: on this date in 2008.
A little cross unit collaboration, the Royal Scots lights working with a line company of the 41st Regiment on light infantry drill.
Location: Dundurn Castle, Hamilton, Ontario
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundurn_Castle
tom4141tom , 6 months ago to histodons Re-enacting Memory: it is 2011 and even though it is the off season the lads get together to work on their craft! @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812 image/png
Re-enacting Memory: it is 2011 and even though it is the off season the lads get together to work on their craft!
tom4141tom , 7 months ago to histodons Reenacting memory: 20+ years of memories! Private, Sergeant, Captain, Lt. Colonel. @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812 image/png image/png image/png
Reenacting memory: 20+ years of memories!
Private, Sergeant, Captain, Lt. Colonel.
tom4141tom , 7 months ago to histodons Reenacting memory: who is the goat? Memories of Cardiff in 2015! Our precursor to Waterloo. @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812 image/png image/png image/png
Reenacting memory: who is the goat?
Memories of Cardiff in 2015! Our precursor to Waterloo.
tom4141tom , 7 months ago to histodons Reenacting Memory: Backus Mill. Coming back in 2024! @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812
Reenacting Memory: Backus Mill. Coming back in 2024!
tom4141tom , 7 months ago to histodons Re-enacting Memories: naps, pure magic! @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812 image/png image/png image/png
Re-enacting Memories: naps, pure magic!
tom4141tom , 7 months ago to histodons Re-enacting Memory: 2007 Backus Mills. The Glennies! A.k.a. the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles. @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812
Re-enacting Memory: 2007 Backus Mills.
The Glennies!
A.k.a. the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles.
tom4141tom , 7 months ago to histodons Re-enacting Memory: 2011 Backus Mills. Sometimes no matter how you are dressed, you see an opportunity you cannot resist! @warof1812 @histodon @histodons #warof1812
Re-enacting Memory: 2011 Backus Mills.
Sometimes no matter how you are dressed, you see an opportunity you cannot resist!