Hi, This past weekend I saw in C-SPAN Book TV the exposition of Dr. Edwin G Burrows regarding his latest book "Forgotten Patriots: American Prisoners in the...
Hello, Are you looking for the correct shoe for your vaquero or soldado impression? I am trying to find at least four others interested in commissioning Robert...
HI Eliud, More anectodal evidence, Wish I had the referances on hand, but this may help. About a year ago I was reading an article regarding Spanish maritime...
Hi Dan, Sounds fascinating. Do you remember if you read it in a specialized journal or magazine article? Any leads are greatly appreciated. Eliud ... One ... ...
Someone asked about Spanish soldiers and where they might be buried when they were POWs. The following is compliments of Capt. Thomas Dring, born, Newport,...
Back to Dring, he makes a distinction between "Frenchmen" and "foreigners" aboard the Jersey. He remarks that the "foreigners" had abandoned all hope of...
Eliud, Most books on AWI maritime history discuss the notorious prison ships in NY harbor. (There were British prison ships in the Caribbean too, and they were...
Hi, Look at the following interesting links regarding Fort Greene Park and the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument: http://www.fortgreenepark.org/pages/prisonship.htm...
Eliud, Not to start any inter-service rivalries and it probably doesn't matter much now anyway, but many of those Spanish Martyrs were very likely sailors....
It would be very historically accurate if we had an inter-service rivalry. :) Bernardo de Galvez had some very interesting "encounters" with his naval...
Hi, The Spanish Louisiana has been invited to participate in a citizenship swearing-in ceremony to take place at Sully Historic Site on June 12, 2009. We would...
Here about 10 or 11 years ago the Witte Museum in San Antonio had an traveling exhibit on Valqueros of the South West and the exhibit book there was a valquero...
I know that pretty much everyone is in "winter quarters" right now, but I want to send out a Feliz Navidad and Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah (if that's...
Hi, Bruce- I am very much interested in participating. Let me know the details. Patryka Duran y Chaves patrykachaves@... To: Soldados@yahoogroups.com ...
This is for the annual Thaitown (Hollywood) Thai New Year Parade. The parade is less than a mile and ends at a street festival. We actually have our booth...
Thanks for allowing me to join, I'm a re-enactor/living historian from Monterey. I'm helping put together a Period Correct uniform for a Sergento of Cueras. I...
Hello, Welcome to the Soldados group. We are all willing to advise people on their outfits, but for my part I'd like to ask what your period is? Period correct...
Thanks David. I got your reply and I agree there is a large time span to cover! (On my original question to the "Revlist", I did specify the de Anza/Portola...
Lee: Look under the photo section and see the illustrations of the Anza expedition, you will see the length and probably the cut too. David did some wonderful...
Hello Lee, Well that narrows it down nicely. I did paintings of Expedition personnel for Santa Barbara Trust's Anza Expedition elementary school role-playing...
Gentlemen, your help is much appreciated! Based on your advice and guidance, I think we were looking in right direction; the puzzle pieces are starting to fit...
The 11th annual, historical re-enactment of "The Sack of St. Augustine: Capt. Robert Searle's Raid of 1668" will take place on March 6 – March 8, 2009, in...
Hello, Following Lee's query about creating a soldado uniform, I went looking for sources of supply. Najecki, it seems, is no longer carrying the wool uniform...
... I found Jon Williams out of San Augustine Forida, is a supplier of woolen cloth. That is where I bought my cloth for my presidio uniform. He is located...
Thanks Richard, but it would be helpful if Mr. Williams had a website and, better still, we could know how the wool he carries compares with the types of cloth...
I like Mr. Williams woolens, most come in the 21 oz. and 13 oz. The heavier for coats and breeches and the lighter mainly for facings. The reds are mostly...
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