The real Indians . . .
As met by JB de Verger, officer at the Royal Deux Ponts during the campaign in the Americas with Rochambeau...
American warfare 1690-1835 in popular culture, art, in miniature and in wargames, through Living History and in movies.
Friday, 29 July 2022
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Sunday, 24 July 2022
Monday, 11 July 2022
Event at Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga presents “1759 Siege of Carillon,” a NEW exciting two-day battle reenactment July 23-24. Through a combination of demonstrations, vignettes, narrated boat cruises, and battle reenactments, visitors will experience the British advance for Lake George.
Become immersed in this 18th-century siege; featuring the constant roar of cannon, thrilling battle reenactments, and even a nighttime program where visitors are immersed in the battle for Carillon, named Ticonderoga by the British once they capture the fort from the French.
Saturday, 9 July 2022
Friday, 8 July 2022
Carillon/Ticonderoga 1758
Today is the anniversary of this great French victory in the Seven Years War. Fort Ticonderoga have been commemorating it today which is where these photos are from.
Monday, 4 July 2022
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) trailer
The best Revwar movie in my opinion. It's actually in colour. I love this film. They were due to shoot the battle of Oriskany but days of rain prevented it. It lost out to Gone with the Wind for publicity when it was released.
Saturday, 2 July 2022
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Fort Ti (1953)
Full movie here . This was shown by the BBC in the 80s as part of their 3D night. It's not a great movie. Wiki
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This maker of figures is working on miniatures based around the theme Braddock's disaster. First up Natives and Canadians followed by B... -
I have painted a few F&I forces in this scale a few years ago. I used the Freikorps 15 range augmented by some Essex 15s. These days B... -
This is the first stage of an excellent project. This is the corner tower of a recreation of the fort in the movie Drums Along the Mohawk...
