Blue Jacket and Fort Recovery

Today is the anniversary of the failed attempt by Natives to take Fort Recovery. The largest congregation of Natives in history apparently. Wiki

Wargames Factory Continentals in hard plastic

Picture from North Star

Siege of Fort Mose 1740

Wiki on the siege which started today here
Image from here

Fort Ticonderoga event

This photo is from the living history weekend at Fort Ti. See here for more on the events and exhibitions there.

Crann Tara to stock Fife and Drum Revwar figs in the UK

Read about it here.

Battle of Seven Oaks

Wiki on the 1816 battle here
 The Battle of Seven Oaks^[2] was a violent confrontation between the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and the North West Company (NWC), rivals in the fur trade, that took place on 19 June 1816.
Go here for murals on the subject

New Thomsomfeld dioramas

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Siege of Louisbourg

This started today in 1758. Wiki here
Image from here

The Devil's Disciple (1959)

The black sheep of a family (Dick Dudgeon) and the local minister (Anthony Anderson) discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War. Thanks to David Corbett for finding this. IMDB

French and Indian war

Thanks to Dave Taylor for this image - I have not seen it before. Dave says The scalping picture is in: Johnson, Michael G and Hook Richard. "Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes". Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books Limited, 2007. Page 34.

The caption is: "Indian, possibly a Shawnee warrior, scalping a British soldier — an 18th century painting by an unknown artist.''

Getting ready for summer

Bushy Run says: Past museum facilitator Lauren Buches spruces up the warpaint-covered Eastern Woodland Indian mannequin. — at Bushy Run Battlefield.

Galloping Major Facebook page

Lance says 'Galloping Major is still pretty new to facebook, but we now have a page where much of our news will be released. Anyone interested in getting our news early, please go to the page and "like" it: search Galloping Major Ltd Wargames on facebook to find us'.

Weapons and warfare - French and Indian war

Thanks to Timo for this. Some interesting Italian reconstructions accompany this series of 3 articles - check them out - theres about 4 panels

Native Sun Productions

This image has been circulating on FB and I thought I'd post its source. It's from a movie about Crockett.From what I have seen these films look worth checking out.

Fort Michilimackinac

Today is the day when a simple lacrosse game became deadly during Pontiac's war. Wiki on the Fort.