BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Reenacting Schedule - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Reenacting Schedule
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://reenactingschedule.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Reenacting Schedule
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Kentucky/Louisville
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20270314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20271107T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260718T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260718T160000
DTSTAMP:20260118T030406Z
CREATED:20260118T030406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T030406Z
UID:10003166-1784376000-1784390400@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:History Matters @ INHP
DESCRIPTION:Come to Independence National Historic Park and hear the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association tell the under-emphasized history and the history that the Trump Adminstration hopes to censor.  We are telling the stories of black patriots\, Jewish patriots\, women patriots\, and others who made our nation great.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/history-matters-inhp/2026-07-18/
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260711T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260711T080000
DTSTAMP:20260118T221428Z
CREATED:20260118T221409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T221428Z
UID:10003236-1783756800-1783756800@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:David Rittenhouse -- Colonial Scientist
DESCRIPTION:We are all familiar with the impact of Enlightenment thinking on the politics of the American Revolutions.  Overtures or Locke and Rousseau are found in debates leading to the Declaration of Independence and the Federalist Papers debating the Constitution.  Thomas Pane forcefully renounces the ideas of hereditary rule (Common Sense) and Patrick Henry literally screams for the ideals of the Enlightenment from his Virginia Statehouse lectern.  America was founded on a platform of refutation of Establishment and support of traditional political power.  At the same time\, and for many of the same reasons\, there is a global revolution in scientific thought during the 18th Century.  Long held beliefs about how the world works\, its origins\, and the nature of natural philosophy were being challenged. \nWe live today in a society that largely accepts modern science but this acceptance of the power of individual investigators to understand how the world works.  This was absolutely NOT the case in 1750!  “Perfect Science” and the authority of the Roman Catholic church dominated how learned people thought about the world.  Stones fell to the earth because\, as Plato argued\, that is where they belong.  Animals never evolve\, they are\, as it was written in Genesis\, made by God.  It’s not really that people believed these things\, but the act of challenging these beliefs was upsetting to the established political order of the world.  People believed what they were told by the accepted authorities (especially the Church) and all experience that conflicted with these accepted beliefs were viewed with extreme suspicion – witness the belief in witchcraft as an explanation for calamity. \nEnlightenment science\, starting in the late 17th Century\, encouraged a focus on direct observation\, inquiry and experimentation.  Things no longer happen because they should happen or because of divine intervention but they happen because of discoverable and understandable natural laws (that may have been authored but not enacted by God).  Furthermore\, since these observations and experimentations are well within the ability and capability of all men\, we have the rise of Men of Letters or Gentlemen Scientist. \nDavid Rittenhouse\, after acquiring significant fortune as a surveyor and international acclaim for the ornery he built for the University of Pennsylvania\, turned his attention to just such direct observation of the heavens. \nA ‘transit’ occurs when a smaller body passes in front of a larger one. A ‘Transit of Venus’ happens when Venus is seen in silhouette against the bright face of the Sun.  Although Venus\, the Earth and the Sun roughly line up every 584 days\, the alignment is not usually precise. Venus’ orbital motion usually takes it ‘above’ or ‘below’ the Sun as seen from Earth (for the same reason\, the Moon does not block out sunlight – causing a solar eclipse – every month). On some rare occasions\, the alignment is close enough that Venus blocks out some of the light from the Sun\, causing a Transit of Venus. \nIn the 18th Century\, transits of Venus presented valuable opportunities to tackle a fundamental problem of the time – finding an accurate value for the distance between Earth and the Sun\, called the ‘Astronomical Unit’ (AU). The English astronomer Edmund Halley postulated that observations of Transits of Venus could be used to determine the distance between the Earth and the Sun by observing and timing a transit from widely spaced latitudes. Small differences in Venus’s track across the Sun (resulting from parallax) could be used to construct triangles with which to estimate the distance from the Earth to the Sun and by extension (Kepler established the relative distances of each planet to the Sun by determining their orbital periods) the distances from the Sun to all known planets (Mercury\, Venus\, Earth\, Mars\, Jupiter\, Saturn\, and George[i]). Unfortunately\, Halley who died in 1742\, was not able to conduct the needed observations but in 1761 and 1769 were observed by teams of scientist from the Royal Society\, including David Rittenhouse\, from many places around the world. James Cook’s observations in Tahiti and Devid Rittenhouse’s in Norristown Pennsylvania in 1769 were the most useful of these observations and established the Sun–Earth distance at 93\,726\,900 English miles[ii]. \nHistoric Rittenhouse Town is not only the first paper mill in America; it is the birthplace of one of the men who first used modern empirical astronomy to establish the size of our solar system.  