There are currently no bidders on a great looking Brown Bess musket and bayonet on Gunbroker.
Here’s a pic:
It looks like it may be a Pedersoli 2nd model, which is an extremely nice and well-made Bess.
The auction ends at 6/19/2011 1:04:01 PM ET – so take a look, if you need one of these for a trekking arm or to complete your persona.
Good luck!
The morning of April 19, 1775 saw soldiers of the British Army arriving at the Massachusetts town of Lexington. Their mission was to seize and destroy militia weapons and ammunition, but the local militia, known as Minutemen, stood on Lexington Green, awaiting their arrival. During the stand off, a someone fired a shot, which led the British troops to fire at the colonial militia. The Minutemen dispersed, and the British headed toward nearby Concord.
At the Concord North Bridge, a small group of militia battled a force of British soldiers. At this point, the British commander decided to retreat back toward Lexington, as it became evident that more and more Minutemen were arriving from all of the local villages and farms.
During this retreat, the British kept to the road, while the American farmers fired at them from behind trees, walls and any obstacle they could find. When the British force returned to Lexington, they were met by a relief column. The combined British units then headed for Boston. The Minutemen continued to harass them the whole way.
By the end of the day, British casualties numbered 273, while the colonials suffered only 94, 18 of whom fell during the initial clash at Lexington. The American Revolutionary War had begun.
More info from The History Guy.
From – Heather Hill, Booshway:
Mickey Dave and Judy worked really hard and kind of worked a miracle for us and got an exception to the fire ban. The exception is for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday only. If you go in on Thursday, I am sorry you will have to use your Coleman stove. Because of the ban we will give everyone a choice to use a fire or to use a coleman stove. The booshway (me), the segundo (Kelle), the dog (and dawg) soldiers, and the Board will be watching camps. If you leave your fire unattended someone will put it out. Sorry. That is the way it is. We are subjected to be visited, inspected, whichever you prefer so we need to make sure we have a 2 foot cleared area around our fire pits and need to make sure our fire pits are at least 8 inches deep was it. The same people listed above will be checking on that. There will be a fire extinguisher at the bulletin board and on the firing line. So if someone needs it they are there.
Sounds like it will be shinin’ times!
The events page has been updated for April, May, June.
The Lake Jackson Historical Association, in Lake Jackson, Texas, is planning a grand reopening for the Abner Jackson Plantation site on April 2nd, 2011 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. They are looking for re-enactors to come and set up for the day. Just basically a blanket display with tools and equipment of the time. Would be a good recruiting tool and a chance to handout flyers for upcoming events.
Please contact the director at
Jennifer Caulkins
director@lakejacksonmuseum.org
Lake Jackson Historical Association
249 Circle Way
PO Box 242
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
979-297-1570
– Many Rifles
Just a reminder that the Fritztown Free Trapper’s Spring Rendezvous is next weekend!!!
It’s a Pilgrim’s Rondy so invite your family and friends to come out – either for the weekend or just Saturday to see what our rendezvous’ are all about!
The weather should be perfect so there’s no excuses for not showing up. SWRR is up near Oklahoma so there’s no point spending gas money on SWRR….just head to La Vernia and play with the Fritztown Free Trappers!
For more details, see the Events page.
See ya there!
Kathy “Hummingbird” Boyd
Please read, heed and pass on.
See the attached flier about the upcoming events, celebrations and reenactments around Austin and the state. (Adobe Acrobat format)
For more details see – http://www.txindependence175.org/index.html
From Colonel Charlie Yates, Texian Legacy Association
Hello Fellow Buckskinners,
The holidays are over and it’s time to start thinking about rendezvous! I know….I know…..that’s not until March….but March will be here before you know it and I wanted to give everyone a “head’s up” about what is in store for this event.
Kevin and Erma Kincaid will be the Booshways for the March 11-12-13 Fritztown Free Trappers Rendezvous. I find this very fitting because our March event is going to be a “Pilgrim’s Rendezvous”. Some of you may remember that Steve and I invited them to the last “Pilgrim’s Rendezvous” in Fredericksburg…….they came……they saw……they played……AND THEY WERE HOOKED…..all we did was reel them in!!!
They will be sending out the official flyer/letter in Febraury with all the details, but I wanted to let everyone know NOW because now is the time to invite all your friends who have always been wondering why grown men and women would want to spend a weekend playing dress-up and sleeping in tents that take more than 5 minutes to pop up!!!
Your friends can set up their modern day tent next to yours, come out in their t-shirts and shorts, and experience all the fun that we have at rendezvous.
This is also a great opportunity to sell off those clothes that are still in great shape, but too tight……that extra cast iron cookware that you no longer use……..knives……etc.
Steve has a couple of guys through work that are planning on attending and his brother is thinking about it. Blizzard has invited his kids/grandkids and I think his wife might actually come this time. So start thinking about who you want to bring and forward this email to them to give them some notice about this rendezvous.
REMEMBER……..MARCH 11-12-13th……
Pilgrim’s Rendezvous in La Vernia, Texas.
Full details to follow in February!
See ya’ll in March!
– Kathy “Hummingbird” Boyd