Revolutionary War Encampment and House Tours
Saturday, May 26th 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The museum will stage its fourth annual Revolutionary War encampment featuring the Fifth Connecticut Regiment held on the grounds next to the Silas Deane House on Main Street. The day’s events will also feature musicians, an exhibit of period clothing, demonstrations of marching and musket firing, and a discussion of the types of medicines used to treat people in the late 1700s. Back this year will be a skirmish with British troops on the grounds of the museum (held at 1 p.m.) The museum will be open for tours and our gift shop will be open as well.
For more information, please contact Charles Lyle at (860) 529-0612 ext. 14.
Revolutionary War Encampment -Webb-Deane-Stevens Musuem
Saturday May 26, 2012
5th Connecticut Regiment
Event Schedule
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| 830 am | Town Parade |
| 10:00 am | Camp opens |
| 10:30 am | Campfire cooking 18 th Century Fashion demonstration |
| 11:00 am | Colonial music [harp or dulcimer] Surgeon's table demonstration |
| 12:00 noon | Midday meal |
| 12:30 pm | Children's drill with wooden muskets |
| 1:00 pm | Surprise attack by British Marines |
| 1:30 pm | Colonial music [harp or dulcimer] Surgeons' table demonstration |
| 2:00 pm | 18th Century Fashion demonstration |
| 3:45 pm | Musket detail to Webb House patio for flag lowering ceremony |
| 4:00 pm | Camp closes |
The simple bed in the Slave chamber on the second floor above the kitchen at the Silas Deane House is where Deane's African servants Hagar and Pompey slept.
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