Will there also be a "Little Buttercup" award? Sue Too...
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michaeldrouillard
michaeldroui...
Dec 8, 2009 1:21 pm
I am on the hunt for a decent hat and I was wondering if anybody had any good ideas/sugestions. Specifically I want something period apropriate to keep the...
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Coolbogey@...
coolbogey
Dec 8, 2009 2:08 pm
Check with Dirty Billy he sometimes has the most period correct straw hats . Mark [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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jbwhittaker
Dec 8, 2009 4:01 pm
... I am on the hunt for a decent hat and I was wondering if anybody had any good ideas/sugestions. Specifically I want something period apropriate to keep...
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Spencer's Mercant...
spencersmerc
Dec 8, 2009 4:28 pm
A somewhat belated (I've been asleep for most of the past two days!) but nonetheless very heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped me to pull together the...
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shayna121
Dec 8, 2009 4:39 pm
I'll admit I don't know as much about Fencible Regiments as Regular Infantry, but wouldn't a Regimental Cap and a forage cap be the only appropriate headgear...
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MasterAtArms
ucpm_gunner
Dec 8, 2009 7:20 pm
... In the long term, who knows? But in the short term, particularly with the award being given at the 2010 School of the Sailor, almost certainly not....
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Victor Suthren
suthrenvictor
Dec 8, 2009 7:29 pm
Will certainly consider the idea. Another member wrote off-line to suggest the title be the 'Emma Hamilton Award'. This---ah---clearly will require some...
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Ray Hobbs
dismas_3
Dec 8, 2009 8:59 pm
But, my good sir: Who stipulates that the Little Buttercup award should be restricted to camp followers? Now, running for cover :-) Yrs etc. Ray Hobbs Hon Col....
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petemonahan
Dec 9, 2009 12:05 am
"MasterAtArms" wrote: "Perhaps, however, this is an addition that might be considered at some future point in time, particularly if the awards are judged at a...
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Mark Dickerson
mdickerson44...
Dec 9, 2009 1:49 pm
Now before a big argument begins, let me state that I am NOT looking to start a debate on flashguards. I am neither endorsing or discrediting flashguards. I...
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Tom Hurlbut
lakesimcoesq...
Dec 9, 2009 1:49 pm
Well, for my part, I always abbreviated the School of the Sailors as SoS.. Is that any better? "Commander (acting)" Tom _____ From: WarOf1812@yahoogroups.com...
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michaeldrouillard
michaeldroui...
Dec 9, 2009 2:05 pm
Hey Chris, you are probably right. I think realistically the average guy probably had a good farmers tan/sunburn and thats about it. As re-enactors there is...
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lenthecooper
Dec 9, 2009 2:52 pm
Hello All, Has anyone come across a period reference either written, painted or drawn of a straw hat worn by men in North America, other than naval personnel?...
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BritcomHMP@...
timothy.pickles
Dec 9, 2009 4:32 pm
Fascinating reference Mark and the first time I have seen anything in English to do with flashguards in British service. As you say this publication did not...
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michaeldrouillard
michaeldroui...
Dec 10, 2009 2:13 pm
Hey Len, Do you have any refferences for the felt hats that you speak of? ie: sizes/styles/decorative items on them etc.... I imagine anything would have been...
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jbwhittaker
Dec 10, 2009 5:43 pm
... I am on the hunt for a decent hat and I was wondering if anybody had any good ideas/sugestions. Specifically I want something period apropriate to keep...
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ronaldjdale@...
ronpontiac
Dec 11, 2009 3:05 am
I have to find the source of this quote and it will haunt me until I do so but one of the early "travel writers" visiting Upper Canada talked of visiting...
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lenthecooper
Dec 11, 2009 3:23 pm
Hello All, I've seen a number of 1830s references and comments on straw hats and bonnets and by that time the straw hats coming out of Lancashire were well...
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larrylozon
Dec 11, 2009 4:05 pm
Thank you all who sent your condolences re: Tom Warner, via email, phone calls, mail and by attending the funeral, your sympathies were appreciated by myself...
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dumbartonhouse
Dec 11, 2009 9:18 pm
Hello, I just joined the list, primarily to learn of any plans for War of 1812 Bicentennial activities (in searching through messages, nothing popped out at...
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tom4141fournier
Dec 12, 2009 12:29 pm
Hi Missy I think what you are looking for is still largely in development. There is this "official website" but I do not think they have begun to populate the...
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DAVID BRUNELLE
djb1812
Dec 12, 2009 2:53 pm
Hi Missy, The Ministry of Tourism has divided the province into six regions who are responsible for the development of capital and special event activities for...
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royalscotstailor
royalscotsta...
Dec 12, 2009 3:57 pm
... Just a small point Missy....I think you meant August 1814? Good luck with your Bicentennial project! Cheers, Kevin...
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Ray Hobbs
dismas_3
Dec 12, 2009 4:31 pm
List: Interesting what is left out of this list - the Upper Thames, Norfolk, the Big Creek and the Grand River, the Head of the Lake. All of these were...
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Kevin Windsor
kevinwindsorca
Dec 12, 2009 4:57 pm
Not off the list Ray, all of these areas are part of Niagara as far as the Ministry is concerned! Yeah you heard that right! Take a look at the areas and see...
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DAVID BRUNELLE
djb1812
Dec 12, 2009 5:04 pm
Hi Ray, Don't worry Ray they all fit into one of the regions listed or will if someone or group steps forward and wishes to create, start or have an event, ...
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Ray Hobbs
dismas_3
Dec 12, 2009 5:18 pm
As I suspected, Kevin: But I was not speaking of "places where one or two things happened", but of their geographical, and therefore strategic significance....
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glenn stott
stottglenn
Dec 12, 2009 5:55 pm
Dear Ray, As far as Middlesex-Londomn is concerned, we aren't on the Government Map despite being unimaginatively linked to Niagara. Ask Mark about his ...
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glenn stott
stottglenn
Dec 12, 2009 5:59 pm
Dear List, It is very obvious that an 1812 Bicentennial will not be, in the eyes of the Government, an accurate representation of the War, but a large,...