As Historic Rittenhouse Town celebrates the life and accomplishments of William Rittenhouse\, it is only fitting we also celebrate his grandson\, the first astronomer to observe the Transit of Venus in 1769[iii]\, the first director of the US Mint\, first American to sight Uranus in 1781\, and the first to employ grating diffractors to separate the wavelengths of light (then seen as only colors) in 1785[iv]. \nDuring the June 27\, “Firstival” Event at Rittenhouse Town\, I propose adding a booth for\nDavid Rittenhouse to showcase 18th Century scientific accomplishments. \n[i] Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781 and originally suggested that the new planet be named Georgium Sidus\, or George’s Star in honor of King George III.   This went against the naming convention that had developed in the Western world\, in which planets were named after Roman deities. Several alternative names were tossed around\, including Herschel (after its discoverer) and Neptune. German astronomer Johann Elert Bode\, whose observations helped establish the new object as a planet\, suggested another possibility: Uranus. \n[ii] The radar-based value used today for the astronomical unit is 92\,955\,000 miles (149\,597\,000 km). This is only a difference of eight-tenths of one percent from the value established by Cook and Rittenhouse in 1771. \n[iii] Cook’s observations were will be 5 hours and Greenwich’s observations 19 hours later. \n[iv] These gratings would later be used to create interferometers and spectroscopes used to probe the heavens and determine the atomic content of stars.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/david-rittenhouse-colonial-scientist/
LOCATION:Historic Easton\, Easton\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260627T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260627T080000
DTSTAMP:20260118T221326Z
CREATED:20260118T220924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T221326Z
UID:10003235-1782547200-1782547200@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:David Rittenhouse -- Colonial Scientist
DESCRIPTION:We are all familiar with the impact of Enlightenment thinking on the politics of the American Revolutions.  Overtures or Locke and Rousseau are found in debates leading to the Declaration of Independence and the Federalist Papers debating the Constitution.  Thomas Pane forcefully renounces the ideas of hereditary rule (Common Sense) and Patrick Henry literally screams for the ideals of the Enlightenment from his Virginia Statehouse lectern.  America was founded on a platform of refutation of Establishment and support of traditional political power.  At the same time\, and for many of the same reasons\, there is a global revolution in scientific thought during the 18th Century.  Long held beliefs about how the world works\, its origins\, and the nature of natural philosophy were being challenged. \nWe live today in a society that largely accepts modern science but this acceptance of the power of individual investigators to understand how the world works.  This was absolutely NOT the case in 1750!  “Perfect Science” and the authority of the Roman Catholic church dominated how learned people thought about the world.  Stones fell to the earth because\, as Plato argued\, that is where they belong.  Animals never evolve\, they are\, as it was written in Genesis\, made by God.  It’s not really that people believed these things\, but the act of challenging these beliefs was upsetting to the established political order of the world.  People believed what they were told by the accepted authorities (especially the Church) and all experience that conflicted with these accepted beliefs were viewed with extreme suspicion – witness the belief in witchcraft as an explanation for calamity. \nEnlightenment science\, starting in the late 17th Century\, encouraged a focus on direct observation\, inquiry and experimentation.  Things no longer happen because they should happen or because of divine intervention but they happen because of discoverable and understandable natural laws (that may have been authored but not enacted by God).  Furthermore\, since these observations and experimentations are well within the ability and capability of all men\, we have the rise of Men of Letters or Gentlemen Scientist. \nDavid Rittenhouse\, after acquiring significant fortune as a surveyor and international acclaim for the ornery he built for the University of Pennsylvania\, turned his attention to just such direct observation of the heavens. \nA ‘transit’ occurs when a smaller body passes in front of a larger one. A ‘Transit of Venus’ happens when Venus is seen in silhouette against the bright face of the Sun.  