Antares and Friendship plan on going to the Re-Enactment at Mount Independence this weekend.

We will be leaving the club Friday and returning Sunday night or Monday Morning. The distance is about 40 NM from the club to the anchorage south of Fort Ti. Winds are expected to be light.

Join us. Leonard Rosner

From the HistoricVermont.org Web site

July 19 & 20: Soldiers Atop the Mount
This living history weekend honors the American, British, and German occupation of the Mount. Reenactors demonstrate military tactics, artillery, camp life, colonial crafts, cooking, and clothing. After the military tacticals meet and greet the soldiers. Guided camp tours, trail tours, drilling lessons, and children’s history scavenger hunt and activities. Food stand Saturday. Saturday afternoon enjoy the annual reading of the Declaration of Independence and a musical performance by the Seth Warner Mount Independence Fife & Drum Corps. Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. historian Paul Andriscin presents an illustrated program, “What They Carried and Why,” about the soldier’s kit and equipment. Call for details. 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Where: Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell directions
Contact: MountIndependence@HistoricVermont.org