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Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 7:00 PM
in the Watertown Savings Bank Meeting Room
at the Watertown Free Public Library,
123 Main Street, Watertown, Massachusetts.
click here to download flyer to print
"The 18th Century Soldier and his Kit"
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| Robert A. Childs instructs soldiers at Treaty Day |
See the clothing and equipment of the Revolutionary Soldier, from the
Citizen Soldier to the Continental Line and Allied French Regulars as well as a Royal Irish Artillery gunner in the Royal
Artillery on King George's side of the war. The different uniform pieces and equipment will be shown and the function of each
piece explained. Mr. Childs is a thirty-year RevWar reenactor with experience in all these armies. Robert is also a Council
member of the Historical Society of Watertown and the Local Project Coordinator on the Building Restoration Committee
for the Edmund Fowle House & Museum.
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