Although Venus\, the Earth and the Sun roughly line up every 584 days\, the alignment is not usually precise. Venus’ orbital motion usually takes it ‘above’ or ‘below’ the Sun as seen from Earth (for the same reason\, the Moon does not block out sunlight – causing a solar eclipse – every month). On some rare occasions\, the alignment is close enough that Venus blocks out some of the light from the Sun\, causing a Transit of Venus. \nIn the 18th Century\, transits of Venus presented valuable opportunities to tackle a fundamental problem of the time – finding an accurate value for the distance between Earth and the Sun\, called the ‘Astronomical Unit’ (AU). The English astronomer Edmund Halley postulated that observations of Transits of Venus could be used to determine the distance between the Earth and the Sun by observing and timing a transit from widely spaced latitudes. Small differences in Venus’s track across the Sun (resulting from parallax) could be used to construct triangles with which to estimate the distance from the Earth to the Sun and by extension (Kepler established the relative distances of each planet to the Sun by determining their orbital periods) the distances from the Sun to all known planets (Mercury\, Venus\, Earth\, Mars\, Jupiter\, Saturn\, and George[i]). Unfortunately\, Halley who died in 1742\, was not able to conduct the needed observations but in 1761 and 1769 were observed by teams of scientist from the Royal Society\, including David Rittenhouse\, from many places around the world. James Cook’s observations in Tahiti and Devid Rittenhouse’s in Norristown Pennsylvania in 1769 were the most useful of these observations and established the Sun–Earth distance at 93\,726\,900 English miles[ii]. \nHistoric Rittenhouse Town is not only the first paper mill in America; it is the birthplace of one of the men who first used modern empirical astronomy to establish the size of our solar system.  As Historic Rittenhouse Town celebrates the life and accomplishments of William Rittenhouse\, it is only fitting we also celebrate his grandson\, the first astronomer to observe the Transit of Venus in 1769[iii]\, the first director of the US Mint\, first American to sight Uranus in 1781\, and the first to employ grating diffractors to separate the wavelengths of light (then seen as only colors) in 1785[iv]. \nDuring the June 27\, “Firstival” Event at Rittenhouse Town\, I propose adding a booth for\nDavid Rittenhouse to showcase 18th Century scientific accomplishments. \n[i] Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781 and originally suggested that the new planet be named Georgium Sidus\, or George’s Star in honor of King George III.   This went against the naming convention that had developed in the Western world\, in which planets were named after Roman deities. Several alternative names were tossed around\, including Herschel (after its discoverer) and Neptune. German astronomer Johann Elert Bode\, whose observations helped establish the new object as a planet\, suggested another possibility: Uranus. \n[ii] The radar-based value used today for the astronomical unit is 92\,955\,000 miles (149\,597\,000 km). This is only a difference of eight-tenths of one percent from the value established by Cook and Rittenhouse in 1771. \n[iii] Cook’s observations were will be 5 hours and Greenwich’s observations 19 hours later. \n[iv] These gratings would later be used to create interferometers and spectroscopes used to probe the heavens and determine the atomic content of stars.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/colonial-brewing-with-regimental-brewmeister-7/
LOCATION:Historic Rittenhouse Town\, 208 Lincoln Dr.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260620T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260620T160000
DTSTAMP:20260118T030406Z
CREATED:20260118T030406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T030406Z
UID:10003165-1781956800-1781971200@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:History Matters @ INHP
DESCRIPTION:Come to Independence National Historic Park and hear the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association tell the under-emphasized history and the history that the Trump Adminstration hopes to censor.  We are telling the stories of black patriots\, Jewish patriots\, women patriots\, and others who made our nation great.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/history-matters-inhp/2026-06-20/
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260606T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260606T080000
DTSTAMP:20260118T220433Z
CREATED:20260118T220433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T220433Z
UID:10003231-1780732800-1780732800@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:Colonial brewing with Regimental Brewmeister
DESCRIPTION:Long before the American Revolutionary War\, the British Army in North America learned from the French the importance of spruce beer for treating and preventing scurvy and keeping their soldiers “fit for service.”  John Knox\, an officer in the 43rd Regiment of Foot\, insisted that his troops at Louisburg (1745) be supplied with spruce beer\, “this liquor being thought necessary for the preservation of the health of our men.” When British troops were again involved in a campaign against the French in Nova Scotia in 1757\, their commander\, the Earl of Loudoun\, insisted on an allowance of two quarts of spruce beer per man each day.  General Jeffrey Amherst\, chief of British forces in North America\, insisted that the troops be well supplied with spruce beer\, “for the health and convenience of the troops.” A brewery was set up at the head of Lake George with each regiment donating one man to help with the brewing.  