Napoleonic Weekend at Fort Amherst Chatham 2009

 

The weekend was a mixture of sunshine and showers and the following Napoleonic re-enactment units attended the weekend the 79th Cameron Highlanders, the Fort Amherst Artillery, the 60th Rifles and on Sunday only the 1st Foot Guards.     

As two of our unit wanted to become as "one" on Saturday night we had a unit wedding using the old and trusted "Jump the broomstick" ceremony. We also had guests from the Fort Amherst Artillery who watched the wedding and then their officer suggested that two of their unit should also be "married" so it turned out to be a double wedding night!

   

James and Beverly "Jump the broomstick"

On Sunday, at different points around the fort various unit or joint actions took place and below are some of the pictures showing what went on.

          

                  

The weekend was a great success and it was a good event to end another year of re-enacting!

                   

    

                                                                          By private Tony Bartolo

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