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Schedule of events, July 11 - 12, 2009
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Military Re-Enactment Weekend 2009
Battle of Crysler's Farm Visitor Centre and Adjacent Area
presented by Friends of Crysler's Farm Battlefield
WAR OF 1812 GRAND TACTICAL 2009
SATURDAY, JULY 11 AND SUNDAY, JULY 12
BATTLE OF CRYSLER'S FARM VISITOR CENTRE AND ADJACENT AREA
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND:
- Admission to each battle is $5 per adult and $2 per child (5 - 12).
- A barbecue will be provided by the Riverside Heights Recreation Association.
- Children's military musters are also on the program.
- Raffle tickets for a hand sewn and hand quilted Upper Canada Village heritage quilt ("Vase of Flowers" patterns) are for sale at the Visitor Centre ($2 per ticket, 3 for $5).
SATURDAY, JULY 11
9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
BRITISH AND AMERICAN MILITARY ENCAMPMENTS
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (south and southwest of the miniature train station)
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
PERIOD BLACKSMITHING AND ROPE MAKING DEMONSTRATIONS
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
MEET A 19TH CENTURY PHYSICIAN/SURGEON
Learn about amputation, trepanning, blood letting and apothecary medicine
BOOK SIGNING BY LOCAL AUTHOR MIKE PHIFER
TBD
12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
CHILDREN'S MUSTER
(on the battlefield just west of the Battle of Crysler's Farm Visitor Centre)
1:00 to 1:30 p.m.
GUN RUN - CANNON COMPETITION
(on the battlefield just west of the Battle of Crysler's Farm Visitor Centre
1:30 to 2:00 p.m.
PERFORMANCE BY THE DRUMS OF THE CROWN FORCES
(on the battlefield just west of the Battle of Crysler's Farm Visitor Centre
2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
INTERPRETATION AND FIRST BATTLE RE-ENACTMENT
(west of the Battle of Crysler's Farm Visitor Centre)
3:00 p.m.
WAR OF 1812 WEDDING --- CHRIST CHURCH WITHIN UPPER CANADA VILLAGE
Limited seating inside church but guests can enjoy a grand finale after the ceremony when the couple emerges from the church to be greeted by an honour guard of scarlet-jacketed British soldiers and the musicians of the 15-member Corps of Drums of the Crown Forces. They will then travel in an open carriage, accompanied by their cavalry escort, to their wedding reception in the encampment near the Battle of Crysler’s Farm Battlefield Memorial. The happy couple feature Markus and Sonja Schneider, long-time historical re-enactors who will actually be renewing their vows for the occasion.
EVENING ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE AT UPPER CANADA VILLAGE
7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
COOK'S TAVERN OPEN - Sarsparilla and ginger beer for sale ($3 a glass)
7:15 to 7:45 p.m.
1860s MUSIC, COMEDY AND DRAMA BY UPPER CANADA VILLLAGE'S OWN TRAVELING TILTONS (Cook's Tavern verandah)
7:45 to 8:15 p.m.
ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING
(Cook's Tavern verandah)
8:15 to 8:30 p.m.
MILITARY RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES
(in front of Cook's Tavern)
8:30 to 9:00 p.m.
CHILDREN'S MUSTER (Upper Canada Village Fairgrounds)
9:00 to 9:45 p.m.
INTERPRETATION AND SECOND BATTLE RE-ENACTMENT
IN UPPER CANADA VILLAGE (Upper Canada Village Fairgrounds)
SUNDAY, JULY 12
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
BRITISH AND AMERICAN MILITARY ENCAMPMENTS
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (south and southwest of the miniature train station)
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
PERIOD BLACKSMITHING AND ROPE MAKING DEMONSTRATIONS
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
MEET A 19TH CENTURY PHYSICIAN/SURGEON
Learn about amputation, trepanning, blood letting and apothecary medicine.
10:00 to 10:30 a.m.
RE-DEDICATION OF COLOURS OF THE 49TH REGIMENT OF FOOT
(Memorial Mound)
BOOK SIGNING BY LOCAL AUTHOR MIKE PHIFER
AND BY MILITARY HISTORIAN DON GRAVES
TBD
12:15 to 1:00 p.m.
CHILDREN'S MUSTER
(on the battlefield just west of the Battle of Crysler's Farm Visitor Centre)
1:00 to 1:30 p.m.
PERFORMANCE BY THE DRUMS OF THE CROWN FORCES
(on the battlefield just west of the Battle of Crysler's Farm Visitor Centre
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
INTERPRETATION AND THIRD BATTLE RE-ENACTMENT
(west of the Battle of Crysler's Farm Visitor Centre)
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