
2d Virginia Regiment 12/9/1775: The 2d Virginia Regiment defeats elements of the 14th Regiment of Foot at Great Bridge

2d Virginia Regiment 83% of U.S. Adults Fail Test on Nation’s Founding
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89 percent of Americans expected to pass a test on basic knowledge of the American Revolution, but scored an average of 44 percent.

2d Virginia Regiment Colonel Thomas Posey's Virginians were in Charleston in December 1782
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On Friday, December 18th from 6:30 - 8:30 pm, join costumed interpreters as they take you back to Christmas, 1782. Stroll garden paths and allees illuminated by torches and hear stories about the joyous holiday season when the British evacuated Charleston at the end of the Revolutionary War in the s...

2d Virginia Regiment Valuable relics found by chance in Delaware River near Fort Mifflin.
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As Karl Van Florcke sees it, the discovery of the centuries-old relics in the Delaware River was meant to be. The captain of the Army Corps of Engineers dredge McFarland was working on the vessel last month when its pumps were turned off for the day - at the precise moment that a piece of the natio...

2d Virginia Regiment Hunting Shirt Workshop at Henricus Historical Park taught by Neal Hurst November 21-22, 2009
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2d Virginia Regiment Daniel Boone Homestead, Hope Lodge and Washington Crossing by @PHMC
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Further details on site closings and reduction of hours, November 2009

2d Virginia Regiment Hunting Shirt Workshop at Henricus Historical Park taught by Neal Hurst November 21-22, 2009
4 new photos

2d Virginia Regiment Washington Post article on Colonial Williamsburg's coffeehouse, a place to talk politics leading up to the Revolution
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Now it is home to the modest Charlton's Coffeehouse, built from scratch on historic foundations and billed as the only 18th-century coffeehouse in America.

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The former owners of Montgomery Place, and others, are concerned about the future of the graceful property overlooking the Hudson.

2d Virginia Regiment An article from Colonial Williamsburg on 18th century laundering, which was a role women following the Continental Army often took on.
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As a rule, only linen and cotton were washed. Silk or woolen clothes never touched water. Instead, wool was dry-cleaned by people called fullers, who went to town on stains using fuller’s earth, a clay that absorbs grease.

2d Virginia Regiment Article about the U.S. Army Community Covenant event supported by the 2d Virginia Regiment in Manassas VA on November 7
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Fort Belvoir Installation Commander Col. Jerry Blixt expressed his gratitude for the people of Prince William County as he, Installation Command Sgt. Maj. Gabriel Berhane, Supervisor Marty Nohe, and businessmen from communities in the county renewed the Army Family Covenant at Manassas' Loy E. Harri...

2d Virginia Regiment Annual reenactment of @GeoWashington Crossing the Delaware hit by budget cuts
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It's sink or swim time for those involved in pulling off this year's rendition of George Washington's fateful crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas Day. With nearly no funds secured for the 2009 Christmas Crossing - an annual re-enactment that draws thousands of onlookers to Bucks County - an...

2d Virginia Regiment Beer and whiskey in colonial America, a subject near and dear to every soldier's heart...
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Whiskey and beer are the safe alternatives to water in colonial Virginia. Historic Foodways' Frank Clark describes the benefits of brewing.

2d Virginia Regiment Thanks to James Thomas Miller and Bryan Kennedy for supporting The U.S. Army Community Covenant "Time Line of the NCO" event in Historic Manassas, Inc.
The Army Community Covenant is a formal commitment of support by the state and local community to Soldiers and families of the Army-Active, Guard and Reserve. It is designed to develop and foster effective state and community partnerships with the Army. The Covenant i...s focused on improving the quality of life for Soldiers and their families, both at their current duty stations and as they transfer from state to state.
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