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EVENT SCHEDULE

*SCALE=    IND-Individual    PRTY-Regional Survey Party    DEPT- Entire Department

Hutchins' Party    DeWitt's Party    Gray's Party
**TYPE:    EDU- Educational/Training   BATTLE- Battle Reenactment   LIVHIST- Living History  IMMERSE- Immersion (no public)

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DATE SCALE* TYPE**   EVENT LOCATION

SURVEY PARTY

2008 EVENTS
Jan 19-20 DEPT EDU   Geographer's Dept. Annual Meeting/Garrison Weekend/School of Instruction @ Conococheague Institute Mercersburg, PA ALL
March 15-16 PRTY LIVHIST   Military Through the Ages @ Jamestown Settlement with Corps of Sappers & Miners Jamestown, VA Hutchins
April 19-20 PRTY BATTLE   Battle of Petersburg Petersburg, VA Hutchins
April 19-20 IND EDU   BAR Main Department School of the Soldier @ New Windsor Cantonment - Presentation on the Dept. of the Geographer Vails Gate, NY DeWitt
July 12-14 PRTY BATTLE   Fort Laurens BAR Event Bolivar, OH Gray
  Saturday August 2 PRTY LIVHIST $ "Historic Housewarming" @ Carlyle House Alexandria, VA Hutchins
  August 16-17 PRTY BATTLE   BAR National Encampment @ Fort Ligonier Ligonier, PA Gray
  August 30-31 PRTY LIVHIST   Fair at New Boston Springfield, OH Gray
  September 19-21 PRTY LIVHIST $ The Market at Washingtonburg @ U.S. Army Military Heritage Center Carlisle, PA DeWitt
  October 10-12 DEPT LIVHIST $ Prelude to Victory @ Colonial Williamsburg -ALL SURVEY PARTIES ATTEND Williamsburg, VA ALL
  October 17-19 PRTY BATTLE   Battle of the Hook @ Warner Hall Plantation Gloucester, VA Hutchins
  November 8-9 PRTY LIVHIST   "Mapping the Route to and from Yorktown" in conjunction with the Old Town Fredericksburg Open House Fredericksburg, VA Hutchins
               

2009 EVENTS

NOTE: The 2009 events listed below have not yet been voted on by the unit, and are posted for planning purposes only.
  January 14-16 PRTY LIVHIST $ New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors 50th Annual Conference and Exhibition NY DeWitt
  January 16-18 DEPT EDU   Technical Branches School of Instruction @ Dill's Tavern (Department of the Geographer, Corps of Sappers & Miners, British Engineers) Dillsburg, PA ALL
  September 26-27 PRTY BATTLE   BAR South Siege of Yorktown Event @ Endview Plantation Newport News, VA Hutchins
               

2012 EVENTS

NOTE: The 2009 events listed below have not yet been voted on by the unit, and are posted for planning purposes only.
  June 5 DEPT LIVHIST   Observance of the Transit of Venus Philadelphia, PA ALL
               
               

2007 EVENTS
Mar 17-18 PRTY BATTLE   Battle of Guilford Court House Greensboro, NC Hutchins
Mar 24 IND EDU   BAR Winter Clothing Workshop New Paltz, NY DeWitt
Mar 31- Apr 1 IND EDU   Southern Dept. BAR School of Instruction Greensboro, NC Hutchins
April 28-29 IND EDU   BAR Main Dept. School of the Soldier New Windsor, NY DeWitt
June 16-17 PRTY LIVHIST   Fort Steuben Festival Steubenville, OH Gray
July 4 IND LIVHIST $ July 4th at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest Lynchburg, VA Hutchins
July 7-8 PRTY BATTLE   Fort Laurens BAR Event Bolivar, OH Gray
July 14-15 PRTY LIVHIST   Hannastown Event Greensburg, PA Gray
Aug. 5 IND LIVHIST $ "Historic Housewarming" @ Carlyle House Alexandria, VA Hutchins
Sept. 1-2 PRTY LIVHIST   Fair at New Boston Springfield, OH Gray
Sept. 13-15 DEPT LIVHIST $ Surveyor's Historical Society National Conference (Thu-Sat) @ GW Birthplace National Monument Colonial Beach, VA ALL
October 26-28 PRTY LIVHIST $ Old Virginia Christmas Fair @ Smith's Fort Plantation (Fri. & Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-4) Surry, VA Hutchins
November 3-4 IND EDU   "This delicate and necessary appendage: Breeches" Workshop by Neal Hurst & Mark Hutter. Sponsored by Burnley & Trowbridge Williamsburg, VA Hutchins
November 17-18 IND EDU   NW Dept. BAR School of Instruction @ Fort Pitt Museum Pittsburgh, PA Gray
               

2006 EVENTS
March 18-19 PRTY LIVHIST   Military Through the Ages Jamestown, VA Hutchins
April 22-23 PRTY BATTLE   225th Anniversary of the Battle of Petersburg Petersburg, VA Hutchins
May 13-14 PRTY LIVHIST $ Colonial Craftsman's Faire at Endview Plantation Newport News, VA Hutchins
May 20-21 IND LIVHIST $ 225th Anniversary of the Siege of Ninety-Six Ninety Six, SC Hutchins
June 3-4 IND EDU   Southern Department BAR School of Instruction Isle of Wight, VA Hutchins
July 4 IND LIVHIST $ Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest Lynchburg, VA Hutchins
July 15-16 PRTY BATTLE   225th Anniversary of the Battle of Green Spring Williamsburg, VA Hutchins
Oct. 19-22 DEPT BATTLE   225th Anniversary of Yorktown Yorktown, VA