When Amherst’s troops moved north to capture the French Fort Carillon\, subsequently renamed Fort Ticonderoga\, each regiment took with it eight barrels of spruce beer.  Following the British lead\, George Washington quickly adopted the use of spruce beer in order to keep his troops fit for service.  “The following is the Ration of Provisions allowed by the Continental Congress unto each Soldier. …One quart of Spruce Beer per man\, pr diem\,…” \nThe Regimental Brewmeister is my interpretation of what a brewer in HM 43rd would be. It is an amalgamation of Captain Jonathan Gilford from Thomas Fleming’s Liberty Tavern (1976)\, and my portrayal of a Private in HM 43rd Regiment of Foot.  The Regimental Brewmeister presents as a retired British soldier who is now a middle-class journeyman brewer.  I dress well\, and I want to present myself in a manner that shows that while I am not a Gentleman\, I am not a common laborer either. You will find military service has made a distinct impression upon the Regimental Brewmeister\, and he is not apolitical.  Despite his loyalist roots\, he is a stanch supporter of republican ideals but can argue both sides of the conflict. \nThe equipment I use is very basic.  The beer I brew is my own recipe\, derived but not copied from 18th Century sources.  Like brewers of the era\, I do all my work without instrumentation\, relying upon my basic senses of sight\, smell\, hearing\, taste\, and touch to do the work modern brewers have instrumentation like clocks\, scales\, hydrometers\, and thermometers for.  My aim is to recreate the methods\, brews\, and experience of a brewer from 1778 while telling stories of the American Revolution.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/colonial-brewing-with-regimental-brewmeister-3/
LOCATION:Indian King Tavern\, 233 Kings Hwy E\,\, Haddonfield\, NJ\, 08033\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260516T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260516T160000
DTSTAMP:20260118T030406Z
CREATED:20260118T030406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T030406Z
UID:10003164-1778932800-1778947200@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:History Matters @ INHP
DESCRIPTION:Come to Independence National Historic Park and hear the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association tell the under-emphasized history and the history that the Trump Adminstration hopes to censor.  We are telling the stories of black patriots\, Jewish patriots\, women patriots\, and others who made our nation great.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/history-matters-inhp/2026-05-16/
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260502T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260502T160000
DTSTAMP:20260118T220252Z
CREATED:20260118T220252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T220252Z
UID:10003230-1777708800-1777737600@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:Colonial brewing with Regimental Brewmeister
DESCRIPTION:Long before the American Revolutionary War\, the British Army in North America learned from the French the importance of spruce beer for treating and preventing scurvy and keeping their soldiers “fit for service.”  John Knox\, an officer in the 43rd Regiment of Foot\, insisted that his troops at Louisburg (1745) be supplied with spruce beer\, “this liquor being thought necessary for the preservation of the health of our men.” When British troops were again involved in a campaign against the French in Nova Scotia in 1757\, their commander\, the Earl of Loudoun\, insisted on an allowance of two quarts of spruce beer per man each day.  General Jeffrey Amherst\, chief of British forces in North America\, insisted that the troops be well supplied with spruce beer\, “for the health and convenience of the troops.” A brewery was set up at the head of Lake George with each regiment donating one man to help with the brewing.  When Amherst’s troops moved north to capture the French Fort Carillon\, subsequently renamed Fort Ticonderoga\, each regiment took with it eight barrels of spruce beer.  Following the British lead\, George Washington quickly adopted the use of spruce beer in order to keep his troops fit for service.  “The following is the Ration of Provisions allowed by the Continental Congress unto each Soldier. …One quart of Spruce Beer per man\, pr diem\,…” \nThe Regimental Brewmeister is my interpretation of what a brewer in HM 43rd would be. It is an amalgamation of Captain Jonathan Gilford from Thomas Fleming’s Liberty Tavern (1976)\, and my portrayal of a Private in HM 43rd Regiment of Foot.  The Regimental Brewmeister presents as a retired British soldier who is now a middle-class journeyman brewer.  I dress well\, and I want to present myself in a manner that shows that while I am not a Gentleman\, I am not a common laborer either. You will find military service has made a distinct impression upon the Regimental Brewmeister\, and he is not apolitical.  Despite his loyalist roots\, he is a stanch supporter of republican ideals but can argue both sides of the conflict. \nThe equipment I use is very basic.  The beer I brew is my own recipe\, derived but not copied from 18th Century sources.  Like brewers of the era\, I do all my work without instrumentation\, relying upon my basic senses of sight\, smell\, hearing\, taste\, and touch to do the work modern brewers have instrumentation like clocks\, scales\, hydrometers\, and thermometers for.  My aim is to recreate the methods\, brews\, and experience of a brewer from 1778 while telling stories of the American Revolution.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/colonial-brewing-with-regimental-brewmeister-2/
