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10th Massachusetts, Brigade of the American Revolution, living history, maps, Reenacting, Saratoga, uniforms
Rough Sketch of the US Camp
Saratoga is 10 days away. Only 10 days away.
In more exciting news, there’s a map of the American camp so we’ll know where we’re stumbling to in the dark. (We can’t leave town until about 3:00, when the Young Mr will finally be released from school.)
We’ll be with the Lights, in two of those proposed eight tents, near the oval designated “horses.” With a sketch map in hand, we won’t have to remember Lochee while grappling with mallet and flashlight. Well, not too much, anyway.
The coat is done, and while I would have had time to make another for the Young Mr, I took a three-day break from sewing instead. The finished size 40 fits him, in any case, so if there is a spare, he can appear in brown and green with the rest of the company. Now that he’s swimming two days aweek, I don’t epxact him to stay a size 40 for long enough to justify his own hand-sewn, two-events-per-year-max coat…yet…
For me, the next few weeks will be spent sewing for What Cheer Day and thinking about the “People of 1763” event in Boston. Sew18thCentury will be joining me for that, as I play her maid. We’ll be at the Old State House in Boston where I know a very lovely Grenadier’s Cap is on display.
Kitty Calash 
Hello kittcalash, I was sent your blog when I was asking around for leads to find reenactors for an upcoming event on September 28th If you might be able to assist me in finding costumed reenactors based in the 1813ish time period, I would greatly appreciate it! You can reach me at cherry [at] crmi [dot] org.
There is so much going on the next few weeks! Between working at a museum, and appearing with my Renaissance guild I won’t be able to do much else this fall, but “What Cheer” sounds like something I’d love to see.
Alena
If you can make it, I think it would be interesting! But we’ll post photos and I hope we’ll have video, too. It’s very busy fall, I know. A little overwhelming, even!
Kitty