Of potential interest for SE PA/southern NJ reenactors
http://www.ushistory.org/hope/more/calendar.htm
October 19 (Wednesday)
7:30pm
Lecture Series: Pennsylvania Dutch and Hessian Soldiers of the Revolutionary War
While the Pennsylvania Dutch supported the American cause during the Revolutionary War, their German brethren, the Hessians, were fighting for the British. Pennsylvania Humanities Council speaker David Valuska examines the roles each of these groups played in different battles and in the war in general and discusses many interesting details, such as the Pennsylvania Dutch militia system and their use of the long rifle, the reasons why the Hessians came to America to fight for the British, and the conditions of Hessian imprisonment in eastern Pennsylvania.
http://www.ushistory.org/hope/more/calendar.htm
October 19 (Wednesday)
7:30pm
Lecture Series: Pennsylvania Dutch and Hessian Soldiers of the Revolutionary War
While the Pennsylvania Dutch supported the American cause during the Revolutionary War, their German brethren, the Hessians, were fighting for the British. Pennsylvania Humanities Council speaker David Valuska examines the roles each of these groups played in different battles and in the war in general and discusses many interesting details, such as the Pennsylvania Dutch militia system and their use of the long rifle, the reasons why the Hessians came to America to fight for the British, and the conditions of Hessian imprisonment in eastern Pennsylvania.