LOCATION:Historic Rittenhouse Town\, 208 Lincoln Dr.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260502T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260502T160000
DTSTAMP:20260118T220215Z
CREATED:20260118T220215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T220215Z
UID:10003229-1777708800-1777737600@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:Colonial brewing with Regimental Brewmeister
DESCRIPTION:Long before the American Revolutionary War\, the British Army in North America learned from the French the importance of spruce beer for treating and preventing scurvy and keeping their soldiers “fit for service.”  John Knox\, an officer in the 43rd Regiment of Foot\, insisted that his troops at Louisburg (1745) be supplied with spruce beer\, “this liquor being thought necessary for the preservation of the health of our men.” When British troops were again involved in a campaign against the French in Nova Scotia in 1757\, their commander\, the Earl of Loudoun\, insisted on an allowance of two quarts of spruce beer per man each day.  General Jeffrey Amherst\, chief of British forces in North America\, insisted that the troops be well supplied with spruce beer\, “for the health and convenience of the troops.” A brewery was set up at the head of Lake George with each regiment donating one man to help with the brewing.  When Amherst’s troops moved north to capture the French Fort Carillon\, subsequently renamed Fort Ticonderoga\, each regiment took with it eight barrels of spruce beer.  Following the British lead\, George Washington quickly adopted the use of spruce beer in order to keep his troops fit for service.  “The following is the Ration of Provisions allowed by the Continental Congress unto each Soldier. …One quart of Spruce Beer per man\, pr diem\,…” \nThe Regimental Brewmeister is my interpretation of what a brewer in HM 43rd would be. It is an amalgamation of Captain Jonathan Gilford from Thomas Fleming’s Liberty Tavern (1976)\, and my portrayal of a Private in HM 43rd Regiment of Foot.  The Regimental Brewmeister presents as a retired British soldier who is now a middle-class journeyman brewer.  I dress well\, and I want to present myself in a manner that shows that while I am not a Gentleman\, I am not a common laborer either. You will find military service has made a distinct impression upon the Regimental Brewmeister\, and he is not apolitical.  Despite his loyalist roots\, he is a stanch supporter of republican ideals but can argue both sides of the conflict. \nThe equipment I use is very basic.  The beer I brew is my own recipe\, derived but not copied from 18th Century sources.  Like brewers of the era\, I do all my work without instrumentation\, relying upon my basic senses of sight\, smell\, hearing\, taste\, and touch to do the work modern brewers have instrumentation like clocks\, scales\, hydrometers\, and thermometers for.  My aim is to recreate the methods\, brews\, and experience of a brewer from 1778 while telling stories of the American Revolution.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/colonial-brewing-with-regimental-brewmeister/
LOCATION:Bordentown Historical Society\, 302 Farnsworth Ave\, Bordentown\, NJ\, 08505\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260418T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260418T160000
DTSTAMP:20260118T030406Z
CREATED:20260118T030406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T030406Z
UID:10003163-1776513600-1776528000@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:History Matters @ INHP
DESCRIPTION:Come to Independence National Historic Park and hear the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association tell the under-emphasized history and the history that the Trump Adminstration hopes to censor.  We are telling the stories of black patriots\, Jewish patriots\, women patriots\, and others who made our nation great.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/history-matters-inhp/2026-04-18/
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260418T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260418T160000
DTSTAMP:20260118T215846Z
CREATED:20260118T215846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T215846Z
UID:10003228-1776499200-1776528000@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:Colonial Spymaster
DESCRIPTION:Codes and Cyphers of the American Revolution \nGoing into the Revolution\, Americans were at a huge disadvantage to the European powers when it came to cryptography\, many of which had been using secret offices where sensitive letters were opened and deciphered by public officials for centuries. It was not uncommon for the messages of Revolutionary leaders and American diplomats to be intercepted and read by their enemies\, both at home and abroad. To combat this\, many of our founding fathers and key generals relied heavily on the use of cryptography.  Cryptography is split into two ways of changing the message systematically to confuse anyone who intercepts it: these are codes and ciphers. Many people believe\, and use\, the word code to mean the same thing as cipher\, but technically they are different. \nA code is a way of changing the message by replacing each word with another word that has a different meaning. For example\, “Burn the City” could become “Take the rubbish” where the word “burn” is represented by the codeword “take”\, and similarly for “city” and “rubbish”. Using codes requires a codebook\, which contains all such codewords. Considering the large number of words in most languages\, this is normally quite a large book\, making the use of codes rather cumbersome (it is a bit like a French dictionary\, giving the translation to and from the codeword). However\, they can be used to encode key words in a message. Consider the message “Kill him as soon as possible”. With a simple change of a single word this becomes “Meet him as soon as possible”\, which may pass through security detection without being noticed. So\, although potentially hard to use\, a simple code can be very effective\, since even if the message is intercepted\, they can be used so that the code reads as an innocent or unrelated topic. \nCiphers\, on the other hand\, convert the message by a rule\, known only to the sender and recipient\, which changes each individual letter (or sometimes groups of letters). Ciphers\, are significantly easier to use than codes\, since the users only have to remember a specific algorithm (a mathematical word for process) to encrypt the message\, and not a whole dictionary of codewords. The major setback for ciphers compared to codes is that if someone finds a message that has been encrypted using a cipher\, the output is almost certainly going to be a random string of letters or symbols\, and as such the interceptor will know straight away that someone wanted to hide this message. \nCryptography was no parlor game for the idle classes\, but a serious business for revolutionary era statesmen who\, like today’s politicians and spies\, needed to conduct their business using secure messaging.  Codes and ciphers involved rearranged letters\, number substitutions\, and other methods. What follows are some of the most common cyphers used by George Washington and the Continental Army. \nThis is an interactive program. As the Spy Master (dressed in Military attire) I will recruit and train spies and provide them with hands on exercises to practice their spy craft before being sent into the British encampments to collect intelligence.  We will present several codes and cyphers for the participants to encode and decode messages\, “dead drop” will be established in the environs of Carpenters Hall for our spies to exchange messages with other spies\, and we will have discussions of famous spies in the George Washington’s and General Howe’s employ. \nEspionage was critical to the war effort for both the British and American armies.  This program is envisioned to give participants an opportunity to consider the risks these spies undertook and the hardships they encountered in providing information to their respective generals.  I also want to add some clarity on the dilemma faced by Benedict Arnold as he considered his loyalties.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/colonial-spymaster/
LOCATION:Summit County Courthouse\, 20 N Bridge St\, Somerville\, NJ 08876
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260409T220000
DTSTAMP:20260118T215158Z
CREATED:20260118T215158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T215158Z
UID:10003227-1775761200-1775772000@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:Talk on Importance of Taverns in Colonial America
DESCRIPTION:Presentation to the William Penn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Abington\, PA  \n  \nSince the records were discovered in the late 1970’s\, numerous presentations\, books\, movies/TV shows\, and presentations have been made about George Washington’s spies.  These presentations are almost exclusively centered on the MEN (like Nathan Hale) who conducted covert operations for the Continental Army and Continental Congress.  These men\, while important\, constituted less than half of the intelligence operatives in the American Revolution. \nTo be a good spy one needs to be unobserved.  In the chauvinistically male-oriented society of 18th Century England (and by extension Colonial America)\, women had a decided advantage over men when it came to collecting and transmitting secrets.  Often\, they were simply not seen so they could move through polite company\, eavesdrop and pass through checkpoints knowing it would be an affront to propriety for them to be bodily searched or challenged.  The best spies in both the American and British intelligence network were women\, especially slave women. \nThe Admiral of the Blue Apron™\, in his guise as Revolutionary Spymaster will discuss Women Spies in the American Revolution at the April meeting of the William Penn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution on April 9 at 1900 at the Abington Presbyterian Church (1082 Old York Rd\, Abington\, PA 19001) .  Typical\, the Revolutionary Spymaster focuses on generic programming on spies\, but in this presentation\, he will focus not only on the practice of spy craft during the American Revolution\, but also the women who were often the unsung\, even unknown\, heroes of the war.   While there were spies from all corners of society\, in this program we will discuss the wartime careers of 10 women who were employed\, either by George Washington\, General Howe or General Clinton (or in a few cases BOTH SIDES)\, to collect and transmit key information from within the enemy’s camp in both New York City and Philadelphia.   We will discuss several known spies (most are still unknown to us\, even today) and we will discuss how these women were uniquely capable of collecting valuable intelligence and the impact their work had on the progress of the war. \nHands on exhibits on codes and cyphers as well as the Admiral of the Blue Apron’s punchbowl (known to loosen a few tongues) will be available.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/talk-on-importance-of-taverns-in-colonial-america-4/
