TODAY AT OSV
Throughout the Day: Stroll Through the Campsites &  
          View Various Crafts and Domestic Activities
9:30-12:00 A Printer at Work
            (in the Printing Office)
9:30-1:00  A  Shoemaker at Work
            (in the Shoe Shop)
9:30 Inspection of the British Troops
        (on the Common)
9:30 Inspection of the American Troops
        (in the fields by the Blacksmith Shop)
10:00-12:00 Continental Army Drill Competition
        (in the fields by the Blacksmith Shop)
10:00-2:00 Make a Tri-Cornered Hat
        (in the Visitor Center Concourse)
10:00-4:00 Quinebaug River Boat Ride
            ($3 fee, 3 & under free, 15 minute ride)
            (at the dock by the Dummerston Bridge)
10:00-11:30  Try Your Hand at Fishing
          (meets near the Changing Landscape Exhibit)
10:00  Broom Making Demonstration
           (outside the Craft Center)
10:00  Tour of the Children’s Garden
           (at the Fitch House)
10:00 Mrs. Peabody’s Levee: A Sneak Peek at 18^th
          Century Foundations Presented by the Ladies
          of Refined Taste (in the Towne House Garden)
10:00 Tour of the British Camp with Major Moss
        (meets by the Friends Meetinghouse)
10:00 Cannon Demonstration by United Train of
          Artillery (by the Cooper Shop)
10:00 Children’s Musket Drill with Col Bailey’s 2^nd   
          Mass Regiment  (in the fields by the Bixby House)
10:00  Water Power Tour
           (meets at the Carding Mill)
10:30  Carding Mill Demonstration
10:30-2:00 Visit the Continental Line Hospital
           (behind the Bixby House)
10:30- 3:00 Historical Miniature Gaming
         Presented by BattleGroup Boston- New   
         England’s Oldest Gaming Group (in the Dennison   
         Building)
10:30 Fife and Drum Music by the British
          Fife and Drums (in front of Bullard Tavern)
11:00 Skirmish between Militia and Redcoats
         (on Powderhouse Hill)
11:00 Tour of the British Camp with Major Moss
        (meets by the Friends Meetinghouse)
11:00 Help the Ladies of the 2^nd Mass Regiment
          do the Laundry (in the fields by the Bixby House)
11:00 Reconnoiter with a Ranger from Peters’ Corps 
          (meets outside Center Meetinghouse)
11:00  Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Barn)
11:00  Gristmill Demonstration
11:00  Towne House Tour
11:30  Carding Mill Demonstration
11:30 Children’s Musket Drill with Warner’s Regiment
          (in the fields by the Bixby House)
11:30  Military Fashion Timeline: Presented by the
           members of the 10^th Mass Light Infantry
          (in the Center Meetinghouse)
12:00 Fife and Drum Music of the Colonial Army
          with Major Phenix (by the District School)
12:00 Tour of the American Camp (in the Bixby Fields)
12:00  Help the Farmers With Seasonal Work
           (at the Freeman Farm)
12:30  19^th Century School Lesson
           (in the District School)
12:30 Cannon Demonstration by the Royal Irish
          Artillery (by the Cooper Shop)
1:00 Children’s Musket Drill with Col Bailey’s 2^nd
        Mass Regiment (in the fields by the Bixby House)
1:00-4:30 A Printer at Work (in the Printing Office)
1:00  Runaway Runway: A Look at the Clothes of the
         Lesser Sort Through 18^th Century
         Advertisements Presented by Ladies of Refined
         Taste (in the Center Meetinghouse)
1:00 Tour of the British Camp with Major Moss
        (meet by the Friends Meetinghouse)
1:00   Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Barn)
1:00   Carding Mill Demonstration
1:30   Water Power Tour
          (meets at the Carding Mill)
1:30 Small Pox Inoculation Demonstration
         of the American Troops (behind the Bixby House)
1:30 British Parade through the Town
        (starts in front of the Center Meetinghouse)
2:00 Patriots Face Off Against the Redcoats
        (in the Freeman Farm Fields)
2:00-5:00  A Shoemaker at Work
        (in the Shoe Shop)
2:00  Sawmill Demonstration
2:30  Tour of the Children’s Garden
         (at the Fitch House)
3:00 2^nd Mass Regimental Surgeon Dr. Hart Attends to
        Men after the Battle (behind the Bixby House)
       *This particular time subject to change depending on
         the length of Battle
3:00 Help the Ladies of the Continental Army
        do Laundry (in the fields by the Bixby House)
3:00  Talk with a Gardener (in the Herb Garden)
3:00  Gristmill Demonstration
3:30  Milking Demonstration
         (at the Freeman Barn)
3:30 Children’s Musket Drill with Warner’s Regiment
        (in the fields by the Bixby House)
3:30 Cannon Demonstration by Crane’s Battery
         (by the Cooper Shop)
4:00 Prisoner Exchange Between the 2^nd Mass
         Regiment  and 10^th Regiment of Foot 
         (on the Center Common)
4:00 Fife and Drum Music of the Colonial Army
         with Major Phenix (by the District School)
4:00 Children’s Musket Drill with Col Bailey’s 2^nd
        Mass Regiment (in the fields by the Bixby House)
4:00 Learn an 18^th Century Social Dance with
        Mistress Stewart (in front of Bullard Tavern)
4:00  Sawmill Demonstration
5:00 18^th Century Ball Game
        (near the American Camp in Bixby Field)
5:00 Tour of the British Camp with Major Moss
        (meets by the Friends Meetinghouse)
5:30 Joint Grand Music Concert with Major Phenix
        (in front of the Bullard Tavern)
6:00 Love Letters: The Correspondence of John and  
        Abigail Adams (in the Center Meetinghouse)
6:00 Tour of the American Artillery Camp with the
        United Train of Artillery (in the Sawmill Field)
7:00 Tour of the British Camp with Major Moss
        (meets by the Friends Meetinghouse)
7:30 Artillery Barrage (in the Freeman Fields)
*Daily Events are Subject to Change