ALL
               
2005 EVENTS
March 19-20 PRTY EDU   BAR Southern Department School of Instruction Old Salem, NC Hutchins
May 13-15 PRTY BATTLE   Siege of Charleston 225th Anniversary Charleston, SC Hutchins
October 15-16 PRTY LIVHIST   Yorktown Victory Celebration Yorktown, VA Hutchins

*SCALE=    IND-Individual    PRTY-Regional Survey Party    DEPT- Entire Department
**TYPE:    EDU- Educational/Training   BATTLE- Battle Reenactment   LIVHIST- Living History

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W3R (Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route)

Events for 2006

Updated as of March 27, 2006

This is a very tentative and rough schedule of W3R events and W3R-related 225th Anniversary events to be held in 2006.  Points of contact and notes regarding events are in brackets.  Please provide any additional events or corrections to Kevin Vincent (kevin.vincent@bakerbotts.com).

July 8 or 9: Charlottesville , “Fete de la Liberté Universelle” organized by the Alliance Française of Charlottesville [information available at http://avenue.org/afc/Yorktown.html]

July 15-16: “Battle of Green Spring” [Todd Post (todd.post2@verizon.net) is coordinating; details at http://www.battleofgreenspring.org/]

July 19: Charlottesville Lecture on “The Revolution in Central Virginia” by Rick Britton at the Charlottesville Senior Center , sponsored by the Alliance Française of Charlottesville [information available at http://avenue.org/afc/Yorktown.html] 

July 22: “Grand Reconnaissance”, Westchester , New York [W3R-USA event]

July 29: Day Trip to Charlottesville ’s Court Square & The Farm from the Senior Center , Charlottesville sponsored by Alliance Française of Charlottesville

Aug. 16: Charlottesville lecture by Dennis Bigelow on “Local Revolutionary Hero: James Monroe” at the Senior Center , Charlottesville , sponsored by the Alliance Française of Charlottesville [information available at http://avenue.org/afc/Yorktown.html] 

Aug. 26: Crossing at Verplank , New York [W3R-USA event]

Sep. 2-4: Philadelphia , Pennsylvania [major W3R-USA reenactment and event]

Sep. 6: ARRT program will be the “ Second Battle of the Virginia Capes ” a popular and authoritative presentation given by Dr. Michael Crawford, Director of the US Naval History Center.

Sep. 9: Lecture on “Geostrategic Situation and French Support for the American Colonies” by Peter Onuf,  professor of History at UVA, with the Alliance Française of Charlottesville.

Sep. 9-11: Mount Vernon [a tentative event to commemorate the few days that George Washington and Rochambeau stayed at Mount Vernon on their way to Yorktown is under discussion]

dbSep. 16-17: Reenactment at Rippon Lodge, Prince William County [David Born (dborn@pwcgov.org) is point of contact]

Sep. 20: Charlottesville lecture by Edward Lengel on “Washington & the French at the Battle of Yorktown” [information available at http://avenue.org/afc/Yorktown.html ]

Sep. 23: Lecture on Rochambeau by Nicole Yancey, Honorary Consul of France in Virginia , with the Alliance Française of Charlottesville

Sep. 24 or 25: ceremony in Arlington Cemetery and marker dedication in Arlington County [Kevin Vincent; tentative event to commemorate crossing of the Potomac River by French wagon train]

Sep 29-Oct 1: Wilmington , Delaware [major W3R-USA reenactment and event]

Oct. 4: Arlington , ARRT program on the Siege of Yorktown (September-October 1781). This program will address the special nature of this unique formal siege in the American Revolution and the influence of the unusual presence of heavy artillery in the engagement.  [http://xenophongroup.com/patriot/arrt/arrtprgm.htm]

Oct. 14-15: "Prelude to Victory" at Colonial Williamsburg [The Colonial Williamsburg website says that this reenactment will "represent September 26, 27, and 28, 1781 – the last three days of the period when General Washington and Le Compte de Rochambeau, commander of French forces, were headquartered in Williamsburg prior to the siege at Yorktown." http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/visit/eventsAndExhibits/specialEvents/.  Reenactors participating in the Prelude to Victory will be welcome to continue their encampment in Colonial Williamsburg through the conclusions of the Siege of Yorktown reenactments]

Oct. 14-15: Wreath-laying ceremony at Lafayette Square and related commemorative events on the Mall, Washington , D.C.   [Mrs. B.J. Gerber]

Oct. 16: Charlottesville lecture by Katherine Woltz on “The Surrender at Yorktown ” with the Alliance Française de Charlottesville [information available at http://avenue.org/afc/Yorktown.html]

Oct. 17: Charlottesville lecture by Lionel Estavoyer regarding Besancon , France , and the Revolutionary War, with the Alliance Française de Charlottesville [information available at http://avenue.org/afc/Yorktown.html]

Oct. 18: Petersburg lecture by Delane Ward on Lafayette sponsored by the Alliance Française de Charlottesville [information available at http://avenue.org/afc/Yorktown.html]

Oct. 18: Set up for Siege of Yorktown reenactment [information is available at http://www.siegeofyorktown.org]

Oct 19-22:  225th Anniversary of the Siege of Yorktown  -- multiple ceremonies and reenactments at Yorktown and other Tidewater locations -- information is available at http://www.siegeofyorktown.org]

Oct. 21: Peace Ball, organized by the Alliance Française of Charlottesville

Nov. 10-12, 2006 -- “Brothers in Arms” at Colonial Williamsburg [not specifically related to the W3R but focusing on African-Americans who served with Patriot forces including the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment]