The First Foot Guards

We are a Revolutionary War reenactment group based in Boston MA,
accurately portraying the royal household regiment that is now known as
The Grenadier Guards

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Articles of general interest
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• List of articles (See also classification by subject, which follows)
  01: Recruiting speeches of the period.
  02: Hundreds of tars were drowned when the Royal George keeled over.
  03: The rapier: civilian weapon par excellence
  04: The need for potash created wide open spaces in Massachusetts.
  05: 'Passing fair' - praise or condemnation?
  06: 'Shame be to him…' - the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
  07: The drinking song that became a national anthem.
  08: 1775 news as seen by a modern journalist.
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  10: Why 'Huzza'?
  11: Words: Scots/Scotch/Scottish Guards?
  12: The Philadelphia Campaign. Links to a series by the Philadelphia Inquirer
  13: One of our number visits a school.
  14: In George's own words: The Battle of trenton.
  15: Our slow march and its opera.
  15a: More on 'Scipio'.
  16: Thacher's military journal for 1776.
  17: The change from red coat to khaki battledress.
  18: Thacher's military journal for 1775.
  19: Recruiting practices.
  20: 'Toll for the brave'
  21: Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne
  22: General Charles O'Hara
  23: Words: chop & slice.
  24: The Royal Military College
  25: Outrageous civilian fashions.
  26: The royalist connection.
  27: Words to 'British Grenadiers".
  28: History of gunpowder.
  29: the formation of a national army in England.
  30: A soldier opened the first circus.
  31: England's main industry: wool.
  32: Maybe London streets weren't so clean!
  33: Red dye for red coats
  34: The end of officers' commissions.
  

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Weaponry
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Words and Musick
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Contemporary Events

George Washington on the Battle of Trenton
In his own words...
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The loss of The Royal George
A tragic misjudgment resulted in the deaths of our tars.
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For a deeper understanding of History

There's more to macaroni than cheese
On fashion on the 1760's and 1770s
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General John Burgoyne
Being an account of his life and times
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The importance of potash in Massachusetts
A little-known story, that explains the landscape, and much more.
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A fine recruitment fpeech
To be fpoken with gufto.
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Excerpt from the diary of
James Thacher MD
for the year 1776
with a link to an online source with the rest of his diary.
A valuable resource
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Excerpt from the diary of
James Thacher MD
for the year 1775
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Instructions on Recruitment
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Redcoat & Khaki
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The Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst
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History of the formation of an English national army
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The 'Circus' as we know it was invented by a retired soldier
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Weaponry

The development of the rapier
How it changed from military use to gentleman's sidearm


The Development of Black Powder
Its history and formulation

Miscellaneous

Sjt Parsons' visit to school
Kids were duly impressed...
(Not impressed into the Army)
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Words and Musick

She is indeed 'passing fair'
Clarification of the useful period word "passing"
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Honi soit qui mal y pense
Winston uses it...what does it mean?
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Chop, cut and slice
Thoughts on some old French words...
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Anacreaon in Heav'n
The popular drinking song that became even more popular
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Huzzah!
Where did this word come from, anyway?
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Scipio
The regimental slow march
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The British Grenadiers
The regimental march
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