LOCATION:Abington Presbyterian Church\, 1082 Old York Rd\,\, Abington\, PA\, 19001\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260328T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260328T170000
DTSTAMP:20260118T213602Z
CREATED:20260118T213349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T213602Z
UID:10003220-1774717200-1774717200@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:Colonial Tavern Night
DESCRIPTION:Immersive 18th Century Tavern Experience  \nOutside the church\, the tavern was the most important institution in most towns.  Taverns were used as meeting places for political assemblies (like the militia or the courts).   When people needed to conduct business meetings or hold markets\, their choices were generally the church or the tavern.  Since the Colonial Legislatures often offered inducements to tavern owners\, they saw these businesses as “operating for the common good\,” which ultimately meant that tavern meeting rooms could be appropriated for government business like courts\, polls\, and meetings of the militia. People relied on taverns as the primary means of spreading news and ideas.  Newspapers and stories were often shared by travelers in taverns.  As conflicts erupted between the Crown and her colonies in the 1760’s\, it was in the taverns that men discussed their responses and ultimate aims.  It was in the colonial tavern that the revolutionary spirit launched our nation.  Without taverns\, it is likely that the various colonies would have remained separate and subjugated to the greater British Empire. \n“To drink at a table without drinking to the health of someone special\, should be considered drinking on the Sly\, and as an act of incivility.”   – Poor Richard \nPatrons are invited to an evening of storytelling and merriment during which they can enjoy and 18th Century tavern experience complete with period beer\, cocktails\, competitive toasts\, various entertainments\, and maybe even a rousting political debate.  We will not serve food nor will be perform music but can assist the site in contracting of musicians\, food\, and other aspects of the tavern experience which will complete the evening.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/colonial-tavern-night/
LOCATION:Historic Rittenhouse Town\, 208 Lincoln Dr.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260321T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260411T170000
DTSTAMP:20260123T225650Z
CREATED:20260118T214147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T225650Z
UID:10003223-1774112400-1775926800@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:Colonial Field Tavern @ Battle of St George Island
DESCRIPTION:Immersive 18th Century Tavern Experience  \nOutside the church\, the tavern was the most important institution in most towns.  Taverns were used as meeting places for political assemblies (like the militia or the courts).   When people needed to conduct business meetings or hold markets\, their choices were generally the church or the tavern.  Since the Colonial Legislatures often offered inducements to tavern owners\, they saw these businesses as “operating for the common good\,” which ultimately meant that tavern meeting rooms could be appropriated for government business like courts\, polls\, and meetings of the militia. People relied on taverns as the primary means of spreading news and ideas.  Newspapers and stories were often shared by travelers in taverns.  As conflicts erupted between the Crown and her colonies in the 1760’s\, it was in the taverns that men discussed their responses and ultimate aims.  It was in the colonial tavern that the revolutionary spirit launched our nation.  Without taverns\, it is likely that the various colonies would have remained separate and subjugated to the greater British Empire. \n“To drink at a table without drinking to the health of someone special\, should be considered drinking on the Sly\, and as an act of incivility.”   – Poor Richard \nPatrons are invited to an evening of storytelling and merriment during which they can enjoy and 18th Century tavern experience complete with period beer\, cocktails\, competitive toasts\, various entertainments\, and maybe even a rousting political debate.  We will not serve food nor will be perform music but can assist the site in contracting of musicians\, food\, and other aspects of the tavern experience which will complete the evening.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/colonial-field-tavern-battle-of-st-george-island/
LOCATION:St George Island\, Crownsville\, MD\, 21032\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260321T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260321T170000
DTSTAMP:20260118T213654Z
CREATED:20260118T213654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T213654Z
UID:10003221-1774112400-1774112400@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:Colonial Tavern Night
