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On June 17, 1981, Mr. Palmer True received a letter from Michael Vaquer, Jr. (Brigadier-Colonel, Commandant; Le Grande Armée au Yorktown) accepting Saintonge’s participation at Yorktown October, 1981. This letter came shortly after an inspection of the unit in June, where Saintonge was presented it’s colors and ribbon. This is the birth of le Regiment…
In our never-ending push to better our impression, we started taking a look at gaiters, gaiter straps & gaiter buckles. In our research we have found very little information on such minute details as ‘what did the buckle look like’. Luckily we were able to dig up (literally) some information on the topic. Published in…
Great Picture from 1751/2 of four rank firingArtist: Charles Eisen (Valenciennes 1720 – 1778 Brüssel) Date: 1751 / 52Title: Vier französische Soldaten mit angelegten Gewehren (Four French soldiers with rifles laid out)
The folks who created our uniform back in the bicentennial did an amazing job researching every aspect of the 1779 regulation uniforms. Unfortunately most of that research has been lost, including pictures of original uniforms. Over the past few years, in light of the Battle Road Regulations, we’ve challenged our selves to document every aspect…