Calling all Glovers Regiment members, past and present!

Regiment celebrates 40 years!

It’s nearly 2014, and for Glover’s Marblehead Regiment, that
means the start of the 40th year of this historic colonial
reenacting group. 

In its first act of celebration, the Regiment invites all
present and former members of the group to be guests at the 40th
Anniversary Commemorative March to Burial Hill and Celebratory Dinner on Saturday,
January 25, at Old North Church. In kit, if possible (that means, in your
Regiment outfit), but not required.  If
you are among this august group, please visit the GMR website (www.gloversregiment.org ), or contact
Captain Seamus Daly (sdaly2@comcast.net)
, for plans and detail.   

Reestablished in 1974, two years before the nation’s
Bicentennial and during the preparations for America’s 200th
birthday, Glover’s Marblehead Regiment originally attracted a motley but earnest
crew of historians, amateur and professional, some of whom could actually claim
blood kinship with members of the original
Glover’s Regiment.  (Recall that this was
the regiment of hearty sailors chosen by General Washington to serve him at
Cambridge, and who rowed him and his hundreds of troops, cannons, and horses across
the frigid Delaware River on Christmas night in 1776, before the decisive
Battle of Trenton.)

Glover’s Regiment. You’ve seen the worthy lads march in
every Marblehead parade this side of Memorial Day and the Christmas Walk;
you’ve seen them row across Marblehead Harbor every December in commemoration
of the Delaware crossing.  You may have
heard their booming cannon salutes on the Fourth of July. And you and your
family may well have enjoyed their annual summer weekend colonial encampment at
Fort Sewall.

This coming summer, the GMR encampment will be the weekend
of July 11-13 and the Regiment is planning a larger than usual event to mark
the 40th Anniversary celebrations. However, the group is now eager
to connect with former members. 

If you’ve served as an active
member in Glovers Marblehead Regiment in the past, please contact Capt.
Daly at sdaly2@comcast.net or by
calling him at 617-416-1965.

The Regiment plans additional celebratory activities during
2014.  Visit www.gloversregiment.org for details,
or call Capt. Daly at 617-416-1965.

Glover's Marblehead Regiment is part of the
Continental Line, a multi-regional re-enactment group.  It presents all
living history events according to documented primary historical sources.

 

The Regiment welcomes new recruits of any age.  If you'd like more
information about joining the regiment, or about GMR events, including the
annual summer encampment at Fort Sewall, contact Lt. Larry Sands at 617 416
1965; or Lt. Chip O’Connor at 978 609 0251. Or visit www.gloversregiment.org