Excellent news to be had in this morning's Globe regarding purchase of the Barrett Farm homestead in Concord. As many of you know, the house was the farthest...
Dear List, I have a new and unfired Tennessee Valley Muzzleloading flintlock rifle in .50 caliber available for anyone interested. It is their Early Lancaster...
Interesting stuff. Back during the bicentennial celebrations two men in Connecticut built a full scale working replica of the Turtle. They Evan sailed it in...
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Jan 6, 2004 2:46 pm
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Liste Dwellers, It just struck me--and it hurt: Occasionally, you will hear the light infantry types called "light bobs." Are "turtle bobs" the, shall we say,...
Now Now Mike be nice. Say I tried to reply on that other insane list about the MH rounds. Do you know of someone who has them made up rather than loading your...
In a message dated 1/6/2004 9:46:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... I wonder if that's the same one that's on display in the submarine museum at the Navy's sub...
Combined Forces Field Music practice is SUNDAY 1/11 from 12 noon till 4pm at the North Bridge Visitors Center in Concord MA (This is not the MMNP visitors...
Dear Folks, The CW/WBTS (Civil War) folks want to know if "sharpshooters" was a period word and correct for 1805 in the film Master and Commander. Sources if...
Scott, Here is all I could find on-line. The Oxford English Dictionary might be your best bet! Regards, Doug Ozelius Brigade of Guards (AWI) 22nd Mass (ACW) ...
... a ... Absolutely. Barber's 1804 rewrite of Francis de Rottenburg's seminal manual on light infantry and rifle (Regulations for the Exercise of Light...
Gentlemen, Thank you for the replies and the sources. Now, could Elizabeth Swann (Kira Knightly in Pirates of the Carribean) have said "Okay" in 1700...
Dear Liste, Since here in New England we are having record-breaking cold I thought I would share some of the things our ancestors said about how cold their...
I once put in a manuscript the detail of the ink freezing in someone's pen during a cold New England day. The editor found that implausible, so I had to quote...
Has anyone heard anything about the Democratic National Convention Committee doing a trip to Lexington during the convention in Boston on July 22 to watch a...
Dear Folks, We have a slightly used Pather Lodge wedge tent for sale. Dimensions are 6'x 6'x 8'. Waterproof Sunforger Material. $125.00 + postage. If you can...
I thought I would post these messages from a museum related list just as an FYI. It could also happen to us. George D. Chapman NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WILSON'S...
Does anyone on the list have Don Troiani's Button Book? If so, I really need a copy of the page on the 4th Reg't of Foot either faxed to me or scanned and...
Dave I have both the book you are asking about and the older reference book, "History Written with Pick and Shovel." Give me your fax number, I can xerox the...
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Jan 21, 2004 4:50 pm
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... From: "Daphne B. Noyes" <daphne_noyes@...> To: "Paul O'Shaunghessy" <frommage@...> Subject: Patriots Day film Date: 21 Jan 2004...
Group plans Colonial oral history, reenactment 01:00 AM EST on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 By SETH McLAUGHLIN Journal Staff Writer SCITUATE -- In 1775, their...
Dear List, For anyone attending the Smuggler's Notch (VT) Primitive Biathlon who wanted lodging but found it booked up, I rented a cabin on the property of the...
David Hackett Fischer, author of PAUL REVERE'S RIDE, has a second book on the Revolution coming out: WASHINGTON'S CROSSING. It sounds like this will be another...
Just thought I would pass this along. -Dave Malone ... George Woodbridge, 73, Artist for Mad Magazine Since 1950s, Dies January 22, 2004 By ERIC NASH George...
Roger or Others in the know especially people at the Park - What can you tell us about the new restoration when it is done? Is it going to be a reconstruction...
Sean et. al., Please see answers below: "Roger or Others in the know especially people at the Park - What can you tell us about the new restoration when it is...
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Jan 29, 2004 5:56 pm
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Anyone know if there will be another Winter Tactical this year in the Northfield MA area. Last year was a great time, and members from our group would like to...
Paul Well we haven't planed one. But Mike B. sent me message of two in Vermont later this year. -- Winston S. Stone Capt. & Lt. Col. 1st Guards Honi Soit Qui...
Lou - Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge about the Bridge and I wish you good luck on the project! It is exciting that good work is being done on ...
