Video by Cat Cutillo
The past came to life on Saint Michael’s campus on Oct. 5 when a group of Revolutionary War re-enactors set up camp to help the college community time-travel to 250 years ago.
Campus community members and visitors stopped by to talk to the re-enactors who portrayed Patriot soldiers and early Americans through clothing, militia drilling, food, herbalist practices, lifestyle and materials. Others watched the unique display from afar with curiosity and amusement.
Alexandra Garrett, who is an Assistant Professor of History at Saint Michael’s, was responsible for bringing the re-enactors to campus after seeing them perform at the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum where Garrett is a board member. The group was part of Benjamin Whitcomb’s Independent Corps of Rangers, a non-profit corporation in Vermont comprised of volunteers who re-create a war camp unit that fought in the Revolutionary War as a part of the Continental Army in New England and New York.
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