UPCOMING EVENTS
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MUSTER DAY
AT THE ARSENAL
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2005
NOON TO 4 PM
425 PARK AVENUE
HUNTINGTON, NY
FOLLOWING THE BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD IN APRIL, 1775 TOWNS ACROSS THE COLONIES INCREASE THEIR PROTECTION BY RAISING ADDITIONAL MILITIA UNITS AND TRAINING THEM TO BE ALWAYS AT THE READY. THE HUNTINGTON MILITIA HAS BEEN CALLED OUT TO DO REGULAR MUSTERS ON THE VILLAGE GREEN TRAINING WITH MUSKET, BAYONETS, AND CANNON.
THESE MUSTERS HAVE ALSO TURNED INTO SOCIAL EVENTS FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN - COMING OUT TO WATCH THE MILITIA DRILL AND FOR THE LOCAL TRADESMEN TO COME AND SELL THEIR WARES.
STEP BACK TO MAY, 1775 AND WATCH THE HUNTINGTON MILITIA DRILL - FIRING THEIR MUSKETS, PRACTICING BAYONET CHARGES, AND FIRING THEIR CANNON!
VISIT WITH THE CITIZENS OF 1775 AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE - MANY FEEL THAT WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN MASSACHUSETTS CAN ALSO HAPPEN IN NEW YORK!
CHILDREN CAN TAKE UP A WOODEN PRACTICE MUSKET AND LEARN TO MARCH AND LEARN HOW A MUSKET WAS FIRED!
COME AND SEE WHAT THE LOCAL TRADESMEN HAVE TO OFFER!
TOUR THE 18TH CENTURY BUILDING THAT BECAME KNOWN AT THAT TIME AS
"THE ARSENAL"
THIS EVENT IS FREE!
AT THE ARSENAL
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2005
NOON TO 4 PM
425 PARK AVENUE
HUNTINGTON, NY
FOLLOWING THE BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD IN APRIL, 1775 TOWNS ACROSS THE COLONIES INCREASE THEIR PROTECTION BY RAISING ADDITIONAL MILITIA UNITS AND TRAINING THEM TO BE ALWAYS AT THE READY. THE HUNTINGTON MILITIA HAS BEEN CALLED OUT TO DO REGULAR MUSTERS ON THE VILLAGE GREEN TRAINING WITH MUSKET, BAYONETS, AND CANNON.
THESE MUSTERS HAVE ALSO TURNED INTO SOCIAL EVENTS FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN - COMING OUT TO WATCH THE MILITIA DRILL AND FOR THE LOCAL TRADESMEN TO COME AND SELL THEIR WARES.
STEP BACK TO MAY, 1775 AND WATCH THE HUNTINGTON MILITIA DRILL - FIRING THEIR MUSKETS, PRACTICING BAYONET CHARGES, AND FIRING THEIR CANNON!
VISIT WITH THE CITIZENS OF 1775 AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE - MANY FEEL THAT WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN MASSACHUSETTS CAN ALSO HAPPEN IN NEW YORK!
CHILDREN CAN TAKE UP A WOODEN PRACTICE MUSKET AND LEARN TO MARCH AND LEARN HOW A MUSKET WAS FIRED!
COME AND SEE WHAT THE LOCAL TRADESMEN HAVE TO OFFER!
TOUR THE 18TH CENTURY BUILDING THAT BECAME KNOWN AT THAT TIME AS
"THE ARSENAL"
THIS EVENT IS FREE!
