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Looking for a good read about the French Troops in North America? The journal of Claude Blanchard is highly recommended. He wrote his journal while here in North America, however it wasn’t published until 1869. Several years later it was translated to English and entered into the Library of Congress in 1876. The journal of…
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…
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…