DESCRIPTION:Immersive 18th Century Tavern Experience  \nOutside the church\, the tavern was the most important institution in most towns.  Taverns were used as meeting places for political assemblies (like the militia or the courts).   When people needed to conduct business meetings or hold markets\, their choices were generally the church or the tavern.  Since the Colonial Legislatures often offered inducements to tavern owners\, they saw these businesses as “operating for the common good\,” which ultimately meant that tavern meeting rooms could be appropriated for government business like courts\, polls\, and meetings of the militia. People relied on taverns as the primary means of spreading news and ideas.  Newspapers and stories were often shared by travelers in taverns.  As conflicts erupted between the Crown and her colonies in the 1760’s\, it was in the taverns that men discussed their responses and ultimate aims.  It was in the colonial tavern that the revolutionary spirit launched our nation.  Without taverns\, it is likely that the various colonies would have remained separate and subjugated to the greater British Empire. \n“To drink at a table without drinking to the health of someone special\, should be considered drinking on the Sly\, and as an act of incivility.”   – Poor Richard \nPatrons are invited to an evening of storytelling and merriment during which they can enjoy and 18th Century tavern experience complete with period beer\, cocktails\, competitive toasts\, various entertainments\, and maybe even a rousting political debate.  We will not serve food nor will be perform music but can assist the site in contracting of musicians\, food\, and other aspects of the tavern experience which will complete the evening.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/colonial-tavern-night-2/
LOCATION:Hermitage Museum\, 335 North Franklin Turnpike\, Ho-Ho-Kus\, 07423\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260321T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260321T160000
DTSTAMP:20260118T030406Z
CREATED:20260118T030406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T030406Z
UID:10003162-1774094400-1774108800@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:History Matters @ INHP
DESCRIPTION:Come to Independence National Historic Park and hear the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association tell the under-emphasized history and the history that the Trump Adminstration hopes to censor.  We are telling the stories of black patriots\, Jewish patriots\, women patriots\, and others who made our nation great.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/history-matters-inhp/2026-03-21/
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260221T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260221T160000
DTSTAMP:20260118T030406Z
CREATED:20260118T030406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T030406Z
UID:10003161-1771675200-1771689600@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:History Matters @ INHP
DESCRIPTION:Come to Independence National Historic Park and hear the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association tell the under-emphasized history and the history that the Trump Adminstration hopes to censor.  We are telling the stories of black patriots\, Jewish patriots\, women patriots\, and others who made our nation great.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/history-matters-inhp/2026-02-21/
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260128T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260128T220000
DTSTAMP:20260118T214926Z
CREATED:20260118T214926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T214926Z
UID:10003226-1769623200-1769637600@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:Talk on Importance of Taverns in Colonial America
DESCRIPTION:The Importance of Taverns in America – The Tavern Act ensured that public houses were constructed along England’s (and her colony’s) major highways and at her ports. This was done principally to support commerce but since these were often the largest and most accessible buildings in many communities\, taverns took a major role in keeping communities together\, sharing news\, and ensuring that the government functioned. Taverns hosted militia musters\, court proceedings\, polls\, and post offices. The tavern was where people gathered to share news and engage in trade. These institutions were far more than just bars and hotels\, they were the heart of many communities\, second only to the church. The Admiral of the Blue Apron discusses how the tavern was instrumental in both preventing anarchy and driving revolution in the American colonies.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/talk-on-importance-of-taverns-in-colonial-america-3/
LOCATION:Blue Ball Barn\, 1 St. Rocco Way\,\, Wilmington\, DE\, 19802\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260117T160000
DTSTAMP:20260118T030406Z
CREATED:20260118T030406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260118T030406Z
UID:10003160-1768651200-1768665600@reenactingschedule.org
SUMMARY:History Matters @ INHP
DESCRIPTION:Come to Independence National Historic Park and hear the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association tell the under-emphasized history and the history that the Trump Adminstration hopes to censor.  We are telling the stories of black patriots\, Jewish patriots\, women patriots\, and others who made our nation great.
URL:https://reenactingschedule.org/event/history-matters-inhp/2026-01-17/
ORGANIZER;CN="Regimental Brewmeister":MAILTO:Colonialbrewer@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR